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A commercial rocket blasted off early Tuesday with a load of supplies for the International Space Station, opening a new era of dollar-driven spaceflight. Publ.Date : 2012-05-22T07:57:28Z
A 13-year-old boy rescued at the top of a 270-foot waterfall in Washington state says he just wanted to cool off, but soon found himself stuck precariously on a rock for hours as crews tried to reach him. Publ.Date : 2012-05-22T08:27:44Z
The core of his presidential candidacy under attack, Mitt Romney has yet to shape a playbook to defend a quarter-century in the business world that created great riches for himself and great hardship, at times, for some American workers. Publ.Date : 2012-05-22T07:06:42Z
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Named for the crash site of an airforce plane shot down during the Six Day War in 1967, Givat HaMatos may yet prove the place where Palestinian hopes of a creating a capital in Jerusalem also plunge to earth. 'Airplane Hill' lies on the southern fringes of Jerusalem's city limits - rock-strewn land dotted with shabby, prefabricated bungalows and the occasional pine tree. Once a tranquil backwater, the area has become the focus of hectic activity in the last six months, with Israeli authorities releasing plans for 2,610 housing units and 1,110 hotel rooms. ... Publ.Date : 2012-05-22T08:29:48Z
VIENNA - The chief of the U.N. nuclear agency says he has reached a deal with Iran on probing suspected work on nuclear weapons and adds that the agreement will "be signed quite soon. " Publ.Date : 2012-05-22T08:07:12Z
Days after four people died amid a "traffic jam" of climbers scrambling to conquer Mount Everest, Nepal officials said a similar rush up the world's tallest peak will begin soon, and there's little they can do to control it. Publ.Date : 2012-05-22T08:19:57Z
Activists and state media say a bomb has exploded in the Syrian capital, killing at least five people. Publ.Date : 2012-05-22T08:32:36Z
In deep shock, Yemen is marking the 22nd anniversary of its unification, a day after a deadly suicide bombing killed nearly 100 soldiers during a rehearsal for a military parade in the heart of the capital Sanaa. Publ.Date : 2012-05-22T08:21:38Z
PARIS (Reuters) - The OECD called on EU leaders on Tuesday to ease the pace of austerity, saying aggressive budget cuts to curtail the euro zone's debts threaten to suck the currency area into a downward spiral that could spill over into the global economy. German-led fiscal austerity policies have so far dominated the European Union's approach to solving Europe's devastating public debt crisis as leaders try to win back investors' confidence. But efforts to reduce deficits have caused the euro zone's economy to stagnate, making it harder to reach EU-mandated targets. ... Publ.Date : 2012-05-22T08:31:08Z
The chief of the U.N. nuclear agency says he has reached a deal with Iran on probing suspected work on nuclear weapons and adds that the agreement will "be signed quite soon. " Publ.Date : 2012-05-22T08:24:16Z
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