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Rare Moon mineral found in Australia
A mineral brought back to Earth by the first men on the Moon and long thought to be unique to the lunar surface has been found in Australian rocks more than one billion years old, scientists said Thursday.Named after Apollo 11's 1969 landing site…
Mullah Omar confirms peace talks with US
Afghan Taliban leader Mullah Omar has confirmed opening peace talks with the US authorities, Geo News reported on Thursday.Mullah Omar made two demands - release of Afghan prisoners from Guantanamo Bay detention facility and complete pull out of US-led forces from Afghanistan.However, the…
Three N Koreans 'shot dead' during escape bid
North Korean troops shot dead three countrymen who were trying to cross the border into China, a Seoul activist said Tuesday, as Pyongyang tightens border controls after the death of leader Kim Jong-Il.Border guards last Saturday killed the men in their 40s who were…
LUMHS announces winter vacations from Dec 28
The Registrar of the Liaquat University of Medical and Health Sciences (LUMHS) Jamshoro informed here Monday to teaching faculty members that winter vacation of the university will be start from December 28 and end on January 5, 2012.Those faculty member who have not completed…
Gunman sought after ranger killed in US park
A popular US national park will remain closed Monday as police hunt a gunman who shot and killed a federal ranger before fleeing into the forest, authorities said late Sunday.A major manhunt launched immediately after the New Year's Day shooting in Mount Rainier National…
Iran tests missiles in navy war games near oil strait
Iran on Monday test-fired two missiles on the last day of navy war games near the Strait of Hormuz, official media quoted a navy spokesman as saying.A Qader ground-to-ship cruise missile and a short-range Nasr anti-ship missile were launched in the tests, which came…
Two NASA probes both in lunar orbit
The second of two NASA lunar probes on a mission to study the Moon's inner core so scientists can better understand the origins of planets went into orbit Sunday as planned, the US space agency said.The second Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory (GRAIL-B) began…
Myanmar warehouse blast kills 17
A large pre-dawn explosion at a warehouse in Myanmar's biggest city Yangon on Thursday killed at least 17 people and injured dozens but was not caused by a bomb, an official said."It was not a bomb explosion," the official said, though the cause of…
No surgery for now on two-headed baby in Brazil: Doctors
Doctors in Brazil said Thursday they have decided for now not to attempt to surgically separate a set of conjoined twins who have two heads but share one body and various vital organs.Doctor Neila Dahas of the Santa Casa de Misericordia Hospital in the…
Christmas bombs kill 40 in Nigeria
Bomb attacks on churches during Christmas services and a suicide blast in Nigeria killed at least 40 people amid spiralling violence claimed by Islamists.A purported spokesman for Islamist group Boko Haram claimed responsibility for a bombing of a church outside the capital Abuja and…