Orionid meteor shower peaks tonight: Use Twitter hashtag #meteorshower to ... Do something different tonight: Leave the city and the suburbs for a late-night picnic beneath a meteor shower.
Meteor shower lights up sky The “Orionids” meteor shower — is now on display in the sky.
Space Shuttle Loses Battle of Launch Dates A second launch attempt on November 17 is being negotiated with a Delta IV launch, but NASA will stand down the 18th for the Leonid Meteor Shower.
1) The Orionid meteor shower peaks over the next few days! These meteors are remnants of comet Halley. The annual space dust spectacle will be best viewed between 1 am and dawn on Wednesday. Unfortunately, our forecast is for clouds.
Wednesday, 21 October 2009
Balloon boy
Balloon boy's father 'wanted TV fame before world ends in 2012' Richard Heene, the man suspected of the alleged " balloon boy " hoax, was driven by a conviction that the world will come to a cataclysmic end in 2012,
Balloon boy: It was a hoax to get dad a TV show A family who pretended their sixyear-old son was carried off in a hot air balloon cooked up the hoax.
Paul Farhi on pop culture: Balloon boy, media stunts, dream up your own Why was the Balloon Boy story such a can't-resist made-for TV event?
Balloon boy story and reality TV culture: What are parents thinking? Parents' quest for reality-TV fame, from 'Jon & Kate' to balloon boy story, can be damaging to their children, say media watchdogs and child advocates.
In advance of charges potentially being filed next week, authorities in Colorado are questioning associates of the parents in Colorado who made headlines by telling authorities that their child was missing in the UFO-looking balloon.
Balloon boy: It was a hoax to get dad a TV show A family who pretended their sixyear-old son was carried off in a hot air balloon cooked up the hoax.
Paul Farhi on pop culture: Balloon boy, media stunts, dream up your own Why was the Balloon Boy story such a can't-resist made-for TV event?
Balloon boy story and reality TV culture: What are parents thinking? Parents' quest for reality-TV fame, from 'Jon & Kate' to balloon boy story, can be damaging to their children, say media watchdogs and child advocates.
In advance of charges potentially being filed next week, authorities in Colorado are questioning associates of the parents in Colorado who made headlines by telling authorities that their child was missing in the UFO-looking balloon.
Tuesday, 20 October 2009
Afghanistan Election Run-off confirmed
SNAP ANALYSIS - What will run-off mean for Afghanistan? Afghan election authorities said today there must be a run-off vote on Nov. 7
For His Decision On Troops, Obama Has Leeway, The White House Says James Jones and Vice President Joe Biden, Obama plans to wait until Afghanistan holds a run-off presidential election on November 7.
Afghan election run-off likely in Nov - ex diplomat Afghan leader Hamid Karzai is likely to face a second round run-off in early November.
Afghanistan elections: results of the investigation, polling station by ... The UN-backed Electoral Complaints Commission has published the results of its investigation into the Afghan elections .
For His Decision On Troops, Obama Has Leeway, The White House Says James Jones and Vice President Joe Biden, Obama plans to wait until Afghanistan holds a run-off presidential election on November 7.
Afghan election run-off likely in Nov - ex diplomat Afghan leader Hamid Karzai is likely to face a second round run-off in early November.
Afghanistan elections: results of the investigation, polling station by ... The UN-backed Electoral Complaints Commission has published the results of its investigation into the Afghan elections .
Pakistan Taliban Afghanistan News 20th Oct 2009
Pakistan targets key Taliban town The army said it had secured the heights around Kotkai, the home town of top Taliban leader Hakimullah Mehsud. Up to 100000 civilians have fled the conflict.
Iran threatens revenge against Britain over bombing ... where Pakistani forces are currently in all-out conflict with the Taliban . Both Pakistan and Iran have in the past been accused of aiding the Taliban .
An insurgency swells, but Pakistan focuses on India
Govt rules out talks with terrorists He said the Taliban strongholds in South Waziristan were not adjacent to Pakistan's border with Afghanistan.
Bloody conflict looms in Afghan north ... its allies has been focused on containing the Taliban insurgency in the south and east along the border with Pakistan , though unsuccessfully.
In a move to isolate Tehrik-e- Taliban , Pakistan Army Chief Gen Ashfaq Parvez Kayani has appealed to the Mehsud tribe.
Q. and A.: Held by the Taliban It also reveals the extent to which the Taliban has, with impunity, colonized a swath of Pakistan .
Pakistan suicide bomb kills 12 The two-week-old Taliban onslaught has rocked Pakistan , killing more than 160 people and exposing gaps in the intelligence and security apparatus.
Iran threatens revenge against Britain over bombing ... where Pakistani forces are currently in all-out conflict with the Taliban . Both Pakistan and Iran have in the past been accused of aiding the Taliban .
An insurgency swells, but Pakistan focuses on India
Govt rules out talks with terrorists He said the Taliban strongholds in South Waziristan were not adjacent to Pakistan's border with Afghanistan.
Bloody conflict looms in Afghan north ... its allies has been focused on containing the Taliban insurgency in the south and east along the border with Pakistan , though unsuccessfully.
In a move to isolate Tehrik-e- Taliban , Pakistan Army Chief Gen Ashfaq Parvez Kayani has appealed to the Mehsud tribe.
Q. and A.: Held by the Taliban It also reveals the extent to which the Taliban has, with impunity, colonized a swath of Pakistan .
Pakistan suicide bomb kills 12 The two-week-old Taliban onslaught has rocked Pakistan , killing more than 160 people and exposing gaps in the intelligence and security apparatus.
Monday, 19 October 2009
Pakistan Afghanistan Taliban 2009-10-19
Leaders urge Karzai to accept fraud report on Afghanistan election The White House was engaged in a dangerous and unpredictable stand-off with the Afghanistan president Hamid Karzai today.
US Dept of Defense - Gates to Press Asia, NATO for More Afghanistan Support "I hope that we will have a clarification of the political situation in Afghanistan , because time is not on our side," Fogh Rasmussen told reporters.
Need To Soldier On A second attack on the Indian embassy in Kabul in just over a year highlighted the security disaster looming over Afghanistan .
Richards: 'Afghanistan is winnable' But adequate security levels will not be enough.
For Vietnam, read Iraq – and Afghanistan The White House made itclear today that it will not be rushed into any decision about whether to send more troops to Afghanistan.
Afghanistan : the fallout of operation Waziristan How does Waziristan action relate to Afghanistan.
RAF crews return from Afghanistan 12 (Bomber) Squadron Tornado crews from RAF Lossiemouth have returned home after four-and-a-half months in Afghanistan .
Austria not to send more troops to Afghanistan Austrian Defense Minister Dalabosi said on Monday that Austria would not send more troops to Afghanistan .
US Dept of Defense - Gates to Press Asia, NATO for More Afghanistan Support "I hope that we will have a clarification of the political situation in Afghanistan , because time is not on our side," Fogh Rasmussen told reporters.
Need To Soldier On A second attack on the Indian embassy in Kabul in just over a year highlighted the security disaster looming over Afghanistan .
Richards: 'Afghanistan is winnable' But adequate security levels will not be enough.
For Vietnam, read Iraq – and Afghanistan The White House made itclear today that it will not be rushed into any decision about whether to send more troops to Afghanistan.
Afghanistan : the fallout of operation Waziristan How does Waziristan action relate to Afghanistan.
RAF crews return from Afghanistan 12 (Bomber) Squadron Tornado crews from RAF Lossiemouth have returned home after four-and-a-half months in Afghanistan .
Austria not to send more troops to Afghanistan Austrian Defense Minister Dalabosi said on Monday that Austria would not send more troops to Afghanistan .
Pakistan Taliban Conflict
Pakistan pounds Taliban targets "The security establishment as well as the civilian government are absolutley clear that they will not negotiate with the Pakistan Taliban.
Indian Army to respond to Taliban threat suitably: army chief The Army chief's statement came in the wake of last week's threat by the new head of the Pakistan Taliban , Hakimullah Mehsud.
Double bombing kills 11 at Pakistan police station The Friday afternoon attack targeted a heavily fortified police station next to a mosque in the main city in Pakistan's Taliban -riddled North West Frontier ...
Iran: US, Britain, Pakistan linked to militants Iran also claimed that Jundallah receives support from al-Qaida and Taliban militants that operate across the border in Pakistan's Baluchistan province, ...
At least 40 dead after Pakistan suicide attack Azam Tariq, a spokesman for the Pakistan Taliban , indicted there would be no let up. "It was carried out by our Punjab unit," he told reporters.
Taliban cannot be split from al-Qaeda, Obama warned Those atrocities were planned and organised from Afghan soil, where the Pakistan -backed Taliban regime had given bin Laden and his mainly Arab followers a safe haven.
40 hostages freed in raid on Pakistan army base That group is one of several similarly minded outfits that have forged close links with the Pakistan Taliban leadership.
Gates seeking allies' help on Afghanistan war ... Taliban in Afghanistan, as his top commander there has requested, or to focus more narrowly on al-Qaida terrorists believed to be hiding in Pakistan .
Indian Army to respond to Taliban threat suitably: army chief The Army chief's statement came in the wake of last week's threat by the new head of the Pakistan Taliban , Hakimullah Mehsud.
Double bombing kills 11 at Pakistan police station The Friday afternoon attack targeted a heavily fortified police station next to a mosque in the main city in Pakistan's Taliban -riddled North West Frontier ...
Iran: US, Britain, Pakistan linked to militants Iran also claimed that Jundallah receives support from al-Qaida and Taliban militants that operate across the border in Pakistan's Baluchistan province, ...
At least 40 dead after Pakistan suicide attack Azam Tariq, a spokesman for the Pakistan Taliban , indicted there would be no let up. "It was carried out by our Punjab unit," he told reporters.
Taliban cannot be split from al-Qaeda, Obama warned Those atrocities were planned and organised from Afghan soil, where the Pakistan -backed Taliban regime had given bin Laden and his mainly Arab followers a safe haven.
40 hostages freed in raid on Pakistan army base That group is one of several similarly minded outfits that have forged close links with the Pakistan Taliban leadership.
Gates seeking allies' help on Afghanistan war ... Taliban in Afghanistan, as his top commander there has requested, or to focus more narrowly on al-Qaida terrorists believed to be hiding in Pakistan .
Health Care News
Arena Digest: The politics of health care By POLITICO STAFF 10/19/09 4:47 AM EDT POLITICO's Arena contributers discuss the endgame to Obama's push for health care reform. ...
Nurses 'too busy to care for patients' Patient care is being neglected at least once a week due to a shortage of available nurses, according to four out of 10 members of the Royal College of ...
Health care bill makes Sen. Roland Burris relevant WASHINGTON — For Democrats determined to get a health care bill, Sen. Roland Burris is like the house guest who couldn't be refused, won't soon be leaving ...
NHS should care for those in custody In one study, a third of detainees were found to have no regular access to primary care although 40% had previous medical conditions. ...
The National Women's Council says the Government's failure to provide paid paternity leave is one of the reasons why the vast majority of care work is still ...
Adviser: Obama waits on finished health care bill WASHINGTON — The White House is waiting for Congress to settle on a final health care bill, even though President Barack Obama has a clear preference in ...
Child care costs economy 'millions' Experts have told the programme that spending on child care needs to become an urgent priority. BBC reporter and new mum Suzanne Allan investigated. ...
Shadow health minister on hospital care Shadow health minister Mark Simmonds on the news that almost half of English hospitals are failing to meet core standards of care , despite a decade of ...
Nurses 'too busy to care for patients' Patient care is being neglected at least once a week due to a shortage of available nurses, according to four out of 10 members of the Royal College of ...
Health care bill makes Sen. Roland Burris relevant WASHINGTON — For Democrats determined to get a health care bill, Sen. Roland Burris is like the house guest who couldn't be refused, won't soon be leaving ...
NHS should care for those in custody In one study, a third of detainees were found to have no regular access to primary care although 40% had previous medical conditions. ...
The National Women's Council says the Government's failure to provide paid paternity leave is one of the reasons why the vast majority of care work is still ...
Adviser: Obama waits on finished health care bill WASHINGTON — The White House is waiting for Congress to settle on a final health care bill, even though President Barack Obama has a clear preference in ...
Child care costs economy 'millions' Experts have told the programme that spending on child care needs to become an urgent priority. BBC reporter and new mum Suzanne Allan investigated. ...
Shadow health minister on hospital care Shadow health minister Mark Simmonds on the news that almost half of English hospitals are failing to meet core standards of care , despite a decade of ...
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