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US astronauts to ‘bottle’ space for Japan
WASHINGTON – Two American astronauts began on Monday the first of two spacewalks to install a permanent spare closet on the orbiting International Space Station and also to bottle some outer space for Japan. The unusual project is part of a team effort with the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, JAXA,…
‘Youth-friendly’ Oscars show gets thumbs down
HOLLYWOOD – Oscars organizers had touted this year’s show as more youth-friendly, aiming to draw younger funkier movie-goers into the time-worn Academy Award experience — but the initial reaction was skeptical. Sunday’s co-presenters James Franco and Anne Hathaway made a joke reference to the youth-chasing aim within minutes of the…
Iran opposition says leaders held, judiciary denies
TEHRAN – Iranian opposition leaders Mir Hossein Mousavi and Mehdi Karroubi and their wives have been arrested and put in a Tehran jail, their websites said Monday in reports swiftly denied by a judicial official. The two had been under house arrest after judiciary chief Ayatollah Sadeq Larijani said earlier…
World powers move towards further action on Libya
GENEVA – World powers ramped up the pressure on Moamer Kadhafi’s regime on Monday, as the United States urged the international community to work together on further steps to end bloodshed in Libya. “The people of Libya have made themselves clear: it is time for Kadhafi to go — now,…
Higher education, lower blood pressure: study
WASHINGTON – The more advanced degrees a person has, the lower their blood pressure, a study published online has found. An analysis of some 4,000 patient records from the 30-year Framingham Offspring Study found that, controlling only for age, women with 17 years or more of education — a master’s…
Obama takes gleeful 2012 swipe at potential rivals
WASHINGTON — US President Barack Obama Monday took a biting preemptive strike at potential Republican 2012 rivals, damning one with faint praise and warning others not to get too comfortable at the White House. Obama, who has already taken preliminary steps towards setting up his 2012 reelection campaign, entertained American…
Unrepentant Charlie Sheen vows to sue TV producers
LOS ANGELES — US star Charlie Sheen, under fire for drunken, drug-fueled rages and rants, vowed on Monday to sue the producers who canceled his hit television show, saying he would return to work for a 50 percent raise. In two rambling, but coherent, television interviews conducted over the weekend,…
Egypt bans Mubarak travel, freezes assets
CAIRO — Egypt on Monday slapped a ban on ousted president Hosni Mubarak and his family travelling abroad, and also imposed a freeze on their assets, judicial officials said. Besides Mubarak, who resigned on February 11 following weeks of protests, the decision also applied for his wife Suzanne, his two…
Rectal gel shows promise in warding off HIV: study
WASHINGTON (AFP) – A gel that has been shown to reduce the risk of HIV infection in women during vaginal sex has also shown promise toward preventing transmission during anal sex, US researchers said Monday. “HIV was significantly inhibited in tissue samples from participants who used tenofovir gel daily for…
US consumer spending crawls in January
WASHINGTON (AFP) – US consumer spending slowed to a crawl in January from December, despite a sharp rise in incomes, official data showed on Monday. The Commerce Department reported consumer spending rose a seasonally adjusted 0.2 percent in January, the weakest pace since June. The December rise — the crucial…
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