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Nov

Space Pictures This Week: Space "Horse," Mars Rover, More

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High Horse Photograph by Greg Parker, Your Shot The Horsehead Nebula rears its pretty head in a November 17 photograph submitted to National Geographic's Your Shot photo community.Taken...

GOP Senators More Troubled After Rice Meeting

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Emerging from a closed-door meeting, three Republican senators said Tuesday they are more troubled than ever with comments made days after the deadly Sept. 11 raid in Libya by Susan Rice, the U.N. ambassador and President Barack Obama's possible choice for secretary of state.Sens. John McCain, Lindsey Graham and Kelly Ayotte met privately with Rice and acting CIA Director Michael...

Nov

Syria warplanes hit village near Turkey

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ATME, Syria: A Syrian warplane bombarded the village of Atme near the northwestern border with Turkey on Monday, prompting hundreds of panicked residents to flee, an AFP journalist said.The fighter jet overflew Atme three times at a low altitude and dropped at least six bombs or rockets into populated areas near a school that houses a rebel command centre, without causing any casualties,...

Manmohan Singh unveils direct cash transfer scheme for subsidies

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NEW DELHI: In a landmark step, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday announced the much-awaited direct cash transfer scheme wherein the subsidy amount will go directly into the bank accounts of the beneficiaries. The government will implement the scheme for cash transfer to the beneficiary's account in 51 districts from January 1, 2013. Manmohan Singh chaired the first meeting of the National...

Distant Dwarf Planet Secrets Revealed

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Orbiting at the frozen edges of our solar system, the mysterious dwarf planet Makemake is finally coming out of the shadows as astronomers get their best view yet of Pluto's little sibling. Discovered in 2005, Makemake—pronounced MAH-keh MAH-keh after a Polynesian creation god—is one of five Pluto-like objects that prompted a redefining of the term "planet" and the creation of a new group...

Cracks in the Conservative Armor?

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So much for pledges?As lawmakers return to Washington today, the deadline to put on the brakes before the country plunges off the fiscal cliff is now in sight, and it appears that both sides are open to some wheeling and dealing.For Republicans, that may mean breaking a promise many of them made not to raise taxes."When you're $16 trillion in debt, the only pledge we should...

Nov

Republicans ease on tax as US budget talks resume

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WASHINGTON: As Congress prepared to dive back into "fiscal cliff" talks on Monday after the Thanksgiving holiday, there were encouraging signs that Republican intransigence on tax could be easing.For the second time in days, a leading Republican, this time Senator Lindsey Graham, edged toward violating something that had been sacrosanct -- a longstanding pledge signed by many in his party...

Mamata intolerant, wants only yes men: Katju

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KOLKATA: Terming West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee as "intolerant", Press Council of India chairman Markandey Katju Sunday said she only wants "yes men" around her. However, he praised her for feeling for the 'aam aadmi'. "I had praised her earlier...She has got the good quality of integrity. I think she feels for the aam aadmi," said Katju. "But she must realise that in democracy you...