EU launches navigation satellite
MOSCOW (Reuters): THE EUROPEAN Union launched its first Galileo navigation satellite yesterday, moving to challenge the United States' Global Positioning System (GPS). Russia's space agency Roskos-mos said the 600 kg (1,300 lb) spacecraft...
Bus, truck collision kills 30
NEW DELHI (AP): A BUS collided with a truck on a highway in western India yesterday and burst into flames, killing at least 30 people, police said. The head-on collision took place near the town of Baruch in the state of Gujarat...
Inmates refuse to release hostages
SAO PAULO, Brazil (AP): REBELLIOUS INMATES at a prison in Brazil's remote Amazon jungle yesterday refused to release their 207 hostages even though authorities were prepared to meet their principal demand by returning their escaped leader...
Civil war fears grow
COLOMBO (Reuters): USING RINGS and other belongings, Sri Lankan officials tried to identify the remains of 12 soldiers killed in a mine blast, the latest attack on the military by suspected rebels that has raised fears of a return to civil war.
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