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Atlantis Astronauts heading for Hubble Space Telescope
May 12, 2009Originally posted on WASHINGTON, May 11 (Xinhua) — The U.S. space shuttle Atlantis lifted off Monday with seven-member crew onboard from Kennedy Space Center in Florida, on a mission to upgrade the 19-year-old Hubble Space Telescope...
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Health industry goes to White House: real reform or pre-emptive strike?
May 12, 2009Representatives from the nation’s biggest corporate health lobbies, in a White House meeting with President Obama today, offered up a plan to voluntarily reduce health care costs by as much as $2 trillion over 10 years....
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Vietnam celebrates Dien Bien Phu anniversary
May 12, 2009On May 7 Vietnam celebrated the 55th anniversary of its decisive victory over U.S.–backed French colonialist forces at the Battle of Dien Bien Phu during the First Indochina War. At Dien Bien Phu City in mountainous...
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Rebels push to take hold of Somali capital
May 12, 2009Original source: Hundreds fled Somalia's capital Mogadishu on Monday after at least 35 people were killed in some of the worst fighting in the city in weeks. The violence comes as Islamic insurgents step up their...
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Obama budget: A 180 degree turn on how workers will be protected
May 12, 2009“If we expect our workers to come to work, every day, we have to protect them,” declared Jordan Barab, acting head of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, when he spoke to union nurses at their...
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