Afghanistan handover on track – NATO
NATO says it is on track to hand over responsibility for securing Afghanistan to local forces by 2014.
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NASA Reevaluates Mars Program
While sci-fi movie junkies are reeling over the recent NASA image in which a structure that resembles the monolith seen in the movie “2001: A Space Odyssey,” protrudes off the surface of Mars, NASA announced today its search for alternative, cheaper ways to continue Mars…
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NATO detains 16 suspected Somali pirates
MOGADISHU, Somalia, April 12 (UPI) — NATO says one of its ships intercepted a boat off Somalia's coast, detaining 16 alleged pirates and freeing 12 kidnapped members of another ship's crew.
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NASA Planning Group Takes Key Steps for Future Mars Exploration
NASA's Mars Program Planning Group established to assist in developing a new strategy for the exploration of the Red Planet, has begun analyzing options for future robotic missions and enlisting the assistance of scientists and engineers worldwide.
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Putin signals support for NATO Afghan supply hub
MOSCOW (Reuters) – President-elect Vladimir Putin on Wednesday called NATO a relic of the Cold War but said he supported letting the alliance use a Russian airport as a supply hub in support of its mission in Afghanistan. Moscow is studying a request from NATO for use of facilities at an airport in the Volga River city of Ulyanovsk as a transit point for shipments of non-lethal supplies to and …
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NASA's Viking Mission Found Life on Mars?
A fresh look at NASA data suggests that a robotic mission uncovered microbial life on Mars—more than 30 years ago.
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NASA seeks cheap trip to Mars
Los Angeles — Know how to go to Mars cheaply? NASA can use your help. The space agency on Friday put out a call for ideas for the next Mars mission in 2018.
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Turkey could seek NATO's help to deal with Syria
Turkey said it could seek NATO's help in case the Syrian troops violate its borders again.
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Turkey says NATO has duty to defend Syrian border
ANKARA (Reuters) – NATO-member Turkey has formally reported an incident in which two Turks were wounded by gunfire from Syria this week to the United Nations and NATO, and said the military alliance had a duty to protect Turkey's borders. At least five people, including two Turkish officials, were wounded on Monday when cross-border shooting hit a refugee camp in Turkey's Kilis province along …
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Budget woes force NASA to redraw plans to Mars
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