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The United Launch Alliance Delta II rocket carrying the Aquarius/SAC-D spacecraft lifts off from Space Launch Complex 2 at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California.

NASA Launches Aquarius For Ocean Research (PHOTOS)

NASA has launched an international satellite that carries Aquarius instrument to measure the saltiness of Earth's oceans, a study that helps understand the global water cycle and improve climate forecasts.
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Syrian gay girl blog, hoax writing by an American

The Sryrian gay girl, Amina’s blog posts, that literally grabbed world media attention turned out to be a hoax writing by a 40-year-old Edinburgh University masters student namely, Tom MacMaster.

Harold Camping stroke has affected his speech

Family Radio president Harold Camping, who famously predicted that about 200 million people will Rapture on May 21 and the world will be destroyed five months later, on Thursday night suffered a stroke which has affected his ability to speak.
Family Radio President Harold Camping's house at Gibbons Drive in Alameda, California and (inset) Harold Camping

Harold Camping suffers severe stroke, hospitalized

Harold Camping, president of Family Radio, a Christian radio ministry, suffered a severe stroke on Thursday night and had to be hospitalized, triggering concerns as to whether his followers will ever be able to hear his famous gravelly voice broadcast over 66 stations anymore.
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US honor flag to fly aboard space shuttle Atlantis on its final mission

The U.S. Honor Flag which toured the country and the world in memory of those who have lost their lives serving as police officers, firefighters and military personnel will now pay tribute to astronauts who have died in the space shuttle program 1981-2011 as it flies aboard space shuttle Atlantis's final mission.
German cops training vultures

German cops train vulture 'detectives' to find bodies

In the fight against crime German police have come up with an innovative idea for a weapon- vultures that can find hidden corpses. Three vulture detectives - called Sherlock, Miss Marple and Columbo - are being trained in Walsrode bird park in northern Germany, a local media reported.
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10000 flee as wild Arizona fire threatens to hit Mexico

Nearly 10000 people were forced to flee and 30 houses were charred down when a massive wildfire in Arizona broke out and was at the brink of moving in to New Mexico on Friday. The fire threatened more towns possibly endangering two major power lines that bring electricity from Arizona to west Texas, a report said.
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Full Face Transplant: Process, Prospects and Risks

Sophisticated surgery can stitch together bones, muscles, nerves and skin from a suitable donor on the patient's face. Quite a few full face transplant surgeries have taken place recently, offering a second life to many people who lose their facial identity in macabre accidents, fires and animal attacks.

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