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Highway crash caught on camera
Check out the heart-stopping CCTV footage of a car smashing into two vehicles stopped in the fast lane on a highway in the Argentina capital Buenos Aires. By Yahoo! Maktoob
Trio win Nobel Physics Prize for supernovae work
Saul Perlmutter and Adam Riess of the United States and US-Australian Brian Schmidt won the 2011 Nobel Physics Prize Tuesday for their research on supernovae, the Nobel jury said. “They have studied several dozen exploding stars, called supernovae, and discovered that the universe is expanding at an ever-accelerating rate,” it said. Provided By:
Libyan forces plan ‘final’ attack on Sirte
SIRTE, Libya – Bullet-ridden cars carrying terrified, ill and hungry civilians crawled out of Muammar Qadhafis home town on Tuesday as anti-Qadhafi fighters said they were planning a final attack. Government forces who had for three weeks been pinned down by artillery and rocket fire on the eastern edges of Sirte were able to advance [...]
Syria warned not to attack opponents abroad
France and Sweden on Tuesday warned Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s regime against attacking or intimidating Syrian opposition in exile, amid reports of assaults and threats in European capitals. Global rights watchdog Amnesty International said Syrian pro-democracy activists had been harrassed in eight countries, as France confirmed it had launched an investigation after thugs attacked [...]
