21st century space flight salutes Jules Verne
He lit the imagination of countless youngsters
with tales of derring-do of submarines that explored the depths of
the oceans, of adventurers who crept to the centre of the Earth, of
doughty pioneers who travelled to the Moon.
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UN slams Myanmar crackdown
THE UN Security Council Thursday slammed the
military crackdown in Myanmar, called for the release of political
prisoners and urged dialogue with the opposition icon Aung San Suu
Kyi.
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Nepali Parliament meeting fails to break peace process deadlock
NEPAL’S Maoists and main political parties on
Thursday failed to revive their deadlocked peace process, with a
special parliamentary session ending after scant debate on the
crisis, officials said.
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