Egyptians learn the winner of a divisive presidential election Sunday. The official results were supposed to be released Thursday, but the election commission said it needed more time to investigate fraud allegations by both candidates — Muslim Brotherhood’s Muhammad Morsi and former prime minister Ahmed Shafiq. Egyptian officials have deployed extra security forces to Cairo […]
Egypt Set to Announce Election Results Sunday
Posted June 24th, 2012 at 5:55 am (UTC-5)
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Turkish Minister: Jet Downed in International Territory
Posted June 24th, 2012 at 5:20 am (UTC-5)
Turkey’s foreign minister says Syria shot down a Turkish fighter jet while the air craft was flying in international territory. Ahmet Davutoglu told state-run TRT television Sunday the pilots were testing the jet’s radar capabilities when it was downed Friday over the Mediterranean Sea. The minister says the plane had entered Syrian airspace briefly, but […]
China Astronauts Conduct First Manual Spacecraft Docking
Posted June 24th, 2012 at 4:30 am (UTC-5)
China has conducted its first-ever manual docking between a spacecraft and an orbiting space module. The three astronauts on the Shenzhou-9 spacecraft successfully docked with the Tiangong-1 lab module Sunday without using an automated system. One of the three is China’s first female astronaut, Liu Yang. The Shenzhou-9 spacecraft was launched June 16, and it […]
China Astronauts Conduct First Manual Spacecraft Docking
Posted June 24th, 2012 at 4:05 am (UTC-5)
China has conducted its first-ever manual docking between a spacecraft and an orbiting space module. The three astronauts on the Shenzhou-9 spacecraft successfully docked with the Tiangong-1 lab module without using an automated system. One of the three is China’s first female astronaut, Liu Yang. The Shenzhou-9 spacecraft was launched June 16, and it docked […]
