NASA wants backyard astronomers to help track asteroids
NASA called on backyard astronomers and other citizen-scientists on Tuesday to help track asteroids that could create havoc on Earth.
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Pfizer settles with patients who had suicidal behaviour
Drug maker Pfizer will pay $4.8 million in compensation to Canadians who tried to commit suicide after being prescribed a drug to treat seizures.
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UN compound in Somalia attacked
Islamist militants carried out their first major assault for years on a U.N. compound in the Somali capital Mogadishu on Wednesday, dealing a blow to fragile security gains that have allowed a slow return of foreign aid workers and diplomats.
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FBI fugitive arrested in Mexican resort
Mexican authorities on Tuesday arrested a former U.S. university professor, who recently was added to the FBI’s 10 most-wanted list and faces sex crimes charges in the Philippines.
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'The Executioner' under microscope in Bulger trial
Attorneys for accused mob boss James “Whitey” Bulger will seek on Wednesday to paint star witness John “The Executioner” Martorano as a heartless killer whose testimony cannot be trusted in the trial of one of Boston’s most feared men.
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Japan finds highly toxic strontium in Fukushima groundwater
High levels of a toxic substance called strontium-90 have been found in groundwater at the devastated Fukushima nuclear power plant in Japan, the utility that operates the facility said on Wednesday.
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Botched surgery fuelled attack at Vancouver 7-11: Judge
A hostage-taking at a downtown Vancouver 7-11 last year, in which a woman was nearly set on fire, was motivated by a call for justice after surgery was performed on the wrong leg, B.C. Provincial Court heard Tuesday.
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