Virginia class sub joins Navy fleet amid terrorism push
The USS Virginia, a 377 foot nuclear powered fast attack submarine, becomes the lead ship in a new class designed for post Cold War threats. It features no periscope replaced by a digital camera and can launch unmanned vehicles, with early supporters calling it a key asset in fighting terrorism.
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Navy
Virginia
Lynda Johnson Robb
Lyndon Johnson
Charles Robb
D-Va
Norfolk Naval Station
Space crew lands safely in Kazakhstan after ISS mission
A Soyuz capsule returning from the international space station lands in Kazakhstan near Arkalyk. Russian cosmonaut Gennady Padalka and American Mike Fincke, with Yuri Shargin aboard, complete a six month stay. Mission control in Russia and NASA officials celebrate the safe Touchdown.
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Arkalyk
Kazakhstan
Earth
International Space Station
Gennady Padalka
Mike Fincke
Arkdlyk
U.S
Space Station
Mission Control
Moscow
NASA
Sean O’keefe
Padalka
Fincke
Soyuz
Yuri Shargin
Shargin
Salizhan Sharipov
Russia
Leroy Chiao
United States
Spanish judge charges 17 in plot to bomb National Court
Judge Baltasar Garzon filed terror charges against 17 suspects linked to a planned attack on Madrid's National Court. The cell named Martyrs for Morocco, led by Mohamed Achraf, aimed to detonate a truck filled with 1,000 kilograms of explosives. No bail was allowed. charges are provisional pending further investigations.
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Spain
National Court
Baltasar Garzon
Small Latrech
Algeria
Baldomero Lara
Garzon
Morocco
Mohamed Achraf
Achraf
Switzerland
Mujahedeen
Kamara Birahima Diadie
Antonio
Salim
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