Bill backs NATO expansion and seven-country aid
Congress sent President Bush a bill endorsing NATO expansion and authorizing 55.5 million dollars in military aid to seven candidate states Bulgaria Estonia Latvia Lithuania Romania Slovakia Slovenia Croatia Albania and Macedonia. The measure received strong support in both chambers as Bush prepared for talks with Putin in Moscow and a NATO Russia summit.
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Ancient asteroid may have started the dinosaur era
Scientists report that a massive extraterrestrial impact about 200 million years ago in what is now New Jersey New York and Pennsylvania abruptly ended Triassic reptiles and allowed dinosaurs to rise. A fern bloom followed the event mirroring the later 65 million year extinction.
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Hawaii team adds eleven moons to Jupiter total
University of Hawaii astronomers led by David Jewitt and Scott Sheppard announce 11 new moons orbiting Jupiter, bringing the planet's total to 39. The moons, found with Mauna Kea telescope and a large imaging camera, range 1.25 to 2.5 miles across and orbit opposite Jupiter's rotation, suggesting capture long ago.
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