Allies push 25 miles east to expand northern Iraq security zone
In Sersene Sirsenk and surrounding areas allied troops from Britain Netherlands France and the United States moved at dawn to extend the security zone toward Amadiyah and prepare a second refugee camp for 106000 Kurds. Elite forces probed deeper into Iraq as Iraqi guards monitored streets and air bases.
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Discovery performs space shuttle flips in Star Wars test
At Space Center Houston AP reports Discovery executed two flip maneuvers as part of a Star Wars missile detection experiment. The shuttle came within about 14 miles of a $94 million satellite gathering exhaust plume data and then flew two acrobatic flips 161 miles above Earth. Mission Control described the data as highly encouraging.
Earthquake Buries Khakhieti Village in USSR
In the Soviet village of Khakhieti 21 homes were buried and 46 people reported missing after a mountain side collapsed in the 7.1 Richter quake. The village disappeared beneath debris as two story houses vanished from view, marking one of the deadliest scenes from the disaster.
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