Curiosity rover helps scientists plan for human missions to Mars
NASA’s Curiosity rover is three months into its two-year mission on Mars as it investigates whether conditions there ever could
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Turkey recognises Syrian opposition
The newly formed coalition of Syrian opposition groups is getting another boost, this time from Turkey. Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet
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Bulgaria urges cessation of Gaza – Israel hostilities
Expressing concern about the situation in southern Israel and the Gaza Strip in recent days, Bulgaria has called for an
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Newly identified gene is part of what makes us human
What makes us human? An international team of researchers has found a clue: A gene carried only by people –
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France recognises new Syrian opposition coalition
France has become the first European country to recognize the newly formed Syrian opposition coalition and says it could consider
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Syrian unified opposition group gets welcome from EU, but awaits recognition, financial and military support
France, the United Kingdom and Bulgaria are among individual European Union countries that have added their statements to the EU’s
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US congress reconvenes facing budget challenge
US lawmakers resume their work Tuesday facing the major task of finding an agreement on how to deal with $600
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Russia Watch: Reset the Reset: Can Russia’s Putin make peace with Obama II?
The reset jet no longer flies to Moscow. In March of 2009, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and Hillary Clinton,
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Syria opposition signs unity deal
Syrian delegates at opposition talks in Qatar say they have signed a hard-fought agreement to form a new coalition of
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