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Obama trims US space ambitionsWashington (AFP) Jan 30, 2010 Facing budgetary constraints, President Barack Obama will scale back US space ambitions, abandoning plans to return to the moon by 2020 and confining NASA to lower orbits for years to come. The shift will be unveiled Monday when Obama presents his 2011 budget blueprint to Congress, according to an external White House advisor. "Constellation is dead," the advisor told AFP on Friday, referring to a program that envisioned using Earth's nearest neighbor as a base for manned expeditions to Mars. ... read more |
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Cusco, Peru (AFP) Jan 27, 2010Peruvian helicopters airlifted some 600 tourists from the Inca ruins of Machu Picchu Wednesday where hundreds remained stranded by heavy rains and mudslides that have claimed seven lives. "We have evacuated 600 tourists, but there are still almost 1,500 at Machu Picchu," Prime Minister Javier Velasquez told reporters. About a dozen helicopters were used in the unprecedented airlift but " ... more 
Panama City (AFP) Jan 27, 2010The massive relief effort in quake-ravaged Haiti is one of the biggest in the 150-year history of the Red Cross, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies said Wednesday. In two weeks, the IFRC has distributed 2.5 million liters (660,000 gallons) of water, 550 tonnes of medical supplies - all transported in 43 chartered flights - and fielded 21 emergency teams in ... more 
Port-Au-Prince (AFP) Jan 28, 2010In quake-hit Haiti, rumors spread like wildfire and appeals for help are quickly relayed in the hopes of new miracles, but such dramatic rescues are also keeping nerves here tightly on edge. In a chaotic city, badly damaged in the January 12 quake, it is the Haitian people who for more than two weeks have been the most ardent, persistent rescuers of all. Thousands work every day under th ... more |
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Repairing Haiti port to take 8-10 weeks: US militaryWashington (AFP) Jan 28, 2010 US engineers will need eight to 10 weeks to repair a pier at the Haitian capital's crucial port after aftershocks knocked it out of operation, a US general said on Thursday. While the southern pier undergoes repairs, the US military was deploying landing craft and floating docks to try to bring in more badly-needed relief supplies, said General Douglas Fraser, head of the US Southern Command. Of the port's two main piers, one was totally destroyed and one partially survived the country's massive ... read more |
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