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  • ESAs Herschel telescope finally switched off

    European Space Agency's billion-euro Herschel space telescope has been switched off. Mission controllers sent the final command to the Herschel satellite Monday at 12:25 GMT (14:25 CEST), marking the end of operations for ESA's hugely successful space observatory. Herschel's science mission had already ended in April upon exhaustion of the crucial liquid helium that cooled the observatory's ...

  • New details about crash that killed Yuri Gagarin first man in space emerge

    Russian cosmonaut Yuri Gagain was the first man in space -- but the interstellar pioneer died mysteriously in 1968, after theMiG-15 he was flying went down not far from Moscow. Now, fellow cosmonautAleksey Leonov, the first man to conduct a spacewalk, has been allowed to come foward to reveal what was likely the real cause of Gagarin's fatal crash: a supersonicSu-15 jet appears to have ...

  • Harold the space centre projector semi-retiring from painting the sky with stars

    Harold-the star projector at the H.R. MacMillan Space Centre-is semi-retiring after more than 40 years of service. Robert Appleton, executive director, is at the ...

  • Star attraction at Vancouver space centre being put out to interstellar pasture

    Eating behaviours of preschoolers, such as having meals while plunked in front of the TV, can lead to elevated cholesterol levels that could put kids at risk for cardiovascular disease later in life, ...

  • NASA selects new astronauts for space exploration

    US space agency NASA said Monday it has selected eight new astronauts for future missions to low-Earth orbit, an asteroid and even Mars.The eight candidates, all in their 30s, were chosen from more than 6,000 applications NASA received last year. Half of them are women, making this the highest percentage of female astronaut candidates ever selected for a class.NASA said the candidates could also ...


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The Wages of Fear (La Salaire de la peur) [DVD]

The Wages of Fear (La Salaire de la peur) [DVD]

Henri-Georges Clouzots existential suspense classic The Wages of Fear (La Salaire de la peur) opens in Las Piedres, a village in a poor, unnamed country somewhere in the heart of South America. It is a lost, dilapidated place of nearly suffocating heat where naked chi ... ...

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  • Biggest protests in 20 years sweep Brazil

    * Sparked by cost of public transport, complaints grow * Demonstrations unfold as Brazil hosts Confederations Cup * Protests mostly peaceful, though clashes in some cities (Updates size of protests, adds fresh quotes, details) By Todd Benson and Asher Levine SAO PAULO, June 17 (Reuters) - As many as 200,000 demonstrators marched through the streets of Brazil's biggest cities on ...

  • Rain continues to fall in flooded Fort McMurray and area

    Flooding at Heritage Park in Fort McMurray on June 11, 2013. (AMANDA RICHARDSON/QMI Agency) The Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo began offering shovels, sand and bags to be used to protect properties as the Hangingstone and Clearwater rivers turned parks to lakes and forced more than 100 people to evacuate their homes. A state of emergency was issued Tuesday afternoon. According to Wood ...

  • Rob Ford to learn whether Supreme Court will hear conflict appeal

    Analysis: Project Traveller raid not about Rob Ford TORONTO - It’s either the last chapter in Mayor Rob Ford’s conflict-of-interest case or the start of a heck of a finale at the Supreme Court of Canada. Ford finds out Thursday whether the country’s top court will hear Toronto resident Paul Magder’s appeal of the court decision earlier this year that let him stay in the ...

  • Jury in Trayvon Martin case to be anonymous for now Judge

    Florida court debates what jury can hear in Trayvon Martin killing SANFORD, FLA. - The identities of jurors in the trial of former neighborhood watchman George Zimmerman will remain anonymous for an unspecified period after a verdict is handed down in the case, the judge ruled on Monday. The decision by Circuit Court Judge Debra Nelson came after jury selection in the trial resumed for a second ...

  • Mountie knew what he was doing when he killed his wife court hears

    EDMONTON - A psychiatrist says a delusional former Mountie who shot his wife to death should be found criminally responsible because he knew what he was doing was wrong. Dr. Lenka Zedkova testified Monday that while she accepts Tirth Sehmbi, 39, was suffering from delusions at the time of the July 10, 2010, slaying of Rajpinder Sehmbi, 29, she believes he was still able to appreciate the nature ...

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