NASA names eight new astronaut trainees — half of them women
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NASA has picked eight Americans, a mix of scientists and military pilots, to begin training for future space missions that may one day launch them all the way to Mars. The new class includes four men and four women who will join the 49 active astronauts at the agency’s astronaut corps at the Johnson Space Center in Houston.
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Nadal wins 8th French Open title
Telegraph: Rafael Nadal won his eighth French Open title on Sunday after beating fellow Spaniard David Ferrer 6-3, 6-2, 6-3, at Roland Garros.
With Sunday’s win, Nadal becomes the first man to win eight titles at the same Grand Slam tournament.
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Sungur is a reluctant figurehead. On Wednesday, she declined to discuss last Tuesday’s drama and her sudden fame as the “lady in the red dress”. In brief remarks last week to the Turkish media she pointed out that she was a tiny part of a huge grassroots movement. “A lot of people no different from me were out protecting the park, defending their rights, defending democracy,” she said. “They also got gassed.”
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Sources: US intelligence agencies tap servers of top Internet companies
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U.S. intelligence agencies have a direct tap into the servers of the United States’ largest internet companies where agents can troll for suspicious activity, sources confirmed to NBC News on Thursday.
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Former drone operator says he’s haunted by his part in more than 1,600 deaths
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A former Air Force drone operator who says he participated in missions that killed more than 1,600 people remembers watching one of the first victims bleed to death.
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NSA snooping has foiled multiple terror plots: Feinstein
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While some lawmakers reacted with outrage to a report in a British newspaper that the National Security Agency had requested phone records from a division of telecommunications giant Verizon, other prominent Congressional leaders said they have known about the practice for years.
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Woman found alive 13 hours after deadly building collapse
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A woman was found alive in the rubble 13 hours after a building collapsed in downtown Philadelphia — killing at least six people and injuring more than a dozen others.
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Justin Bieber signs up for trip to space, Virgin Galactic founder says
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Justin Bieber in space? Make it so, Virgin Galactic!
Virgin’s billionaire founder, Richard Branson, reported in a Twitter tweet that the teenage pop star and his agent, Scooter Braun, have signed up to suborbital spaceflights: “Great to hear @justinbieber & @scooterbraun are latest @virgingalactic future astronauts,” Branson wrote. “Congrats, see you up there!”
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Navy SEAL writes a book about the decision to become a woman. Kristin Beck, formerly Chris, said she wrote the book “to reach out to all of the younger generation and encourage you to live your life fully and to treat each other with compassion, be good to each other, especially in your own backyard (where it be high school or your community).”
Reporters worldwide are grappling with government censorship and limits to reporting. Some are even accused and convicted of activities against governments that are landing them in jail.
In the past week alone, the following reports have been made:
An Egyptian blogger has been convicted of insulting the president.
In China, most mentions of the anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre were censored from the Internet.
Turkish protesters accused media of ignoring unrest; reports of anti-press attacks amid Turkey protests raise questions of censorship.
Congo Republic suspended four independent newspapers
Burundi enacted media law that reporters say curbs press freedoms.
Guinea media set strike after government shuts opposition radio.
The Palestinian Authority arrested the general manager of a Bethlehem radio station.
Ethiopia arrested a reporter after he covered the story of evictions in dam region.
Toronto Star reporter was arrested and ticketed after taking photos of injured public transit employee.
Imprisonment of journalists worldwide reached a record high in 2012, driven in part by the use of charges of terrorism and anti-state offenses against reporters and editors, reported the Committee to Protect Journalists in its annual census of imprisoned journalists.
CPJ video summary of the 2012 report on media imprisonment:
Photo: Activists wearing masks of jailed Nobel laureate, writer, professor and activist Liu Xiaobo hold candles during a night vigil at Liberty Square in Taipei June 4, 2013, on the 24th anniversary of the June 4 crackdown on pro-democracy protesters at Tiananmen Square in Beijing. REUTERS/Steven Chen
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