Astronauts enter world's 1st private supply ship - msnbc.com
28 May 2012, 6:42 am
By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - Space station astronauts floated into the Dragon on Saturday, a day after its heralded arrival as the world's first commercial supply ship. NASA astronaut Donald Pettit, the first one inside ...

world War Two battleship USS Iowa sets off on final voyage - Reuters
28 May 2012, 5:31 am
RICHMOND, California (Reuters) - The battleship USS Iowa, which served the United States through victory and tragedy during six decades at sea, set off on its final voyage on Saturday, a trip to Los Angeles to become a museum. With a cheer ...

world Power Plant Services Markets - Yahoo Finance
28 May 2012, 4:33 am
NEW YORK, May 28, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue: http://www.reportlinker.com/p0867597/world-Power-Plant-Services-Markets .html#utm_source=prnewswire&utm_medium ...

Democratic Myanmar gets world leaders - Thaindian.com
28 May 2012, 4:19 am
Nay Pyi Taw, May 28 (IANS) Myanmar’s decision to embrace democracy is getting the once isolated nation plenty of VVIP visitors from around the world. Manmohan Singh, who landed here Sunday, is only the latest in the list. He is the first Indian prime ...

world's Largest Trade Show - Sacramento Bee
28 May 2012, 12:23 am
GUANGZHOU, China, May 28, 2012 -- /PRNewswire-Asia/ --  Difficult financial and job market conditions in Europe and the United States have impacted on trade at the 111th Canton Fair, the world's largest trade show held in China concluded early ...

How The Future of Mobile Lies in the Developing world - TechCrunch
27 May 2012, 7:44 pm
Editor’s note: This guest post is written by Erica Kochi, the co-lead of Tech Innovation at UNICEF. Her team started UNICEF’s open source RapidSMS platform which has been adopted in developing countries worldwide. She co-teaches a class ...

Europe debt crisis dragging world economies down - Los Angeles Times
25 May 2012, 6:32 am
WASHINGTON — The Eurozone debt crisis is intensifying a global slowdown, with new signs that even powerhouse Germany may be faltering, adding to worries about China and other major pillars of economic growth. Analysts worry that economies and ...

The Golden Gate Bridge, a wonder of the world for 75 years - CBS News
24 May 2012, 6:57 pm
This story originally appeared on CNET. (CNET) SAN FRANCISCO--It's one of the wonders of the world, and one of the most photographed things on the planet. And this Sunday, the Golden Gate Bridge turns 75. While New York may have dozens of world ...

Metta world Peace reflects on year - ESPN
23 May 2012, 11:52 pm
EL SEGUNDO, Calif. -- Metta world Peace was the first Los Angeles Lakers player to address the media following his exit interview on Tuesday and could not let go of what could have been as he sifted through the rubble of a second consecutive ...

Pollution Tourism: Andrew Blackwell On Visiting the world’s Not-So-Hot Spots - New York Times Blogs
23 May 2012, 12:39 pm
In “Visit Sunny Chernobyl: And Other Adventures in the world’s Most Polluted Places,” Andrew Blackwell travels to the titular fallout site; Linfen, China; Port Arthur, Texas; and other deeply despoiled places, driven by concern for the ...