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Jan. 9, 1643: Astronomer Sees Ashen Light of Venus
1643: Italian astronomer Giovanni Riccioli discovers a faint glow on the night side of the planet Venus. Other astronomers over the centuries since will also observe t...
India has its 'Enron moment' after revelations of Satyam founder's £1bn fraud
Indian industry vowed to improve its corporate governance today after the founder of one of the biggest outsourcing firms confessed to a £1bn fraud, the country's bi...
Sri Lankan editor gunned down on the way to work
The outspoken editor of a Sri Lankan newspaper which had accused the government of corruption and been critical of the administration's war against Tamil guerrillas wa...
Indian Mumbai dossier details gunmen's calls with handlers
Details of macabre conversations of the gunmen who rampaged through Mumbai for three days have been revealed in the Indian government's dossier against Pakistan, which...
Jan. 7, 1851: Foucault's Pendulum Experiment
1851: Léon Foucault uses a pendulum to demonstrate the rotation of the Earth. It is the first direct visual evidence not based on watching the stars circle in th...
Indian PM accuses Pakistan agencies of being behind Mumbai attacks
India's prime minister accused "official agencies" in Pakistan of being behind the three-day bloody rampage by gunmen in Mumbai raising hackles in its nuclear-armed ne...
Jan. 5, 1972: Nixon OKs 'Low-Cost' Space Shuttle
1972: President Richard M. Nixon announces that NASA will develop a space shuttle system, touting its reliability, reusability and low cost. The Mercury and Gemini pr...
Sri Lanka: Divided nation faced with fight to death
Nestling under India, the island of Sri Lanka is famed for its palm-fringed beaches but also the bitter civil war that has gripped the country for 25 years.The battle ...
Dec. 30, 1924: Hubble Annnounces Andromeda Is a Galaxy
1924: Astronomer Edwin Hubble announces that the spiral nebula Andromeda is actually a galaxy and that Milky Way is just one of many galaxies in the universe. Before ...
Winds of change come to country plagued by power blackouts
The forest of white windmills that make up Asia's largest wind farm can be seen from miles away. Dotted across 2,000 square kilometres of hills and villages on a basal...
CD review: Jamie Foxx, 'Intuition'
RATING: (ALERT VIEWER) Jamie Foxx would be justified in continuing his efforts as a singer if for no other reason than as fodder for more videos as charming as the one...
Dec. 23, 1970: World Trade Center Tops Out
1970: Construction workers place the highest steel on the highest building in the world. New Yorkers will first hate it, then get used to it and eventually mourn its d...
