Archive for May 25th, 2008

Lebanon's army chief Michel Sleiman (centre) salutes people gathered at his family home in Feyyadieh, Beirut. Sleiman prepared for his first full day in office Monday after hearing his appeal for unity in the violence-hit country endorsed on all sides by the international community.(AFP/Joseph Barrak)AFP – Lebanon’s new president Michel Sleiman prepared for his first full day in office Monday after hearing his appeal for unity in the violence-hit country endorsed on all sides by the international community.

This artist's concept depicts NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander after its planned touchdown on the arctic plains of Mars. (NASA/JPL-Calech/University of Arizona/Handout/Reuters)Reuters – A small science probe
blazed through the salmon-colored skies of Mars on Sunday,
touching down on a frozen desert at the planet’s north pole to
search for water and assess conditions for sustaining life,
NASA officials said.

Reuters – Financial markets are starting to heal
thanks to the coordinated actions of the Federal Reserve and
other major central banks to alleviate a squeeze in money
markets, a senior U.S. Treasury official said in Tokyo on
Monday.



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