Archive for April 3rd, 2009

NKorea says satellite launch coming ‘soon’ (AP)

Written by on Friday, April 3rd, 2009 in 186084.

This satellite image provided by DigitalGlobe shows a missile on the launchpad at Musudan-ri, North Korea formally know as Taepo-dong missle launch facility. The image was collected Thursday April 2, 2009. North Korea plans to launch what it says is an experimental communications satellite ? perhaps as early as Saturday ? from its Musudan-ri facility in the northeastern part of the country.(AP Photo/DigitalGlobe)  MANDATORY CREDITAP – North Korea said preparations to launch a satellite were complete Saturday and liftoff was imminent, as U.S., Japanese and South Korean warships with radar plied waters near the communist nation to monitor what they dread is a long-range missile test.

Original post by AP and software by Elliott Back

Pakistani paramilitary soldiers. At least eight people were killed in a suspected US missile strike in a Pakistani tribal region near the Afghan border, security officials said(AFP/File/Asif Hassan)Reuters – A pilotless U.S. drone aircraft fired a missile in northwest Pakistan on Saturday, killing 13 people including some foreign militants, security officials and residents said.

Original post by Reuters and software by Elliott Back

Javier Aguirre led Mexico from the depths of the Hexagonal to the 2002 World Cup during his first tenure as Tricolor manager. But now the team has possibly more questions, making for a more hard task than many assume, says Goal.com’s Luis Bueno.

Original post by AFP and software by Elliott Back



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