SpaceX readies for ambitious ISS launch
19 May
California-based company SpaceX was poised to launch its Dragon capsule to the International Space Station Saturday in what may be a historic mission for private spaceflight. The blastoff of SpaceX s Falcon 9 rocket, carrying the unmanned Dragon and over half a ton of cargo toward the orbiting lab, was scheduled for 4:55 op de (0855 GMT) Saturday from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in south Florida. The forecast was 70 percent favorable for the first-of-its kind attempt to send a privately built spacecraft to the research outpost, where it plans to do a fly-under followed by a berthing in the coming days.
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Het laden ...All eyes on Munich as Chelsea, Bayern face off
19 May
Bayern Munich and Chelsea were gearing for their Champions League final showdown here Saturday as the Bavarian capital buzzed with anticipation ahead of the biggest game in club football. A worldwide television audience estimated in the hundreds of millions is expected to tune in for Saturday s clash between the German and English Premier League giants, which kicks off at 8:45 uur (1845 GMT). The eagerly awaited final — which is taking place at Bayern s home ground, the Allianz Arena — is a 70,000 sell-out
(Nog geen beoordelingen) Het laden ...73-year-old Japanese woman scales Mount Everest
19 May
A 73-year-old Japanese woman has climbed Mount Everest, smashing her own record to again become the oldest woman to scale the world s highest mountain. Ang Tshering of the China Tibet Mountaineering Association says Tamae Watanabe reached Everest s 8,850-meter-high (29,035-foot-high) summit from the northern side of the mountain in Tibet on Saturday morning with four other team members
(Nog geen beoordelingen) Het laden ...Chicago protesters break away from nurses’ rally
19 May
Hundreds of protesters broke away from a large rally and began marching through Chicago streets, taunting police and shouting about everything from bank bailouts to nuclear power a prelude to even bigger demonstrations expected after the start of a NATO summit. Police said Friday there was one arrest for aggravated battery of a police officer. Officers were also seen trying to arrest a man who scaled a bridge tower and pulled down part of a NATO banner
(Nog geen beoordelingen) Het laden ...Motorola mobility smartphone face US import ban
19 May
US commission on Friday sided with Microsoft by moving to ban the import of Android-powered Motorola smartphones based on patent infringement complaints by the software colossus. The ruling issued by the International Trade Commission (ITC) will take effect in late July if President Barack Obama does not overrule it. "The Commission has issued a limited exclusion order directed to the infringing products of Motorola and has terminated the investigation," the ITC said in a written decision
(Nog geen beoordelingen) Het laden ...Indonesia calls off search for jet crash victims
19 May
Indonesian officials have called off the search for victims of a Russian jet crash, the operation s head said Saturday as experts continue their probe into why it flew into a dormant volcano, The new Sukhoi Superjet 100 slammed into Mount Salak, south of the capital Jakarta, on May 9 with the loss of all 45 passengers and crew on board. Body parts were flung over dense forest and down a deep ravine. As experts analyse data from the plane s cockpit voice recorder for clues as to why it crashed during a demonstration flight, officials called off the search for victims.
(Nog geen beoordelingen) Het laden ...Fire on bus of Muslim pilgrims kills 16 in India
19 May
A overloaded bus carrying pilgrims to a Muslim shrine rammed into a parked truck and burst into flames overnight, doden 16 and injuring more than two dozen in the north Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, police said Saturday. Some of the 78 passengers aboard the 54-seater bus had kerosene and cooking gas cylinders that helped to turn the bus "into a ball of fire," officer Iqbal Mallik said. Some passengers escaped through the back door of the bus and others through a window
(Nog geen beoordelingen) Het laden ...Shahbaz increases womens job quota to 15 procent
19 May
Presiding over the meeting regarding women’s problem the Chief Minister Punjab Shahbaz Sharif has enhanced women’s job quota has been increased in Punjab from 5 percent to 15 percent whereas the age limit for women in all government jobs has also been increased for three years. The presence of a woman member in selection committee of all provincial departments has been made compulsory
(Nog geen beoordelingen) Het laden ...SC storming case: Police issue notice to Sharif brothers
19 May
The capital police have decided to reopen Supreme Court (SC) storming case of 1997 and issued notices to Pakistan Muslim League PML-N leaders Nawaz Sharif and Shahbaz Sharif to appear before Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Muhammad Malik Yousaf in this regard. "The capital police have reopened the Supreme Court attack case and summoned the Sharif brothers following the directives of Interior Minister Rehman Malik and SSP Muhammad Malik Yousaf has been made the investigation officer of the case," sources said.
(Nog geen beoordelingen) Het laden ...Final decision on NATO supply not yet taken: PM
19 May
Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has said that no final decision has been taken with regard to resumption of NATO supplies so far. Talking to media on Friday after a meeting with Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain and Pervez Elahi, he said that the Parliamentary Committee on National Security gave its recommendations and the Defence Committee of Cabinet had disused them. “I have four priorities for the upcoming budget,” said Gilani, listing them down as electricity, employment, no new taxes and relief to the agriculture sector.
(Nog geen beoordelingen) Het laden ...Three more killed in Karachi violence
19 May
Volgens gegevens, some unidentified persons opened fire and shot dead a man named Imran in Shah Faisal Colony.
(Nog geen beoordelingen) Het laden ...National hockey team off to Malaysia
19 May
Thirteen members of Pakistan hockey team left from Allam Iqbal Air Port Lahore while six players are already in Malaysia. Talking to media before the departure of the team, captain Sohail Abbas said that the performance of the team will be judged during the tournament. Pakistan team will play their first match against Argentina on May 24.
(Nog geen beoordelingen) Het laden ...Lahore: Masters Table Tennis League starts
19 May
The three-day Masters Table Tennis League began in Lahore in which 32 male and female players from all over the country are participating.
(Nog geen beoordelingen) Het laden ...Lahore: Punjab dominated in bodybuilding event
19 May
The competition was held at the Alhamra Hall in Lahore in three different categories. Punjab won the Inter-Province competition with 67 points while Khyber Pakhtukhwa remained runners-up with 33 point.
(Nog geen beoordelingen) Het laden ...Activists, others’ killings incident are part of deep conspiracy: MQM
18 May
Personeel Report KARACHI: Mutahida Qaumi Movement’s (MQM) Raabta Committee said today that incident of its six activists and others killings in Karachi are a deep conspiracy, Samaa gemeld op vrijdag. The MQM Raabta Committee has said in a statement this day that the prime goal behind these killings is to give a blood and fire bath to the city and start fight between its residents.
(Nog geen beoordelingen) Het laden ...KSE fails to maintain 14,000 points level
18 May
The market started the day with bearish trend and selling pressure persisted during the whole trading session.
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