Space station drama as cooling system fails

A failure of the cooling system on the International Space Station forced astronauts to re-route power Sunday as NASA planned air max 87 emergency spacewalks to fix the problem. One of two cooling loops shut down Saturday night, triggering alarms throughout the orbiting station, which is manned by three Russian and three American astronauts. NASA said the crew is not in any danger, but an attempt overnight to close the circuit breaker and restart the pump module that feeds the vital ammonia to the cooling system failed. Astronauts closed down air max shoes two of the gyroscopes that position the station as they re-routed power from the Destiny Laboratory research module to keep the temperature system stable. One gyroscope was later put back on line. "The station is in a stable...

United Arab Emirates to block key features on BlackBerrys

Citing national security concerns, the United Arab Emirates said Sunday that it will block key features on BlackBerry air 90 smartphones because the devices operate beyond the government's ability to monitor. An official in neighboring Saudi Arabia indicated that it will follow suit. The decision could prevent hundreds of thousands of users in the UAE from accessing e-mail and the Web on their devices starting Oct. nike air max 90 11, putting the Middle Eastern federation's reputation as a business-friendly commercial and tourism hub at risk.  BlackBerry transmissions are encrypted and routed overseas, and the measure could be motivated in part by government fears that the messaging system might be exploited by terrorists or other criminals who cannot be monitored air max...

Hamas rockets seen as bid to foil talks

Israeli officials said Sunday Chaussures nike that the rocket fire over the weekend would likely not lead to an escalation of hostilities in the short term, but was likely an attempt by Hamas to send a message that it should not be ignored if peace talks are launched. If the talks between Israel and the PA pick up speed, some officials predict that Hamas will escalate its terrorist activity in an attempt to force Israel to launch Abey another operation in Gaza, a move which would most likely derail the talks. Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu warned at the beginning of Sunday’s cabinet meeting that Israel holds Hamas “directly nike air max responsible for any attack on Israel that originates in the Gaza Strip, and this is how the international community must see...

House passes bill to reduce disparity in cocaine penalties

Ending a decade-long campaign classic max led by African-American lawmakers, the House Wednesday approved and sent to President Barack Obama a measure to reduce the disparity in penalties between use of crack and powder cocaine. Under a 25-year-old law, mandatory minimum sentences involving crack cocaine -- a drug more commonly used by blacks than whites -- led to far more severe penalties than buy aion kinah for offenses involving powder cocaine, generally preferred by whites. "The Fair Sentencing Act will reduce sentencing disparity gucci shoes for women between crack and powder cocaine from 100-to-1 to 18-to-1," said Congressman John Conyers, D-Michigan, who applauded the passage. Conyers said the crack mandatory sentences had pushed the number of drug offenders X458...