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Russia launches astronauts after 5-month break
Tue, May 15, 2012 12:09 BST
AFP 0:32 | 14 views
Two Russians and an American on Tuesday blasted off for the International Space Station (ISS) on a Soyuz rocket in Russia's first manned space launch for almost five months. Duration: 00:32
Bald eagle’s numbers so strong, they’re starving
Wed, May 9, 2012 16:56 BST
AFP 2:26 | 88 views
Once endangered, the North American bald eagle has recovered so well they are running out of food in the wild. Shortages of some winter salmon spawns are forcing more eagles to eat from the dump. Duration: 02:26
French museum reveals Battle of Alesia secrets
Sat, May 5, 2012 22:18 BST
AFP 1:47 | 78 views
More than two thousand years have passed since Julius Caesar's Gallic Wars, but the mystery surrounding the exact location of the Battle of Alesia continues to fuel debate. A new museum, telling the story of the seige, opened recently in the Burgandy region of France.Duration 01:47
Solar powered boat ends round the world trip
Thu, May 3, 2012 13:36 BST
AFP 2:18 | 141 views
In these days of environmental awareness, a European venture has shown the possibilities of solar power. PlanetSolar is the world's largest solar-powered boat and the catamaran will complete its record-breaking round-the-world trip this week when it docks in Monaco after 600 days at sea. Duration: 02:17
Nicaragua mourns Sandinista co-founder Tomas Borge
Wed, May 2, 2012 13:40 BST
AFP 0:31 | 104 views
Tomas Borge, the last living founder of Nicaragua's left-wing Sandinista movement and the country's feared interior minister for more than a decade, has died at the age of 81. The government decreed three days of national mourning in honor of the former minister, whose body was lying in state at the National Palace on Tuesday. Duration: 00:31
Cars banned from foot of France's Mont-Saint-Michel
Sun, Apr 29, 2012 14:32 BST
AFP 0:55 | 109 views
Cars have been banned from the foot of Mont-Saint-Michel in northwest France. People coming to the country's most visited tourist site now have to park their vehicles three kilometres from the historic mount, walk one kilometre, then take a shuttle bus to the entrance. It's the latest stage in a long-running project to turn Mont-Saint-Michel into an island once more. But it's getting a mixed response from tourists. Duration: 00:55
Argentina creates drought-resistant gene for crops
Sat, Apr 28, 2012 17:53 BST
AFP 2:09 | 49 views
Argentina's farmers cannot roll back climate change -– but with a new biotech advance which allows crops to survive in hot, dry climes, they may not need to. One team has found that transferring a sunflower gene into cereal crops like corn and soy can help them to survive longer without water, and even make them more productive. The discovery is being touted as Argentina's next genetically modified "miracle" -- for better and for worse. Duration: 02:08
Shuttle Enterprise soars over New York on final flight
Fri, Apr 27, 2012 21:27 BST
AFP 0:55 | 71 views
The US space shuttle Enterprise bowed out Friday on America's biggest stage -- a flyover of the Statue of Liberty -- before going to a museum in New York at the end of an era in American space travel.Duration: 00:55
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