STS-127 Mission Will Be Long and Busy

STS-127 Mission Will Be Long and Busy: "Robotics, spacewalks to dominate 16-day station assembly mission"

(Via Aviation Week & Space Technology on AviationWeek.com.)

CIA seeks to keep interrogation records secret

CIA seeks to keep interrogation records secret: "CIA Director Leon Panetta on Monday asked a federal judge to keep records of U.S. interrogations of top al Qaeda captives secret, arguing their release could cause 'exceptionally grave' damage to national security.

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(Via CNN.com.)

Kim Jong Il's son 'not interested' in politics

Kim Jong Il's son 'not interested' in politics: "The eldest son of North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, in a rare television interview Tuesday, shed some light on who might eventually take over leadership of the country.

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(Via CNN.com.)

Reporters get 12 years labor in N. Korea prison

Reporters get 12 years labor in N. Korea prison: "Two U.S. journalists detained in North Korea while covering defectors living along the China-North Korea border have been sentenced to 12 years in labor prisons, the country's state-run media said today. The court sentenced Laura Ling and Euna Lee for the 'grave crime they committed against the Korean nation.'

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(Via CNN.com.)

Spy planes due in Afghanistan are late

Spy planes due in Afghanistan are late: "The Air Force’s delay in deploying MC-12W spy planes to Afghanistan could hamper a summer offensive planned against the Taliban, a spokesman for Defense Secretary Robert Gates said."

(Via Air Force Times - News.)