Monthly Archives: August 2012

Making Tracks on Mars

Posted on August 23, 2012 by Europa Newswire

This image shows the tracks left by NASA’s Curiosity rover on Aug. 22, 2012, as it completed its first test drive on Mars. The rover went forward 15 feet (4.5 meters), rotated 120 degrees and then reversed 8.2 feet (2.5 … Continue reading →

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Under-Secretary-General Valerie Amos Comments on Syria

Posted on August 23, 2012 by Europa Newswire

The United Nations (UN) humanitarian chief today (22 August) appealed to the international community to increase its funding to help 2.5 million Syrians who are in urgent need of basic services such as shelter, food, health care, water and sanitation. … Continue reading →

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NASA planning Mars mission for 2016

Posted on August 21, 2012 by Europa Newswire

NASA has selected a new mission, set to launch in 2016, that will take the first look into the deep interior of Mars to see why the Red Planet evolved so differently from Earth as one of our solar system’s … Continue reading →

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President Hamid Karzai meets with IJC Leadership

Posted on August 21, 2012 by Europa Newswire

Kabul International Airport, August 21 2012 U.S. Army Lt. Gen. James L. Terry, right, commander of ISAF Joint Command, greets Afghan President, Hamid Karzai on the flight line at Kabul International Airport this morning. Source: DoD, ISAF U.S. Army Lt. … Continue reading →

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Inspecting Curiosity’s Descent Stage Crash Site

Posted on August 20, 2012 by Europa Newswire

This portion of an image from the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) on NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has been annotated to show the relative positions between NASA’s Curiosity rover (right) and the impact site of its sky crane, or … Continue reading →

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Afghan Faces

Posted on August 18, 2012 by Europa Newswire

A little girl coaxes her sick baby sister at a recent children’s shura on Forward Operating Base Jackson, Sangin district, Helmand province. Children’s shuras are hosted on FOB Jackson every Friday and are coordinated by Female Engagement Team 8, working … Continue reading →

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Central Directorate of the Judicial Police (DCPJ) Full of Cocaine and Marijuana

Posted on August 18, 2012 by Europa Newswire

PORT AU PRINCE, HAITI The storage room at the Central Directorate of the Judicial Police (DCPJ) in Tabarre (Port-au-Prince) is almost full, with nearly two and a half tons of cocaine and marijuana. The stock comes from seizures during counter-drug … Continue reading →

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Ten rounds per second

Posted on August 17, 2012 by Europa Newswire

Photo by Staff Sgt. Ryan Crane Air Force Master Sgt. Jeffery Needham, staff platoon sergeant attached to Laghman Provincial Reconstruction Team, fires his MK-48 machine gun at wooden targets while practicing at the off-base firing range near Forward Operating Base … Continue reading →

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Actor Bill Murray

Posted on August 17, 2012 by Europa Newswire

Photo by Staff Sgt. Katie Gieratz Second Lieutenant Leah Davis speaks with actor Bill Murray, at the Wrenwoods Golf Course, Joint Base Charleston – Air Base S.C., Aug. 17, 2012. Murray participated in the golf tournament sponsored by the Airlift/Tanker … Continue reading →

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Dilma Rousseff and the Olympic Athlete

Posted on August 15, 2012 by Europa Newswire

Brasília – On Sunday, August 12, the last day of the London 2012 Olympic Games, president Dilma Rousseff sent a message congratulating all the Brazilian athletes who participated in the competition. Dilma praised those who won medals and all who … Continue reading →

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