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WASHINGTON, May 24 (Xinhua) - California-based private company SpaceX announced Thursday that its Dragon spacecraft completed key on-orbit tests as part of a historic attempt to be the first commercial company to send a spacecraft to the International Space Station. Early Thursday morning, Dragon's thrusters fired, bringing the vehicle 2.4 kilometers below the station.

Baghdad, May 25, IRNA - A member of Iran's negotiation delegation in Baghdad has ruled out the AFP report that Saeed Jalili, the Secretary of Supreme National Security Council of Iran (SNSCI), had met the US envoy. The Iranian, who wanted not to be named, told IRNA that the SNSCI Secretary and the US delegation have had no meeting and talks.

by Nadege Puljak | May 25, 2012 President Francois Hollande is on his first visit to Afghanistan since taking office earlier this month President Francois Hollande on Friday defended France's imminent exit from Afghanistan, saying 2,000 combat troops will leave in a coordinated withdrawal this year but vowing not to abandon the country. Hollande met French soldiers deployed in the volatile province of Kapisa

By Philip Pullella REUTERS Pope Benedict XVI waits prior to a private audience with Macedonia's Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski at the Vatican. The Vatican, embroiled for months in the so-called "Vatileaks" scandal involving the leak of secret papers, said on Friday its police had detained a person in possession of confidential documents. A Vatican statement said the person was being questioned by Vatican

AP | May 25, 2012, 08.28PM IST | | | AMSTERDAM - A giant radio telescope made up of thousands of separate dishes and intended to help scientists answer fundamental questions about the make- up of the universe will be built and based in both Australia and South Africa, the international consortium overseeing the project announced Friday. The Square Kilometer Array telescope will be 50 times more sensitive and

Friday, May 25, 2012 10:35 Hits: 4 ISTANBUL (TAP)- A suspected suicide bomber detonated explosives inside a car outside a police station in the central Turkish province of Kayseri on Friday, killing himself and a police officer and wounding some 20 others, Turkish media reported. The bomber had tried to drive his car into the police station moments before the blast took place.

By PAUL NEWBERRY, Associated Press May 25, 2012 Indiana Pacers fan Matt Asen taunts Miami Heat forward LeBron James after he fell to the floor following a missed lay up on a fast break during the first half of Game 6 of their NBA basketball Eastern Conference semifinal playoff series in Indianapolis, Thursday, May 24, 2012.

by Veronica Smith | May 26, 2012 The Obama administration on Friday rejected calls within Congress to brand China a currency manipulator, but said its "significantly undervalued" currency was a key brake on global growth. The US Treasury Department said China had not met the standards for manipulation of the yuan, also known as the renminbi, to gain an unfair competitive trade advantage.

The candidate of Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood won a spot in a run-off election, according to partial results Friday AP Image Credit: AP Muslim Brotherhool claim lead as Egypt vote counting begins. Cairo: The candidate of Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood won a spot in a run-off election, according to partial results Friday from Egypt's first genuinely competitive presidential election.

By Staff, Associated Press May 25, 2012 LONDON (AP) - Keira Knightley, the glamorous star of "Pirates of the Caribbean," is engaged to marry musician James Righton, her publicist said Friday. Publicist Sara Keene said the couple were not releasing any details of the proposal, and did not have any comment on wedding plans. Righton is a keyboard player for the rock group Klaxons.