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New Standards Adopted For Measuring Units Kilogram, Kelvin, Mole, Ampere
India on Monday adopted a global resolution to redefine four of the seven base units -- kilogramme, kelvin, mole and ampere -- a move expected to have far-reaching effects, including changes in textbooks.
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UN Police Base Under Attack In Mali's Timbuktu: United Nations
Unknown assailants attacked and withdrew inside a UN police base in the Malian city of Timbuktu today morning, the United Nations said, while security sources said a Malian army checkpoint in the city had also come under fire.
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Okinawa Governor Revokes Controversial US Base Approval
The governor of Okinawa Tuesday revoked approval for work on a US air base on the southern Japanese island, in the latest setback to the controversial plan.
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US Marine Killed, 11 Injured in Helicopter Training Crash
A US Marine was killed and 11 others injured when their helicopter made a "hard landing" during training at a US military base, officials said Thursday.
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Newly Launched Commercial Satellite Has Zoom View of Earth
An unmanned Atlas 5 rocket blasted off from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California on Wednesday to put a sharp-eyed, Earth-watching satellite into orbit for DigitalGlobe.
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New Standards Adopted For Measuring Units Kilogram, Kelvin, Mole, Ampere
India on Monday adopted a global resolution to redefine four of the seven base units -- kilogramme, kelvin, mole and ampere -- a move expected to have far-reaching effects, including changes in textbooks.
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UN Police Base Under Attack In Mali's Timbuktu: United Nations
Unknown assailants attacked and withdrew inside a UN police base in the Malian city of Timbuktu today morning, the United Nations said, while security sources said a Malian army checkpoint in the city had also come under fire.
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Okinawa Governor Revokes Controversial US Base Approval
The governor of Okinawa Tuesday revoked approval for work on a US air base on the southern Japanese island, in the latest setback to the controversial plan.
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US Marine Killed, 11 Injured in Helicopter Training Crash
A US Marine was killed and 11 others injured when their helicopter made a "hard landing" during training at a US military base, officials said Thursday.
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Newly Launched Commercial Satellite Has Zoom View of Earth
An unmanned Atlas 5 rocket blasted off from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California on Wednesday to put a sharp-eyed, Earth-watching satellite into orbit for DigitalGlobe.
