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An Asteroid Will Smash Into The Earth

As report, a 270-meter (885-foot) asteroid was first discovered in 2004, astronomers estimated its chances of smashing into Earth in its first flyby, in 2029, at 1-in-37.

Russia’s space agency chief said Wednesday a spacecraft may be dispatched to knock a large asteroid off course and reduce the chances of earth impact, even though U.S. scientists say such a scenario is unlikely.

Further studies have ruled out the possibility of an impact in 2029, when the asteroid is expected to come no closer than 18,300 miles (29,450 kilometers) from Earth’s surface, but they indicated a small possibility of a hit on subsequent encounters.

NASA had put the chances that Apophis could hit Earth in 2036 as 1-in-45,000. In October, after researchers recalculated the asteroid’s path, the agency changed its estimate to 1-in-250,000.

NASA said another close encounter in 2068 will involve a 1-in-330,000 chance of impact.

Don Yeomans, who heads NASA’s Near-Earth Object Program, said better calculations of Apophis’ path in several years “will almost certainly remove any possibility of an Earth collision” in 2036.

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45 Philippines official journalists were killed

ccording to the Philippine media reports, nearly one hundred heavily armed militants kidnapped 51 hostages Including 34 official journalists Nov 23 in the southern Philippines island of Mindanao, Maguindanao province.

Philippine militaryLocal military said, 45 hostages have been killed beheaded to deat at present, most women were raped and murdered.

Philippine President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo expressed strong anger, ordered to hunt down the murderer at all costs.

2010 World Cup line-up finalized

A dramatic final night of World Cup qualifying has seen 31 of the 32 places decided with European powerhouses France and Portugal going through.

They were joined from Europe by Greece and Slovenia, while the African playoff saw Algeria beat Egypt 1-0 in a dramatic match in Khartoum.

The tournament already promises to be the greatest ever, with top teams of the caliber of Spain, Italy, Germany, Brazil, Argentina, England, the Netherlands, Ivory Coast and Ghana sealing their places previously.

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‘2012′ kills at box office

Nothing like a good disaster movie to bring in a lot of coin at the box office.

At least that was the case this weekend with Roland Emmerich’s end-of-the world tale “2012,” which took in an estimated $65 million stateside and an additional $160 million overseas.

The John Cusack thriller brought in more than its $200 million budget in its opening weekend, a huge win for Sony Pictures. Add in the spectacular limited release reign of “Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire” and the weekend was a solid one even if it couldn’t surpass last year at this time when Sony’s “Quantum of Solace” was top dog on the list.

In second place was Disney’s “A Christmas Carol,” which despite opening softly last weekend, held up well in its second weekend in theaters, dropping only 26 percent. The Robert Zemeckis, CG-animated film grossed $22.3 million, with 14 percent of its tally coming from IMAX’s 182 runs. Its total cumulative now stands at $63 million.
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Gold at new high

Today news, Gold at new high as stocks pause for breath. Gold marched to a fresh peak but Asian and European stocks paused for breath on Thursday after Wall Street finished in positive territory overnight, but well off the 13-month highs achieved earlier in the session.

The dollar, whose sudden uptick from 15-month lows on Wednesday appeared to drive Wall Street’s pullback, added to those gains in early European trading. The greenback’s reversal challenged traders’ fashionable mantra of “weak dollar good” for riskier assets such as equities and commodities. Gold at new high as stocks pause for breath.

Against the euro the dollar was up 0.2 per cent at $1.4945. News that eurozone industrial production had risen 0.3 per cent in September, slightly less than expected, had negligible impact. On a trade-weighted basis the greenback rose 0.15 per cent to 75.22.

The main mover in the foreign exchange markets was the Aussie dollar, which hit a 15-month high against its US namesake of $0.9369 on strong jobs figures. It later traded up 0.27 per cent at $0.9316.

Early Asian action had seen renewed weakness in the greenback and this was sufficient to propel gold to a new all-time high of $1,122.85 an ounce. But the dollar’s new-found vigour saw the precious metal later drop 0.2 per cent to $1,114.8.

The main European exchanges gave up modest gains on the dollar’s advance, though still sat within sight of 2009 highs. The FTSE 100 was flat at 5,266.1, while the FTSE Eurofirst 300 lost 0.2 per cent at 1,011.3.

Asian stock markets had provided little impetus. Bourses in the region put in a varied showing with not much thrust offered in turn by Wall Street after the S&P 500 retreated from a new high for 2009 of 1,105.3 to settle up 0.5 per cent at 1,098.5.

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H1N1 virus widespread in 48 states

Until 2th Nov, 2009 the CDC ( Centers for Disease Control ) and Prevention said the H1N1 virus is widespread in 48 states. The federal government was invested $3 billion in H1N1 vaccine project.

SC Flu Shots

The health officials warn that those who don’t get vaccinated just take it easy, 99 percent of the people who get H1N1, it is just the flu – a few miserable days at home.

A new H1N1 vaccine is supposed to save the country from the worst-case scenario. But that vaccine isn’t coming as fast as expected and there’s lots of skepticism.