Schwarzenegger to lead tech delegation to Russia

MOSCOW — California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger will lead a delegation to Russia next week to meet with President Dmitry Medvedev and visit the future Russian "Silicon Valley", organisers said Wednesday.

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A senior North Korean official has given the first public confirmation that the youngest son of the dictator Kim Jong-il will succeed his father.The closed communist state is this weekend expected to hold the biggest military parade in its history in part to honour the rise of Kim Jong-un.
Speaking to the APTN news agency, North Korean ruling party member Yang Hyong-sop said his people were honoured to serve Kim Jong-un.
The comments are the first public confirmation by a regime official that Kim Jong-il's youngest son will succeed his ailing father.

BBC News - Chile reveals timing of attempt to rescue 33 miners

An attempt to rescue 33 Chilean miners trapped deep underground could begin at midnight on Tuesday (0300 GMT), Mining Minister Laurence Golborne says.
A test of the rescue capsule has been carried out successfully, descending almost the whole way down the 622m (680yd) shaft, engineers say.

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Obama loses another staffer

President Barack Obama watches as outgoing National Security Adviser James Jones speaks in the Rose Garden of the White House. Photo / AP

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MOJAVE, California - Virgin Galactic's new passenger space rocket SpaceShipTwo has made its first solo glide flight.

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Amir Khan has entered the row over his brother Haroon’s non-selection for the England Commonwealth Games team in a series of angry Twitter posts aimed at head coach Rob McCracken.