Voice of America
WASHINGTON — U.S. President Barack Obama is reaffirming his commitment to space exploration as America marks the 40th anniversary of the first moon landing.
Barack Obama was only seven years old when Neil Armstrong became the first man to set foot on the moon.
But he still has memories of those days. He recalls standing [...]

Voice of America
A U.S. newspaper reports the Bush administration repeatedly discouraged efforts to investigate the 2001 mass killings of Taliban prisoners by the militia of an American-backed warlord.
The New York Times reports the FBI, State Department and Red Cross pushed for a probe, but the White House failed to act because the warlord, General Abdul [...]

American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, July 9, 2009 – A key measurement of success in Afghanistan will be the attitude of Afghans affected by U.S.-led operations, the military’s second-ranking military officer said today.Marine Corps Gen. James E. Cartwright, vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, told the Senate Armed Services Committee that the counterinsurgency mission [...]

Voice of America
SEOUL — South Korean officials say North Korea fired the missiles throughout the day Saturday, launching them in the morning, early afternoon, and early evening.
The missiles were apparently launched from a facility on North Korea’s east coast, and are believed to have flown approximately 400 kilometers each.
The Foreign Ministry in Seoul issued a [...]

Voice of America
The United States said Monday that a scientific analysis of North Korea’s May 25 nuclear test shows it to have had only a fraction of the explosive force first estimated. The U.S. intelligence report came as President Barack Obama prepared for talks Tuesday on the North Korean nuclear program and other issues with [...]

Special to HarpBlaster.com News Wire/NASA.gov
Space shuttle Atlantis landed at Edwards Air Force Base in California at 11:39 a.m. EDT, completing a 13-day journey of approximately 5.3 million miles in space.
During a press conference held at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, Associate Administrator for NASA’s Science Mission Directorate Ed Weiler said, “Now, and only now [...]

PRNewswire
BOSTON — SmarterTravel has announced the top vacation destinations for summer that won’t break the bank. Destinations looking to attract travelers are offering hard-to-pass-up-sales, from U.S. cities to more far-flung, exotic locales.
“While summer is often a peak time to travel, destinations can’t rely on the usual droves of visitors given the nature of the economy [...]

Special to HarpBlaster.com News Wire
WASHINGTON –Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani, a Tanzanian national who has been held at the Guantanamo Bay detention facility since September 2006, will be prosecuted in federal court in the United States pursuant to the March 12, 2001 superseding indictment currently pending against him in the Southern District of New York.
In accordance with [...]

By Todd DeFeo
HarpBlaster.com News Wire
SAITAMA, Japan – The Shinkansen glides swiftly along the rails that crisscross Japan. The high-speed bullet trains that whisk travelers from one side of Japan to the other are an icon of the country and a model for high-speed rail.
While these trains are the symbol of the country today, they are [...]

PRNewswire
NEW YORK — Bob Dylan’s new album, Together Through Life, has entered both the U.S. and UK album charts at #1, marking the artist’s second consecutive U.S. No. 1 debut and his first chart-topping release in the UK since New Morning in 1970.
Together Through Life is a true international hit, as well, achieving No. 1 [...]