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14. February 2011 | 15:30

Venera-1 automatic interplanetary probe: design, flight, firsts

On February 12, 1961, the Soviet Union launched the first planetary probe to Venus, the Venera-1 automatic interplanetary station (News Source: Russian Information Agency Novosti - 17:24:20)

Video: Three injured in separate traffic accidents

At around 5:15hrs of Sunday morning a car, driven by a 15-year-old from Isla, crashed into a tree at Aldo Moro Street in Marsa, the police said, the driver and passenger both sustained grievous injuries. In a separate incident, not far away from the previous car crash, the car of a 91-year-old overturned and he […] (News Source: Maltamedia.com Daily News - 11:27:06)

Teenage adventure ends with crash

Two teenagers in their pyjamas thought they would have the time of their life by driving the car of one of their father’s. The two 15 year old girls sneaked out of the house and took the car to go for a drive. (News Source: Malta Star - 08:14:26)

Car overturns in Marsa Bypass

A car overturned in the Marsa bypass (headed towards the Santa Venera tunnels) early this morning, seriously injuring its 91-year-old driver. (News Source: Malta Today - 09:51:55)

Opposition In Tajikistan, Severely Beaten

Opposition Member Saifullozoda Recovering in his Hospital Bed Early morning February 7, 2011, Hikmatullo Saifullozoda, a 60 year old editor of the opposition newspaper Najot and a prominent member of the opposition from the Islamic Renaissance Party of Tajikistan (IRPT), was ambushed and brutally beaten by unidentified perpetrators near his home in the capital city […] (News Source: Foreign Policy Blogs - 07:28:52)

Magazine Living: Someone to (C)love….

The all-American characters of Gary and Elaine have wormed their way into households and hearts aplenty thanks to the ingenuity of Molly Erdman, whose Catalog Living blog points to certain styling curiosities within catalogs. We enlisted Erdman to author a… (News Source: Curbed - 20:08:03)

Agents raid country club home in illegal-workers case

MOUNT PLEASANT — Federal agents recently raided a couple’s home in Charleston National Country Club, searching for evidence that the pair’s company hired and harbored illegal Eastern European workers. (News Source: The Post and Courier - 05:24:05)

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