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...1880s The transits of Venus in these decades were media events, featured in popular articles all over the world. The U.S. Naval Observatory alone sent out several expeditions, left. By then, it was easy to figure out longitude and latitude, and good telescopes were available. But it was still impossible to get precise timing measurements because just before Venus leaves the sun's disk, an optical illusion makes the planet seem to ooze toward the edge...
...later plotted with al Qaeda lieutenant Abu Zubaydah to detonate a radiological bomb in the United States. Padilla was arrested at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport in May 2002. Since being classified as an enemy combatant, he has been detained in a South Carolina naval brig...
...Yudhoyono. She also faces competition from another ex-general, the Golkar candidate, Wiranto, who has been indicted for crimes against humanity by a U.N.-backed court in East Timor. Power Play HONG KONG In the biggest show of force since Hong Kong's 1997 handover to China, eight Chinese naval vessels cruised through the territory's harbor to mark the navy's 55th anniversary. Some saw this display of military muscle as an appeal to local patriotism, others as a not-so-subtle reminder of Beijing's ultimate sovereignty over Hong Kong. MEANWHILE IN IRELAND... It's All Greek...
...allowed ourselves to let them back into the race,” Kummer said. “That being said, they were always in the race. They were driving hard. They’re tough as heck. That’s why they’re in the Naval Academy...
...Supreme Court is scheduled to hear oral arguments this week about whether the 595 detainees held at the Guantanamo Bay naval base in Cuba may challenge their captivity in federal court. It's one of three cases on the court's docket this month that strike at a linchpin of the Bush Administration's counterterrorism policy: that a wartime President may assert sweeping executive authority in the interest of national security. By late June, the court may issue key rulings on separation-of-powers issues, such as whether U.S. citizens can be locked up indefinitely without court review...