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Today, the most underachieving machine NASA ever dreamed up got into trouble again, when computers that control the station?s oxygen, water supply and orientation failed. With the three-man station crew just joined by the seven visiting astronauts of the space shuttle Atlantis, the specter of Apollo 13 on a grand scale - with 10 astronauts in danger this time instead of merely three - immediately arose. The good news is, the shuttle and station astronauts are in nowhere near the danger the 1970 lunar crew was; in fact, they're not in much danger at all. The bad news...
KABUL U.S. troops mistakenly kill seven Afghan police...
Zakia Zaki, 35, who ran the U.S.-funded Peace Radio in Afghanistan, was shot seven times while sleeping with her baby. Another Afghan woman, newscaster Shokiba Sanga Amaaj, 22, was murdered a week before. As violence against women in Afghanistan rises, especially targeting those who have embarked on careers, can the U.S. Congress help? It earmarked $45 million--twice the 2002 amount--for Afghan government groups and NGOs dedicated to empowering women and girls. The act came too late for Zaki: it passed June 6, the day she died...
...surprising loss for a boat that took gold in Eastern Sprints, a whole two seconds ahead of silver medalist Yale. The loss broke a winning streak of seven years against the Bulldogs for a Crimson team that was otherwise undefeated in dual racing this season...
...promises. In the past, Prime Minister Vojislav Kostunica has repeatedly denigrated the court as biased against Serbs. Natasa Kandic, a prominent human rights campaigner and director of the Humanitarian Law Center, a group that lobbies for the prosecution of war criminals, told TIME: "For the past seven years, Kostunica has repeatedly shown nothing but disdain for the Tribunal, and now he has suddenly changed his tune and made some promises. Frankly, I am confused, and based on Kostunica's record, I'm not sure [del Ponte's] optimism is well-founded...