Space Shuttle Discovery Arrives At Launch Pad, Countdown Test Set
May 3, 2008
After safely reaching its launch pad at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, space shuttle Discovery now awaits its next major milestone for the upcoming STS-124 mission. A launch dress rehearsal, known as the terminal countdown demonstration test, is scheduled to take place at Kennedy from May 6 to 9. Read more
Hard Rain: Our Headlong Collision with Nature Exhibition Opens May 5th At the U.N. Headquarters
May 3, 2008
A photographic exhibition entitled “Hard Rain: Our Headlong Collision with Nature” will be launched in the North-East Gallery of the Visitors’ Lobby on Monday, 5 May, at 6:30 p.m. to coincide with the sixteenth Review Session of the Commission on Sustainable Development, taking place from 5 to 16 May at United Nations Headquarters. Read more
Iran: Muslim Delegation Seeks To Spin Meeting With Pope
May 3, 2008
A delegation of Iranian Muslim leaders this week visited the Vatican for a three-day seminar on “Faith and Reason in Christianity and Islam” and a brief meeting with Pope Benedict XIV. The gathering, part of the Vatican’s ongoing dialogue with Muslims, was the sixth such meeting between the two sides in more than a decade. Read more
Mbeki Announces Probe Into Zimbabwe Election Violence
May 3, 2008
The head of state of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, told religious leaders in Pretoria on Friday that he will send a mission to investigate political violence in Zimbabwe. Read more
Microsoft Withdraws Proposal to Acquire Yahoo!
May 3, 2008
Microsoft Corp. has announced that it has withdrawn its proposal to acquire Yahoo! Inc. Amongst other reasons Microsoft cited the newly formed alliance between Google and Yahoo as being a major regulatory and business issue. Read more
Venezuelan Labor Day Rally Attracts Hundreds of Thousands, Wages Raised By 30%
May 3, 2008
Waving red flags and pro-revolution banners “against imperialism” and for “socialism and peace” more than 300,000 workers marched in Caracas on Thursday to celebrate May 1, the International Day of Workers Struggle. The rally also celebrated a decree by Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez increasing the minimum wage by 30% giving Venezuela the highest minimum wage in Latin America. Read more
