• India Launches Moon Orbiter:
  India has launched its first unmanned spacecraft on a mission to the moon [1], in an effort to assert its power in space. The mission is set to last two years and will prepare a three-dimensional atlas of the moon as well as survey the lunar surface for usable natural resources like uranium, a coveted fuel for nuclear power plants.



• Palin Gives Speech Advocating Women:
  At a rally in Nevada yesterday, Sarah Palin gave a speech advocating for women's rights [2] the world over. She said, "there are still places where women are subjugated and persecuted as they were in Afghanistan, places we’re they’re bullied and brutalized and murdered in honor killings. . . if I am elected, these women, too, will have an advocate and a defender in the 47th vice president of the United States. She also gave her first interview [3] to CNN.
• EU Protests US Death Sentence:
  The European parliament is protesting the execution of a prisoner [4]in the US after seven of the nine key witnesses recanted their testimony against him. The head of the EU parliament says that all executions are a violation of human rights and that the prisoner symbolizes all death row inmates. He says he "will fight against the death penalty under any circumstances everywhere in the world."

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