"BEIJING - China will launch its third manned space mission in late September, featuring its first-ever space walk, a state news agency said.

The Shenzhou 7 launch is to take place between Sept. 25 and 30, the official Xinhua News Agency reported late Saturday."

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080907/ap_on_sc/china_space

"Russia accuses West of rearming Georgia under cover of aid supplies"

"He accused the West of being provocative in its response to the war in the Caucasus.

"I wonder how they would feel if we now dispatched humanitarian assistance to the Caribbean, suffering from a hurricane using our navy," he said. "

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/georgia/2693892/Russia-accuses-West-of-rearming-Georgia-under-cover-of-aid-supplies.html

"The Bush administration is planning to sell the United Arab Emirates an advanced U.S. missile defense system valued at up to $7 billion that could be used to defend against Iran, people who have attended briefings on the matter said on Monday.

The Pentagon is set to notify the U.S. Congress of the proposed sale, which would be the first of the so-called Terminal High Altitude Area Defense, or THAAD, several people familiar with the matter said.

THAAD is built by Lockheed Martin Corp. Raytheon Co supplies the system's radar.

Once notified of such a proposed arms sale by the administration, Congress has 30 days to review it but almost never blocks."

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080908/ts_nm/usa_uae_missile_dc

MANSFIELD, Massachusetts (AP) -- A solitary sheep is living life in the fast lane.

An animal shelter worker spotted the sheep last week grazing just feet from traffic on a wooded highway median near Mansfield.

How it got there is a mystery but police first received reports of the animal about a year ago at the junction of Interstates 495 and 95. A number of rescue efforts have failed because the animal is afraid of people, and authorities are wary of using tranquilizers because a drugged animal could wander onto the road.

North Attleboro shelter volunteer Linda Faber contacted a sanctuary in New York that offered some suggestions for catching the sheep. One idea is to set up a pen with another sheep to take advantage of the flock instinct.

"The longer that the sheep is there, the more likely he or she will be too wild to approach, and the most likely problem of course is that the sheep will be injured by a motorist," said Susie Coston, national shelter director for the Farm Sanctuary in Watkins Glen, New York.

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"ISLAMABAD, Sept. 8 -- At least 20 people were killed and 25 others injured Monday after several missiles fired by unmanned U.S. Predator drones hit a religious school and the house of a powerful Taliban commander in northwest Pakistan, near the border of Afghanistan, according to witnesses and a Pakistani security official."

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/08/AR2008090800263.html

"By taking control of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the Bush administration has launched a high-stakes bid to bolster the housing market and the US economy – seeking to minimize costs to taxpayers even as it puts them on the hook.

Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson on Sunday announced a federal conservatorship for the two mortgage giants, which play a key role in the housing market, now rocked by falling home values and high rates of foreclosure.

The action begins a formal Treasury role that, just a few weeks ago, Secretary Paulson said he expected to avoid. Fannie and Freddie, as private companies created by government mandate, have long been seen as implicitly backed by the Treasury. "

http://news.yahoo.com/s/csm/20080908/ts_csm/afanfred

In a statement released yesterday, Griffin said:

The leaked internal email fails to provide the contextual framework for my remarks, and my support for the administration's policies. Administration policy is to retire the shuttle in 2010 and purchase crew transport from Russia until Ares and Orion are available. The administration continues to support our request for [approval from Capitol Hill]. Administration policy continues to be that we will take no action to preclude continued operation of the International Space Station past 2016. I strongly support these administration policies, as do OSTP and OMB.

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/09/08/griffin_leaked_email/

"High-resolution satellite launched in California"

"The satellite makers say GeoEye-1 has the highest resolution of any commercial imaging system. It can collect images from orbit with enough detail to show home plate on a baseball diamond."

http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5iREy1ROPlY2e5lcvGv7971nK0s2gD931OSG01

>>	Junior Field Reporter 08/09/07(Sun)19:41 No.8350   File: 1220841688940.jpg -(25678 B, 640x416) Thumbnail displayed, click image for full size. Fuckin' great.

"Large Hadron Collider scientists receiving death threats"

"Geneva (Switzerland) – The Large Hadron Collider is just a few days from being switched on, but the scientists in charge of the 17-mile long super collider are already getting impassioned pleas to stop their work, some of the scientists have even received death threats. According to a Telegraph UK article, CERN, the organization that is in charge of the LHC, has been inundated with emails and calls from concerned citizens, part-time scientists and others. James Gillies, CERN’s public relations spokesperson, says many of the people want to delay or stop next week’s test, but there’s no chance of that happening."

"for anyone who’s thinks the LHC will end the world, Professor Brian Cox of Manchester University said, “Anyone who thinks the LHC will destroy the world is a t***.” "

http://www.tgdaily.com/html_tmp/content-view-39210-117.html

>>	Junior Field Reporter 08/09/07(Sun)07:30 No.8340   File: 1220797851802.jpg -(51797 B, 274x360) Thumbnail displayed, click image for full size. >>8325 Welcome Our New Overlords

>>	Junior Field Reporter 08/09/07(Sun)15:58 No.8345   File: 1220828336014.jpg -(14827 B, 500x455) Thumbnail displayed, click image for full size. CERN isn't far from my place. I'm ready for Unforeseen Consequences.

"First Seinfeld Vista Ad is Out: And Makes No Sense"

"You might not be the only one underwhelmed by the new $300 million advertising campaign Microsoft launched last night featuring Jerry Seinfeld and Bill Gates. The new ad was aired initially during the NFL kickoff game on NBC and is also available now on Windows.com. (Maybe not so ironically, the video is only playing for me in Internet Explorer - not Firefox.)

In the new ad, Seinfeld finds Gates in a discount shoe shop and starts sizing up his shoe size (10). When Gates says that the shoes he was trying on are too tight, Seinfeld comes with his idea of making them looser, wondering if Bill ever tried wearing his shoes in the shower (Bill said "never"). In the end, Gates gives Seinfeld a wiggle confirming that Microsoft is going to come out "with something moist and chewy like cake." Yep, that's it... Just one reference to Microsoft and nothing else."

http://blogs.pcworld.com/staffblog/archives/007668.html