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The destruction, however, would be quite huge, and the loss of life would be in the billions.
Dr Lindley Johnson spoke about this in Vienna on Wednesday after emerging from a session of the United Nations committee on space exploration.
Threats from space became a hot topic last weekend after a huge meteorite crashed into Russia’s Chelyabinsk Region, blowing out countless window panes and leaving close to 1,500 people injured by flying debris and broken glass.
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English Defence League supporters took to the streets of Woolwich and threw missiles at police after the suspected terrorist killing earlier in the day. Elsewhere, two men were arrested following separate attacks on mosques.
A state of emergency has been declared in the western Russian region of Tula after a microburst, which is a localized column of sinking air, hit the town of Yefremov, severely damaging homes and community facilities.
Ibragim Todashev, shot dead early Wednesday by the FBI in Florida, was "directly involved" in a 2011 triple homicide in Waltham, Massachusetts, a law enforcement official told CNN Wednesday.
US President Barack Obama yesterday joined National Security Advisor Tom Donilon’s meeting with Russia’s SecurityCouncil Secretary Nikolai Patrushev, NSC spokesperson Caitlin Hayden has said, adding the American leader had reaffirmed his intent to strengthen US-Russia partnership in various spheres, including economy.
The Japanese Embassy in Seoul has issued a protest over the editorial column in the South Korean newspaper "JoongAng Ilbo”, in which the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki are called a "divine punishment".
On Wednesday the Chicago Board of Education voted to close 50 schools and programs, an ambitious plan that has sparked protests and lawsuits and could help define — for better or worse — Mayor Rahm Emanuel's term in office.
A police officer says a car bomb in southwest Pakistan has killed 11 policemen and a civilian.
An Army sergeant at the U.S. Military Academy has been accused of videotaping female cadets in the showers at West Point, a defense official said on Wednesday, the latest in a series of sex-related incidents that has rocked the armed forces.
A state of emergency has been declared in the western Russian region of Tula after a microburst, which is a localized column of sinking air, hit the town of Yefremov, severely damaging homes and community facilities.
President Vladimir Putin believes Russia’s spectrum of ethnic groups, cultures and faiths is a great boon for the country’s development.
Anti-immigration sentiment is nothing new in the West, and now it is also on the rise in Russia, as the country has to make up for its demographic shortfalls by importing guest labour from former Soviet Central Asia. Polls suggest anti-immigrant rallies and even riots may be around the corner. In the meantime, a report issued by the agency Interfax raises the specter of an even more sinister threat.
Ford Motor Co (F.N) announced it is closing its two Australian auto plants and will cease production in the country in October 2016.
The Ukrainian government on Wednesday approved a memorandum applying for observer status in the Customs Union, a Moscow-based trade bloc comprising Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan, Prime Minister Nikolai Azarov said.
This year is likely to bring a draft agreement, first proposed in 2008, for the EU countries to share information about interest accrued on deposits held in banks.
Bitcoin, the digital cryptocurrency, is starting to attract the attention of the US government. It seems that the American authorities would like to destroy the digital currency before it could become a widespread alternative to the US dollar.
David Cameron's woes are continuing this week with plans to legalize same-sex marriage to be debated in Parliament today and tomorrow. The issue is hugely divisive, not least within the Tory Party which seems to have been in open rebellion in the last couple of weeks over everything from the E.U. to the next election. And on Sunday 34 current and former local party chairmen delivered a letter to Downing Street opposing the policy as "flawed, un-Conservative and costing us dearly in votes and membership". Gay marriage is causing a heated row across the political and public spheres.
A white-tailed deer crashed through the windshield of a public bus in Johnstown, Pennsylvania. It was filmed by a surveillance camera. (VIDEO)
An 80-year-old Japanese mountain climber who has had four heart surgeries reached the top of Mount Everest on Thursday becoming the oldest person to conquer the world's highest mountain.
American short story writer Lydia Davis won the fifth Man Booker International Prize for fiction on Wednesday for a body of work that includes some of the briefest tales ever published.
English Defence League supporters took to the streets of Woolwich and threw missiles at police after the suspected terrorist killing earlier in the day. Elsewhere, two men were arrested following separate attacks on mosques.
EU proposals on lifting arms embargo for Syrian opposition unacceptable - Russia's envoy to EU
