During the six-hour, 29-minute spacewalk on Sunday, mission specialists Patrick Forrester and Steven Swanson successfully completed all the tasks assigned to them, including the activation of the ISS' new truss segment.
Bob Curbeam and Christer Fuglesang began their spacewalk, the second of their 12-day space shuttle mission, at 1.41 pm CST, and finished a full hour earlier than scheduled.
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"I think one of the things that is clear is that the Dalai Lama is not calling for independence for Tibet. He is calling for engagement with Chinese officials in dialogue. And we support that call. We very much want to see the Chinese speak with the Dalai Lama or his representatives to try and resolve many of these outstanding issues," Deputy Spokesman of the US State Department Tom Casey said.
The book entitled 'Guidelines for Performing Islamic Rites at the International Space Station', teaches Muslim astronaut how to perform ablutions, determine the location of Mecca when praying, praying times, and how to fast in space
Petroleum Minister Murli Deora would visit Pakistan early next month to sort out differences over transit fee for the $7 billion Iran-Pakistan-India gas pipeline.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, during his visit to the 13th Asean summit held at Singapore in November 2007, had indicated that India would take a flexible stand in the FTA talks.
Ban has not taken any stand on the fairness or otherwise of the trial, the UN said.
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India and Bangladesh have recently agreed to provide consular access to arrested insurgents and criminals on reciprocal basis, besides sharing information about their actvities.
Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit and Congress legislators will meet Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Thursday evening to seek his intervention on the issue of sealing of illegal businesses in residential premises in Delhi.
Rao had quit the UPA ministry last month.
"It is a pretty emotional event for me to stay six months in space," Williams said. NASA telecast the undocking of Atlantis from the ISS as it circled around the station to collect video and imagery of the station.
The day she returns is being christened Sunita Williams Day at NASA.
As the shuttle, scheduled to dock at 3:38 pm (0108 IST on Monday), closes in on the ISS, the stage is set for changes at the station and for its crew members.
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Sunita, 41, an accomplished marathoner, will be running as fast as eight mph during the 42.16 kilometres simulated run, restrained to the treadmill in a harness so she wouldn't float away.
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Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran said India has agreed to release many Pakistani prisoners.
Treasury and opposition members nearly came to blows in Lok Sabha on Friday when Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan condemned in "no uncertain words" the "outlandish" remarks made by Congress leader Rahul Gandhi against Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
"All hurdles have been cleared by the Government of India before their visit and the collective leadership are arriving any time in the next few days," said NSCN-IM information and publicity in-charge Kraibo Chawang.
Leader of the breakaway faction of the Hurriyat Conference refused to meet Union Textiles Secretary Wajahat Habibullah.
The Supreme Court on Friday issued a notice to soft drink major Coca Cola on an application by Perumatty Panchayat in Kerala
Enthused over its successful launch of GSLV D5 with GSAT-14 communication satellite from Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota on Sunday, the Indian Space Research Organisation is planning a series of GSLV launches and an experimental launch of the advanced version GSLV Mark III soon from the spaceport.
Russian cosmonaut Yury Malenchenko, orbiting the Earth, will marry his earthbound American sweetheart on Sunday.
Rejecting the Opposition demand for a JPC probe into demat share scam, the Government Tuesday said SEBI was examining the matter and strictest possible action would be taken against those involved in the irregularities.
A three-member crew, including British astronaut Tim Peake, on Saturday landed on Earth at the end of a seven-hour return journey after completing a historic six-month mission on the International Space Station.
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