Turkey’s military says warplanes have bombed suspected Kurdish rebel targets in northern Iraq.

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PARIS — After more than two decades of trying, France apparently has finally found a foreign customer for its Rafale fighter jet, reaching an $11 billion deal with India for 126 planes and a heavy technology transfer, the government announced Tuesday. Read full article > >

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Action movie The Grey, starring Liam Neeson as a survivor of an airplane crash, goes straight to the top of the North American box office chart.

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Neeson movie tops US box office

An 11m-wide asteroid will pass within 60,000km of Earth on Friday – one of the 20 closest recorded approaches to our planet, but one that poses no danger.

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As her father catnapped at her side, Deanna Torstenson’s heart pounded and her body trembled. She fixed her eyes on the tiny airplane moving across a video screen on the seat back in front of her. Slowly it approached Astana, the capital of Kazakhstan. Soon, for the first time, she would set eyes on the woman who had given birth to her. Read full article > >

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Born abroad, adopted teens find home in multiple lands

Members of the public are being asked to become online stargazers and join the hunt for nearby planets that could support life.

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Volunteers wanted for planet hunt

CHARLESTON, S.C. Thanks to globalization, and to containerized shipping that began in 1956 and makes globalization work, commodities swiftly move vast distances around the planet. Wal-Mart alone imports 400,000 containers a year. Trade flows can, however, be deflected or even defeated by a distance of just five feet. Herewith a story of the high costs of a few feet and of too many years required for our nation’s increasingly sluggish public processes to move. Read full article > >

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Clogging our ports with rules

CHICAGO — The plane ride from Washington late Tuesday night was much more lively after the Wizards earned their first win of the season. And upon their arrival at United Center, they had more reason to feel enthused when league most valuable player Derrick Rose was seen walking through the arena with a walking boot on his left foot. Read full article > >

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Wizards vs. Bulls: Washington hits franchise-low point total in 78-64 loss

One month after being kicked off a plane for Words With Friends -induced bad behavior, Alec Baldwin quietly returned to Twitter this weekend. The “30 Rock” actor deactivated his much-used account in December after he tweeted complaints about American Airlines and its flight attendants. ( Quote : “Last flight w American. Where retired Catholic school gym teachers from the 1950′s find jobs as flight attendants.”) Read full article > >

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Alec Baldwin returns to Twitter to ask questions, say ‘Happy New Year’

One month after being kicked off a plane for Words With Friends -induced bad behavior, Alec Baldwin quietly returned to Twitter this weekend. The “30 Rock” actor deactivated his much-used account in December after he tweeted complaints about American Airlines and its flight attendants. ( Quote : “Last flight w American. Where retired Catholic school gym teachers from the 1950′s find jobs as flight attendants.”) Read full article > >

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Alec Baldwin returns to Twitter to ask questions, say ‘Happy New Year’

An expedition is attempting to be the first to use a bike to reach the South Pole. So how can you cycle in some of the most extreme conditions on the planet?

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How do you cycle to the South Pole?

A strike near a Kurdish village by Turkish warplanes close to the border with Iraq has left at least 23 people dead, officials say.

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Turkish air strike kills 23 Kurds

How the Frozen Planet brinicle sequence was filmed

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Anatomy of a shoot: Filming Frozen Planet’s brinicle

There are 56 F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighters being assembled at Lockheed Martin’s facility in Fort Worth. But because only 20 percent of the testing for the most advanced fighter-bomber in U.S. history is completed, each will probably have to get million-dollar-or-more fixes later. The F-35 is already the most costly U.S. weapons program underway at about $385 billion. But that figure may go higher with overrun of the per-plane contract price for the 56 craft being assembled — along with the future multimillion-dollar fixes likely to be required for them — and the 15 F-35s completed but not yet delivered to the military services. Read full article > >

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F-35 production a troubling example of Pentagon spending

The trip from Philadelphia to Pullman, Wash., requires two plane changes and more than 12 hours of travel time. John Wooten, the former vice president of player personnel for the Philadelphia Eagles, made the cross-country trip in 1997 to see Ryan Leaf take part in a scheduled workout at Washington State University. Back then, scouts were debating whether Leaf or another top-rated college quarterback, Peyton Manning , should be the No. 1 overall pick in the draft. Read full article > >

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A bust in Canton or just a bust? NFL teams really never know