MECCA, Saudi Arabia (AP) — As a child, Osama al-Bar would walk from his home past Islam’s holiest site, the Kaaba, to the market of spice and fabric merchants where his father owned a store. At that time, Mecca was so small, pilgrims could sit at the cube-shaped Kaaba and look out at the […]
NASA says its latest Mars-exploring spacecraft MAVEN is on track to fire up thrusters and enter orbit Sunday night. http://edition.cnn.com/2014/09/17/tech/mars-maven-spacecraft-orbit/index.html?hpt=us_bn4
Members of a Scottish council team counting ballot votes for the referendum were replaced after they booed “No” votes and celebrated over “Yes” votes, it has emerged. According to local reports, the council staff were repla… http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2014/10/02/scottish-independence-referendum_n_5918756.html?utm_hp_ref=uk
