NASA to launch new Mars rover
AlJazeeraEnglish | Nov 26, 2011 | 566 views
NASA will launch its latest Mars rover, Curiosity, on Saturday.
It is the agency’s most ambitious mission yet to discover if life ever existed on the red planet.
The Rover lands next August and will spend two years studying the planet.
Al Jazeera’s Tom Ackerman has more.
Syria under pressure as Arab deadline expires
Euronews | Nov 25, 2011 | 448 views
As its crackdown on protesters continues, Syria has until the end of the day to sign an Arab deal letting monitors into the country or it could incur sanctions.
The Arab League deadline has officially expired but a source said the door would be left open to Damascus for a few extra hours.
The day after dozens were reported killed, amid an overall death toll of 3,500 according to the UN, the latest amateur footage appears to show no let-up in the onslaught
New Zealand government eyes landslide as polls close
Euronews | Nov 26, 2011 | 99 views
New Zealand’s prime minister looks to be heading back into government with a landslide win after voting closed in the country’s general election.
Exit polls are not allowed but John Key’s centre-right National Party could get an historic outright majority if surveys before the ballot are mirrored in the vote.
All of which bodes badly for Labour leader Phil Goff, hopeful to the last that his party would stage a late recovery.