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Amateur Rocketeers Try To Make It Into Space






Astronomers Discover Solar System

Chinese Spiritual Revival

Deep Space Radio Interference

Developing Robotic Birds


Earliest Human Remains Found In Ethiopia

Fight to Keep Bison Inside Yellowstone

(The) Future Of Communications

Human Genome Project Update

Keiko Adapts To Life In Iceland Waters

Links between Child Vaccines and Autism?

Living Fossil Fish

Marine Scientists Get The Picture

NASA's Chief Calls for Bold Vision in Aviation

No More Eye Charts?

Nurse Tracking Technology

Panhandler Controversy Takes to the Street-Signs

Permits to Prevent Fortune-Telling Scams

Primate Researchers Sent Booby-Trapped Letters

Putting Up With Pain

Sea Otter Census Shows Big Population Jump

SETI Search

Solar Flyer

Sound Technology Helps Police Locate Gunfire

Using Dogs to Sniff Out Mold in Homes

Whale Talk

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20th Anniversary Of Mt. St. Helens Eruption

Abortion Web Trial Ends

Afghan Reaction in the United States

American Captured as Taliban Fighter

Ancient Beauty

Automakers Try To Get Electric Car Mandate Rescinded

Bike Messengers Vote To Join Union

Black Panther Dispute

Blackouts Hit California

Buffalo Wars

California Power Surplus City

Computers and Girls

Condor Reintroduction Program Putting Birds in Danger

Court of Appeals Rules Against Napster

(A) Day in the Life of a Protester

Death Row Inmate Nominated For Nobel Prize

Debate Over Supermarket Club Cards Information

Deregulation of Power Sends Prices Skyward

Despite Precautions 'Controlled Burns' Can Get Out Of Control

Doctor Found Guilty of Elder Abuse

Donating Houses to the Community Instead of Demolition

Dreams of New Ways To Fly

Drunk Driving Laws Making Impact In California

Earthquake Science

Energy Regulation Debate

Exxon Valdez Ten Years Later

Federal Judge Rules Against Napster

Foster Adoptions

Fuel Cell Technology for Cars

Grand Canyon Crowding

Grand Jury Indicts Couple in Dog Mauling

Hackers Flood Web Sites

History Repeats? 1916 Election Parallel

(The) Iditarod Sled Dog Race

Internet Watchdog Could Stop Collegiate Copycats

Japanese Freighter Grounded Off Oregon Coast

Kennewick Man Skeleton Dispute

Kinkel Sentenced To 111 Years

Kip Kinkel Pleads Guilty In Oregon Shootings

Laid Off Workers Giving Back to Community

Late Season Fire Hits Redding Area

Long Term Effects of Divorce

Makah Indians Hunt Gray Whale

Man Growing Medical Marijuana Sent To Jail By Feds

Matthew Shepard Murder Trial Opens In Laramie WY

Mobile Live Fire Trainer

Monarch Butterflies

National Parks Crumbling?

Off the Grid with Solar Power

Olympic Hero Homecoming

Oregon Mom Forced To Treat Baby For HIV

Oregon Opens Adoptive Birth Records

Oregon Woman Takes Advantage of Assisted Suicide Law

Oscar Nomination for Palestinian Teen

Owl Invaders

Parole Board Logjam in California

Peanuts Creator Schulz Dies On Eve Of Last Strip

Prison Abuse Investigated

Puzzling Deaths of Gray Whales Off California Coast Probed

Quake Engineering: Looking At The Turkish Earthquake Damage

(The) Reality Of HIV in 1999

Ringling Brothers Trainer on Trial for Animal Abuse

Rising Oil Prices Prompts Call for Alaska Drilling

Roadless Area Plan Draws Fire

Saving AIDS Drugs for African Victims

School Voucher Initiative Battle in California

Sea Marshals Ride Shotgun

Secret Japanese-American Mission

Senior Citizens Surf The Web For Health of Mind And Body

Sikh Family Takes Precautions

Tornado Survivors

"Trashed" Books May Help Fight Illiteracy, AIDS in Uganda

Treatment not Time

Unwanted Research Chimps

(The) View From Space

What A Chance To Race With The Pros!

(The) World Trade Organization in Seattle

Y2K Readiness Test For Power Grid

Zodiac Killer Stalked Victims Much Like DC Sniper

[فاتح القدس]

Thanks so much brother faisal

great effort

May Allah bless u

[ACME]

Thanks a lot bro Faisal . A great collection
May Allah reward you with the best

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[Petunia]

well done

these seem very useful links

thank you brother for the great effort

جزاك الله خير

[البـارع]

dear Faisal
I greatly appreciate your efforts

useful topic
go ahead

[BloumagrieT]

السلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته

#faisal#

نفع الله بكـ وغفر لكـ وفتح لكـ ويسر لكـ

وأجزل لكـ أجر هذا العمل و مثوبته

وباااااااركـ في جهدكـ و وقتكـ

كل الشكـــــــــــــــر

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