| Search for Malaysia flight reaches "critical juncture"
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 Malaysia's acting Transport and Defense Minister Hishammuddin Hussein says the search for the missing plane had reached a "critical juncture" and the search using an underwater drone could end in a week. Hishammuddin's comment, made at a news conference in Kuala Lumpur, echoed Australian officials supervising the search for Flight 370 who said the search for the black box recorder based on "pings," possibly from the device, could be completed in five to seven days.
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| Pain and Roger Federer prove too much for Novak Djokovic in Monte Carlo Masters
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 Roger Federer saw off an injured Novak Djokovic to set up an all-Swiss Monte Carlo Masters final against Stanislas Wawrinka tomorrow. Djokovic winced with pain as Federer got the better of him 7-5, 6-2. Wearing heavy strapping on his right arm, the world No 2 looked distinctly lacklustre as he lost his grip on the title and Federer recorded an eighteenth win in 34 meetings between the pair. ...
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| Banahaw continues to lure pilgrims, trekkers
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 Authorities might have closed most parts of Mt. Banahaw but its devotees continued to come to pray, kiss its sacred ground, feel its cool, pristine water and enjoy its blissful serenity.
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| Indigenous aspiration in Bangsamoro
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 Before sunrise on Wednesday, the "waliyan," priests of the Erumanen Manuvu indigenous communities in Bukidnon province and Carmen town, North Cotabato province, held a synchronized ritual to implore the gods that their appeal to President Aquino for respect of their rights will finally be heard in the Bangsamoro governance setup.
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| NASA sending Google's Project Tango smartphone to space to improve flying robots
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 An experimental NASA robot could get a big upgrade thanks to Google. The two parties have been working together to integrate Google's Project Tango smartphone prototype — which can detect and map the world around it using a series of sensors — onto NASA's SPHERES — brightly colored, volleyball-sized robots designed to float around the International Space Station and assist astronauts. Right now, the SPHERES can perform basic navigation inside of a limited section of the ISS by using ultrasound and detecting infrared light, but using Tango's more detailed detection methods, NASA hopes to let the robots explore more of the station and navigate entirely on their own.
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