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FBI goes hi tech in hunt for fugitives

FBIWashington, Mar 26 : The FBI has gone become high tech and is now using 21st-century upgrades like innovative, community-based technological advancements that get the word out in real time.

The 10 Most Wanted lists first appeared on the FBI''s Web site 13 years ago, and now the agency has been working to upgrade the site ever since. There are now more than 400 cases on the site, including wanted fugitives, suspected terrorists and missing persons.

The agency has begun to use some very cool high-tech tools to capture fugitives — and to find missing persons, too, FOX News reports.

Obama has taken 88 questions from journalists since winning presidency

Obama backs NATO expansion, pledges to improve US-Russia relations Washington, Mar 26 : US President Barack Obama has taken 88 questions during news conferences since winning the presidency on November 4.

During the transition period from after the election through Jan. 9, he took 62 questions as president-elect during 15 news conferences, The Washington Times reported.

Aniston tops, Pinto fourth in Hollywood’s Sexiest Women poll

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Nicole Kidman joins Freida Pinto, Naomi Watts in Woody Allen’s next

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Crusaders’ tunnels found beneath historic heart of Maltese capital

MaltaWashington, March 26 : A tunnel network has been uncovered beneath the historic heart of the Maltese capital of Valletta, which according to rumors, had been constructed by the crusading Knights of the island of Malta.

According to a report in National Geographic News, the newfound tunnels date back to the 16th and early 17th centuries, when the knights—one of the major Christian military orders of the 11th- to 13th-century Crusades—fortified Valletta against Muslim attack.

New calibration by scientists expands Hubble’s capability

hubbleWashington, March 26 : A scientist at the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) has expanded the Hubble Space Telescope’s capability by improving the calibration of its instruments.

Dan Batcheldor and his team improved the calibration of Hubble’s Near-Infrared Camera and Multi-Object Spectrometer to enable high-precision polarimetry.

Scientists like Batcheldor use this observational technique to read scattered light when investigating active galactic nuclei and for identifying proto-planets around very young stars.

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