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So the zoo is raising the little cutie by hand — and that hand looks a perfect fit for our little furry friend ARABS’ SYRIA PLEA UNITED NATIONS: Arab na- tions say they will ask the UN General Assembly for a new resolution on Syria. They are calling for a polit- ical transition and establish- ment of a democratic gov- ernment in Syria after the Security Council’s failure to act due to vetoes from Rus- sia and China. The news comes as Syrian army and rebels sent reinforcements to Aleppo to join the inten- sifying battle for the coun- try’s second city. MARRIAGE SETBACK WELLINGTON: A Bill to legal- ise gay marriage in New Zealand has been pulled from the members’ ballot box, officially putting the is- sue on parliament’s agenda. The Bill, backed by Labour MP Louisa Wall, was pulled from the ballot yesterday, along with four other priv- ate members’ Bills. MPs will be given a conscience vote on the issue. 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www.ntnews.com.au Friday, July 27, 2012. NT NEWS. 17
PU
B:
NTNE-WS-DA-TE:27-JGE:17 CO-LO-R: C-M Y-K
DARWIN FESTIVAL TICKETS
Darwin Festival and NT News are teaming up to giveaway four fantastic prize packs.
Don’t miss all of the Darwin Festival action August 9th – 26th.Visit www.darwinfestival.org.au for more information
1. THEATRE/DANCE PACKAGE
Thrashing Without Looking Doku Rai Briwyant Tarian Malam SIK
2. HOT AUGUST NIGHTS
MUSIC PACKAGE
The Black Arm Band: dirtsongClairy Browne & the Bangin’ Rackettes B2MWashington and Kate Miller-Heidke Festival Club season pass
3. COMEDY HA HA PACKAGE
Pam Ann: Around the World Candy B: Australian Booty Fear of a Brown Planet Tripod: Men of Substance Constantina Bush & The Bushettes
4. CABARET PACKAGE
Caravan Burlesque The LoveBirds Liza (on an E) Constantina Bush & The Bushettes La Soirée
Name ...................................................
Address ..............................................
Phone..................................................
..............
Which package would
you like to WIN?
Send your entry to:
Darwin Festival
GPO Box 1401
Darwin, NT, 0801
Entries must be received by first mail Wednesday, August 1, 2012. Winners will be contacted by phone
HOW TO WIN:
ntnews.com.aul l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l WORLD
On road to lift-offLOOK, NOWIRES
LONDON: Electric cars thatcharge wirelessly could soonbe on Britain’s roads, afterQualcomm said it would be-gin tests in London. Wirelesscharging would allow cars tofill their batteries withouthaving to plug in a cable —even while still being driven,TheMetrowebsite reports.
BOSTON, Massachusetts:Flying cars are about to takeoff, with an American firmsaying a prototype is movinginto road-test phase.
The $279,000 TerrafugiaTransition car has alreadycompleted a successful testflight and the aerospace com-pany said roughly 100 ve-hicles had already been re-served, ‘‘an order backlog ofover $25 million’’.
The company has finishedits first round of six US Fed-eral Aviation Administra-tion certification flight tests,some of the red tape it has toget through before theplane/car can become legal.
The most recent ac-complishment saw the Tran-sition successfully pass re-quired power-on and power-off handling, aircraft stab-ility, engine cooling evalu-
ation, and propeller settingoptimisation tests, with fivetest phases to go, the UK’s In-dependent online reported.
Terrafugia chief executiveCarl Dietrich said: ‘‘We’reflying it whenever we want,for as long as we want.’’
Terrafugia will now begintesting road-based systemssuch as drivetrain, suspen-sion, brakes, and handling.
‘‘Our top priority this sum-
mer is flight and drive-testing, in anticipation ofcertifying compliance withthe Light Sport Aircraft andNational Highway TrafficSafety Administration stan-dards,’’ Terrafugia chief op-erating officer Anna MracekDietrich said.
The Transition will be reg-istered as a Light Sport Air-craft, requiring at least asport pilot licence to fly.
A newborn marmoset sits on the hand of a zookeeper at Eberswalde Zoo in eastern Germany yesterday. The tiny monkeywas one of three born in the litter on June 29 — but three’s a crowd and it had trouble getting milk from its mum. So the zoois raising the little cutie by hand — and that hand looks a perfect fit for our little furry friend
ARABS’ SYRIA PLEAUNITED NATIONS: Arab na-tions say they will ask theUN General Assembly for anew resolution on Syria.They are calling for a polit-ical transition and establish-ment of a democratic gov-ernment in Syria after theSecurity Council’s failure toact due to vetoes from Rus-sia and China. The newscomes as Syrian army andrebels sent reinforcementsto Aleppo to join the inten-sifying battle for the coun-try’s second city.
MARRIAGE SETBACKWELLINGTON: A Bill to legal-ise gay marriage in NewZealand has been pulledfrom the members’ ballotbox, officially putting the is-sue on parliament’s agenda.The Bill, backed by LabourMP Louisa Wall, was pulledfrom the ballot yesterday,along with four other priv-ate members’ Bills. MPs willbe given a conscience voteon the issue. Prime MinisterJohn Key says he does nothave a problem with gaymarriage, but it is not a pri-ority of the Government.
BLINDMICE SEEWASHINGTON: US boffinshave helped blind mice seeagain by injecting a chemicalthat makes them sensitiveto light. The findings in thejournal Neuron offer hopeof a treatment that couldhelp people who suffer fromthe most common forms ofblindness, such as maculardegeneration and retinitispigmentosa. The chemical iscalled AAQ and works bymaking cells in the retinasensitive to light, said leadresearcher Richard Kramer.
ChillingwarningAURORA, Colorado: Theman accused of killing adozen people at a Coloradocinema warned of his plansin a parcel that sat un-opened in a mailroom.
It contained a notebookdetailing ‘‘how he was go-ing to kill people’’, arrivingmore than a week beforeFriday’s mass shooting, apolice source told FoxNews. It was addressed to apsychiatrist-professor atthe University of Colorado,where James Holmes was agraduate student.
The notebook was foundon Monday after the psy-chiatrist received a pack-age he feared had comefrom Holmes. ‘‘There weredrawings of what he was go-ing to do in it — drawingsand illustrations of themassacre,’’ an unnamedsource told the website.
Drawings included stickfigures shooting others.
President Barack Obamaindicated yesterday hewould look at restrictionson gun ownership.
Stowawayplane sailingLONDON: An 11-year-old,who flew from Manchesterto Rome without a passportor boarding pass, says hewas not challenged by a sin-gle member of staff.
Liam Corcoran-Fort saidhe was not asked for anydocumentation as he madehis way to the flight at Man-chester Airport. He hadwandered from his mumwhile shopping on Tuesdaythen travelled on a bus afterfinding a ticket on the floor.
Liam told The Sun heneeded the toilet so decidedto head into Terminal 1.
He said he walkedthrough a scanner and me-tal detector then passedthrough a gate on toJet2.com flight LS791.
The schoolboy said: ‘‘Itwas easier than my home-work, even easier thancomputer games.’’
Passengers alerted air-line staff that Liam wasalone. He returned to Man-chester on the same planeand was met by his mum.
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