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Scientists spot nearby 'super-Earth'

By John D. Sutter, CNN

(CNN) -- Astronomers announced this week they found a water-rich and relatively nearby planet that's similar in size to Earth.
While the planet probably has too thick of an atmosphere and is too hot to support life similar to that found on Earth, the discovery is being heralded as a major breakthrough in humanity's search for life on other planets.
"The big excitement is that we have found a watery world orbiting a very nearby and very small star," said David Charbonneau, a Harvard professor of astronomy and lead author of an article on the discovery, which appeared this week in the journal Nature.
The planet, named GJ 1214b, is 2.7 times as large as Earth and orbits a star much smaller and less luminous than our sun. That's significant, Charbonneau said, because for many years, astronomers assumed that planets only would be found orbiting stars that are similar in size to the sun.
Because of that assumption, researchers didn't spend much time looking for planets circling small stars, he said. The discovery of this "watery world" helps debunk the notion that Earth-like planets could form only in conditions similar to those in our solar system.
"Nature is just far more inventive in making planets than we were imagining," he said.
In a way, the newly discovered planet was sitting right in front of astronomers' faces, just waiting for them to look. Instead of using high-powered telescopes attached to satellites, they spotted the planet using an amateur-sized, 16-inch telescope on the ground.
There were no technological reasons the discovery couldn't have happened long ago, Charbonneau said.

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Man guilty of terror attack plot

A British Muslim has been convicted of conspiring to murder civilians in a "deadly terrorist attack".
Adam Khatib, 23, a factory worker from Walthamstow, east London, was part of a terror cell run from Pakistan.
The cell was led by Abdullah Ahmed Ali, convicted of plotting to blow up transatlantic passenger airliners.
Co-defendant Nabeel Hussain was found guilty of engaging in preparing terror acts and Shamin Uddin was convicted of possessing terror items, namely a CD.

Deputy Assistant Commissioner John McDowall, head of the Metropolitan Police's counter terrorism command, said Khatib was a "footsoldier to Abdullah Ahmed Ali".
Uddin, 39, of Stoke Newington, north London, was also charged with engaging in conduct in preparation of terrorist acts but cleared by the court.
Hussain, 25, of Chingford, east London, was found guilty of preparing for terrorism by meeting Ali twice in July 2006.
He was also found guilty of possessing several items, namely a will, mobile phones and a £25,000 loan application, for use in terrorism.
Khatib was convicted by a majority of 11 jurors to one following an eight-week trial at Woolwich Crown Court in London.
Mr Justice Calvert-Smith adjourned sentencing until Thursday.
Khatib, who was a teenager when he was arrested, was a "loyal partner and servant" to Ali, travelling with him to Pakistan.

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De Dana Dan (2009)

Starring:

Katrina Kaif ... Anjali
Akshay Kumar ... Nitin
Sunil Shetty ... Ram
Sameera Reddy ... Manpreet
Paresh Rawal
Neha Dhupia
Rajpal Yadav
Johnny Lever
Aditi Govitrikar
Asrani
Chunky Pandey
Archana Puran Singh ... Archana
Tinnu Anand
Supriya Karnik
Manoj Joshi
Vikram Gokhale

Director:

Priyadarshan