China is preparing to launch a ground-breaking mission to soft-land a spacecraft on the largely unexplored far side of the moon, demonstrating its growing ambitions as a space power to rival Russia, the European Union and United States.
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Author: Associated Press
Australian former archbishop Philip Wilson cleared of child sex abuse cover-up
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Hawaii preschoolers served Pine-Sol instead of apple juice
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