The US military did not intervene quickly during the attack on America's consulate in Libya because military leaders did not have adequate intelligence information and felt they should not put their forces at risk, defence secretary Leon Panetta said.

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LIBYAN government forces tried to storm into the besieged city of Misrata as NATO generals acknowledged their air power was not enough to help insurgents remove Muammar Gaddafi by force alone.

Libyan rebels have regained control of the eastern gateway city of Ajdabiya after international airstrikes on Muammar Gaddafi’s forces.

SPACE shuttle Atlantis has lifted off on its final voyage, carrying an experienced crew of six and a full shipment of space station gear.

Performing circus chimp Ham III (voiced by Adam Samberg) is recruited by NASA to retrieve the missing Infinity Space Probe, which has been sucked into a wormhole.

KEVIN KEEGAN has bemoaned Newcastle’s finishing this season, but his saviour could be close at hand.

Kidnapped British journalist Alan Johnston is free after an ordeal lasting almost four months.

NASA scrubbed space shuttle Discovery’s first landing plan tonight because of rain at Kennedy Space Center and was considering ordering a New Mexico landing - something it has done only once before.

Rescuers freed a 23-foot humpback whale today after it became entangled in shark nets off Australia’s east coast.

Penzance earned a 33-1 quote from Coral for the Triumph Hurdle after taking the notable scalp of Amarula Ridge in the Compare Prices At gg-odds.com Novices’ Hurdle at Taunton today.

The suspected suicide attack inside a US Army mess hall in Iraq represents a breach of the most basic principles of military security and points to significant weaknesses in the screening of Iraqis who are allowed onto the base, US experts say.

A guitar played by George Harrison and John Lennon during Beatles recording sessions sold for more than a quarter of a million pounds at auction.

A recently-discovered guitar, played by George Harrison and John Lennon during Beatles recording sessions, will go under the hammer at Christie’s in New York, the auction house said today.

WARM tributes were paid to the late co-founder of the Central Remedial Clinic, Lady Valerie Goulding, at her funeral Mass in Enniskerry, Co Wicklow, yesterday.