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Obama tackles race anger in major speech

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Emmanuel Dunand / AFP - Getty Images Obama confronts racial anger in America The Democratic presidential hopeful tried to stem damage from divisive comments delivered by his pastor, while bluntly addressing anger between blacks and whites in his most racially pointed speech yet. Full story Live Vote: What do you think? ideo

Obama on pastor's comments March 18: Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Barack Obama calls controversial comments made by his pastor 'not only wrong but divisive.' MSNBC

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Dextre Outfitted and Ready for Activation

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Dextre Outfitted and Ready for Activation

Image above: Mission Specialist Rick Linnehan participates in the mission's third spacewalk. Credit: NASA TV

With the completion of the third STS-123 spacewalk, Dextre has been outfitted with the tools for its work. The International Space Station’s robot arm grabbed Dextre and moved it into an overnight parking position. The new robotic system will be activated on a power and data grapple fixture located on the U.S. laboratory Destiny on flight day nine.

Mission Specialists Rick Linnehan and Robert L. Behnken completed the third spacewalk of the STS-123 mission at 1:44 a.m. EDT. The excursion lasted six hours and 53 minutes.

With Mission Specialist Mike Foreman coordinating spacewalk activities from inside the orbiting complex, Linnehan and Behnken installed a spare parts platform and tool handling assembly for Dextre. Among other tasks, they also checked out and calibrated Dextre’s end effector and attached critical spare parts to an external stowage platform.

They were unable to attach a materials science experiment to the Columbus module, but may have another opportunity later in the mission.

Space shuttle Endeavour Pilot Gregory H. Johnson and Expedition 16 Flight Engineer Garrett Reisman operated the station’s robot arm during the spacewalk.

Behnken and Foreman are slated to begin the mission’s fourth spacewalk at 6:28 p.m. Thursday. The two will perform tasks that include a shuttle tile repair test and change out of a circuit breaker on the station.

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CHOGM hotels have started

KARORO OKURUT
A literary and socio-political analyst

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