The US space shuttle Endeavour has been making its last fly bolted to the top of a jumble jet for a series of celebratory fly past over California landmarks. Endeavour took off into clear skies before
dipping
low at more than 20 sites including Disney land and Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco. The US space agency Nasa ended its 30-year shuttle programme last year.
BBC news.
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BBC news with John Jason.
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A Turkish court has given prison sentences to more than 300 military officers for plotting to overthrow the government. Three former commanders from the army, navy and air force were given 20-year sentences for leading the conspiracy. Here is James Reynolds.
土耳其法院将300名阴谋推翻政府的军官判处徒刑,三名曾经的陆、海、空指挥官因领导叛变被判以20年监禁。詹姆斯·雷诺兹报道。
The court outside Istanbul did something which would have been unthinkable a decade ago. It found more than 300 military officers guilty of trying to overthrow the government. For years, the Turkish military saw the overthrow of a civilian administration as its right. It got rid of four governments. But the court has now decided that this right is a crime. The judge has found that more than 300 officers tried to organize a plot in 2003 called Sledgehammer.