A judge in London has allowed a Muslim woman to appear at a court hearing wearing her veil. It's thought to be the first time that this has been allowed in an English courtroom. Last month, the judge said he couldn't allow the woman to enter a plea to a charge of intimidating a witness while she was wearing the veil, because he couldn't be certain she was really the defendant.
NASA has confirmed that the Voyager-1 spacecraft has become the first man-made object to leave the solar system. The probe was launched 36 years ago, but scientists believe it left our solar system last August; it's now nearly 19 billion kilometers from Earth in what's known as interstellar space, a cold, dark part of the Milky Way. The Voyager-1 will continue to chart this unknown realm of space, sending back pictures and messages until its power supply runs out in about 10 years time. The announcement was made today at NASA's headquarters in Washington by Ed Stone, project scientist for the Voyager mission. “Leaving the heliosphere and setting sail on the cosmic seas between the stars, Voyager has joined the other historic journeys of exploration, such as the first circumnavigation of the earth and the first footprint on the moon.” Ed Stone.
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Anders Breivik, the man serving 21 years in prison for mass killings in Norway in July 2011 has successfully enrolled at the University of Oslo to study politics. His previous application was rejected because he lacked the right qualifications, but he spent the summer taking the exams he needed to secure a place. Breivik will study on his own in prison and will have no direct contact with university staff.