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Pasadena, Calif. - NASA scientists on Tuesday unveiled a high-resolution photograph of an intriguing slab of martian bedrock near the Opportunity rover, while they studied a thermostat problem and worked to avoid the computer troubles that crippled its twin, Spirit. The sharp image could provide new details on what scientists call the first bedrock ever seen on the surface of Mars. The rock intrigues scientists because it could contain evidence that Opportunity's landing site once was a strikingly different place, perhaps wet enough to support life. Brussels, Belgium - NATO condemned the suicide bombing that killed a Canadian soldier and an Afghan civilian Tuesday in Kabul and pledged that such attacks would not deter the alliance's peacekeeping mission in Afghanistan. "The attack on these soldiers was a shameful act, but it will not detract from our commitment to help Afghanistan build a better, more hopeful future," said NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer. Beijing - China confirmed Tuesday that it found bird flu in dead ducks on a southern farm and was tracking "suspect" cases in two other provinces, while Thailand said a young boy became the eighth victim of the disease in its deadliest outbreak since 1997. Laos joined China, taking the total number of countries hit by the flu to 10.
