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If that looks like a comet, yes, it is. it's close, anyway. it's a japanese space capsule returning to earth after having landed on an asteroid. after they kissed their asteroid good-bye, it came home after a seven-year journey that covered four billion miles. billions and billions of miles. it burned apart on re-entry but only after it jettisoned the capsule. which carries asteroid samples. scientists were rejoicing because it's the first time a spacecraft has landed an asteroid and returned to earth except when bruce willis did it. this is from a firefight outside kandahar as tonight there...

Cool sop of the international criticism happiy e heaped on is the deaths of nine activists. a top hamas adviser tells cnn only an international investigative committee could be impartial. and a spectacular site as a japanese space probe burns up on its return to earth. a team of scientists flew to the australian outback and recovered a japanese capsule that they hope contains asteroid samples that will reveal clues to the solar system's evolution. this is pretty neat stuff. the craft was the first ever to successfully land on an asteroid. that's pretty spectacular and pretty neat pictures. >> ...

Jon: "happening now", in the top box, take a look, the israeli cabinet has approved an investigation into that deadly raid on a gaza-bound aid notila, the it will include two foreign observers. >> tehran's revolutionary guard now dismisses the new u.n. sanctions. the force's senior commander saying the sanctions will not stop iran's nuclear program. bottom box, a spectacular landing in the australian outback, a japanese space capsule returns to earth after a seven-year, 3 billion-mile journey. japanese scientists say they hope it contains asteroid samples that will provide clues to the birth...

The world's -- buried in the ground in one of the world's most impoverished nation, we're talking about afghanistan and the good news is the wealth could lead the country out of poverty, the bad news is... could it enrich the taliban? we'll debate it. >> we'll follow the mystery case of the 7-year-old boy, the second grader last seen walking to his classroom, ten days ago and he disappeared. there is a big change today, authorities say it is a criminal investigation now, we'll talk about why, what has changed. bill: an historic return from space, a japanese capsule came home to earth and may h...