CAPE CANAVERAL AIR FORCE STATION, Fla. - Air Force officials successfully launched a new-generation military communications satellite from here at 8:47 p.m. EST Dec. 5 when a Delta IV rocket carried a Wideband Global SATCOM into space.
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The person who was identified by the Somali government as the alleged suicide bomber and said to have blown himself up at a graduation ceremony in Mogadishu killing 25 people including ministers, students, doctors, and journalists came from Marka, a stronghold town of al Shabaab in southern Somalia, has been claimed by government officials, but his father refuted all such claims.
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The involvement of Saudi Arabia in the ongoing conflict between Yemeni security forces and al-Houthi rebels in the north could seriously undermine regional instability, according to a recent report.
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The Greek-owned vessel with 24 Ukrainians on board, had been called free already four times before - but it was not true, neither two month ago, nor one month ago or three days ago or yesterday.
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The New Housing Price Index (NHPI) rose 0.3% in October following a 0.5% increase in September. The monthly index has been increasing since July.
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Canada's net foreign debt position expanded to $84.3 billion at the end of the third quarter, reflecting the continued appreciation of the Canadian dollar as well as a larger current account deficit.
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In 2008, the purchasing power of Canadian income per capita was 92% of the US level. This was the highest relative income Canadians experienced since the oil shocks of the 1970s and early 1980s.
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Canada's merchandise exports rose 3.4% in October, led by a strong gain in exports to the United States, which accounted for three-quarters of the increase.
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According to Spanish media, Spain's Minister of Foreign Affairs Miguel Angel Moratinos revealed that the concerned ministers advanced on the project to build up the Somali armed forces in order to help the Transitional Federal Government to stabilize the country and to fight piracy from land instead of only from the sea.
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Pinoy sailors send home record $2.5 billion in 9 months. The cash sent home by overseas Filipino sailors rose by $108 million or 4.51 percent to a new record of $2.501 billion in the nine months to September this year, from $2.393 billion over the same period in 2008, the Trade Union Congress of the Philippines reported Tuesday.
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