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Iridium Satellite Announces Third Quarter 2006 Results (Broadcast Newsroom)
Wed, 08 Nov 2006 08:12:58 GMT
BETHESDA, Md., Nov. 8 /PRNewswire/ -- Iridium Satellite LLC announces that it now has approximately 169,000 subscribers worldwide as of September 30, 2006 versus approximately 137,500 subscribers at the same time last year.

North-West Oil Group Announces Extensive Plans to Build Ten Gas Stations in the Northwest Region of Russia (Market Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
Wed, 08 Nov 2006 14:15:00 GMT
(Pinksheets: NDOL) -- North-West Oil Group (formerly Nord Oil International) announced that it is currently conducting negotiations in order to build 10 new gas stations in the Northwest Region of Russia.

New US secretary of Defence a former CIA director (Khaleej Times)
Thu, 09 Nov 2006 03:41:41 GMT
WASHINGTON - President George W. Bush on Wednesday turned to his father’s former CIA director, Robert Gates, to rescue a trouble-filled US mission in Iraq.

North-West Oil Group Announces Extensive Plans to Build Ten Gas Stations in the Northwest Region of Russia (SYS-CON Media)
Wed, 08 Nov 2006 19:26:53 GMT
North-West Oil Group(formerly Nord Oil International) announced that it is currently conductingnegotiations in order to build 10 new gas stations in the Northwest Regionof Russia. The project also encompasses additional services such as carwashes and the construction of small hotels next to the gas stations.

Northern premiers renew their accord (Whitehorse Star Daily)
Thu, 09 Nov 2006 00:11:55 GMT
The reaffirmation of the Northern Cooperation Accord illustrates the North’s place in Canada’s future, says Premier Dennis Fentie. “The North continues to take its place on the national stage,” Fentie said during a call back conference to Whitehorse reporters from Iqaluit on Tuesday.

Mercury pass delights skygazers (BBC News)
Tue, 07 Nov 2006 22:16:01 GMT
Astronomers have had a rare opportunity to observe Mercury transit in a direct line across the Sun.

Former CIA director new boss at Pentagon (The Manila Times)
Thu, 09 Nov 2006 14:51:16 GMT
President George W. Bush on Wednesday turned to his father’s former CIA director, Robert Gates, to rescue a trouble-filled US mission in Iraq. A silver-haired university president, Gates is the polar opposite of the fiery Donald Rumsfeld, who is stepping down after nearly six years in office.

Rumsfeld’s successor a former CIA director (Gulf Times)
Fri, 10 Nov 2006 09:52:52 GMT
WASHINGTON: President George W Bush on Wednesday turned to his father’s former CIA director, Robert Gates, to rescue a trouble-filled US mission in Iraq.

Double Star Mission Extension (SpaceDaily)
Mon, 13 Nov 2006 00:29:00 GMT
by Staff Writers Paris, France (SPX) Nov 10, 2006 On 8 November 2006, the Science Programme Committee (SPC) of the European Space Agency (ESA) has approved a 9 months extension of ESA involvement in the Double Star Programme (DSP) operations from 1 January 2007 to 30 September 2007. The Double Star mission is the first mission conducted in collaboration between ESA and the Chinese National Space

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