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FORCES DETAIN INSURGENTS, SEIZE WEAPONS IN IRAQ
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INDSTRY GROUP 91
Regulatory Intelligence Data
09-25-2009
WASHINGTON, Sept. 25, 2009 - Iraqi troop, aided by U.S. forces, detained
suspected insurgents and seized weapons in Iraq in recent days, military
officials reported. Iraqi and U.S. soldiers detained 14 people yesterday
after they attacked a U.S. patrol in Kirkuk province. The soldiers were
attacked while establishing security positions along a high-traffic route
near the town of Shalikh in Rashad Valley district. Soldiers had been observing
the attackers for suspicious activity. Soldiers pursued the attackers and
detained them. No injuries ...
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Magazine article from: The Economist (US)
; ...October 31st, after 323 years in operation, the Royal Greenwich Observatory closed down. It was the second-oldest scientific research institute in the world, after the Paris observatory. Its original job was to find a way to calculate...
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Magazine article from: Geographical
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Magazine article from: Flight International
; ...the European Space Agency (ESA) by the UK based company Sira Research and Development, working with the Greenwich Royal Observatory and Unispace, is "...the first step in the development of instruments to detect and charaterise debris...
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Newspaper article from: Western Morning News, The Plymouth (UK)
; ...Satellite by James Nasmyth and James Carpenter, of the Royal Observatory at Greenwich. Complete with 24 illustrated plates of lunar objects...cutlery exhibits across 80,000 stands. Several Royal Doulton figurines from a St Austell vendor include...
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Newspaper article from: The Daily Mail (London, England)
; ...GENERATIONS, the Royal Observatory...historic Royal Greenwich Observatory. British...two Royal Observatories and saving...work of the Royal Observatories would have...The Royal Greenwich Observatory is an historic...The Royal ...
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Newspaper article from: Evening Standard - London
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Royal Observatory will transfer to Edinburgh
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London
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Out and about.(visiting the Royal Observatory)(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: Geographical
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