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                    [Title] => Mexico issues alert after small radioactive theft
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Mexican authorities have issued an alert for local officials to be on the lookout for a tiny amount of stolen radioactive material.

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MOSCOW (AP) – The collision between US and Russian communication satellites this week — the first such crash in space — has created speeding clouds of debris that threaten other unmanned spacecraft in nearby orbits, Russian officials and experts said yesterday.

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This is how spark plugs work: first of all, the automobile or motorcycle engine requires an ignition system that can ignite, at an appropriate timing, the mixture of air and gasoline that is found in its cylinder. The role of the spark plug is to trigger the ignition. Therefore, no matter what quality gasoline is used or how well the engine is tuned, the engine would be useless unless its spark plugs ignite properly.
[DatePublished] => 2003-09-10 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Motoring [SectionUrl] => motoring [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 83493 [Title] => Canadian firm introduces ‘global’ satellite phones [Summary] => Canadian firm Stratos Global Corp. is offering satellite telephone communications in the country at more affordable rates.

Michael Smith, Stratos vice president for Asia Pacific, said they have launched Iridium satellite services here to cater to shipping, mining and aeronautics companies as well as government soldiers fighting rebels in the hinterlands.

"We will be offering customers who operate in remote locations without cellular or landline telecommunications facilities," he said.
[DatePublished] => 2001-06-16 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1197534 [AuthorName] => by Junep Ocampo [SectionName] => Telecoms [SectionUrl] => telecoms [URL] => ) ) )
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                    [Title] => Mexico issues alert after small radioactive theft
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Mexican authorities have issued an alert for local officials to be on the lookout for a tiny amount of stolen radioactive material.

[DatePublished] => 2014-07-05 04:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 439671 [Title] => Crash of US, Russian satellites a threat in space [Summary] =>

MOSCOW (AP) – The collision between US and Russian communication satellites this week — the first such crash in space — has created speeding clouds of debris that threaten other unmanned spacecraft in nearby orbits, Russian officials and experts said yesterday.

[DatePublished] => 2009-02-13 01:41:04 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 439323 [Title] => 2 big satellites collide 500 miles over Siberia [Summary] => CAPE CANAVERAL (AP) – Two big communications satellites collided in the first-ever crash of two intact spacecraft in orbit, shooting out a pair of massive debris clouds and posing a slight risk to the international space station. [DatePublished] => 2009-02-12 08:00:59 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 220108 [Title] => How your choice of spark plug affects engine performance [Summary] => Spark plugs are important parts used on automobiles, motorcycles and even Formula 1 race cars, but the true function of a spark plug often goes unnoticed.

This is how spark plugs work: first of all, the automobile or motorcycle engine requires an ignition system that can ignite, at an appropriate timing, the mixture of air and gasoline that is found in its cylinder. The role of the spark plug is to trigger the ignition. Therefore, no matter what quality gasoline is used or how well the engine is tuned, the engine would be useless unless its spark plugs ignite properly.
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Michael Smith, Stratos vice president for Asia Pacific, said they have launched Iridium satellite services here to cater to shipping, mining and aeronautics companies as well as government soldiers fighting rebels in the hinterlands.

"We will be offering customers who operate in remote locations without cellular or landline telecommunications facilities," he said.
[DatePublished] => 2001-06-16 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1197534 [AuthorName] => by Junep Ocampo [SectionName] => Telecoms [SectionUrl] => telecoms [URL] => ) ) )
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