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RIA Novosti ^ | October 27, 2005
Posted on 10/27/2005 12:44:56 AM PDT by HAL9000
"Russian rocket launched with eight satellites on board"
ARTICLE: "MOSCOW, October 27 (RIA Novosti) - A Kosmos-3M carrier rocket with a Russian Mozhayets-5 educational satellite and seven foreign minisatellites on board was successfully launched from Russia's Plisetsk Space Center at 10:52 Moscow time, a spokesman for the Russian Federal Space Agency said Thursday.
"The launch went smoothly, and all the satellites are set to undock from the Russian carrier rocket at 11:27 Moscow time one by one with an interval of a few seconds," the source said."
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http://www.worldtribune.com/worldtribune/05/front2453670.263888889.html
"Iran set to orbit first satellite; Israel cites military function"
SPECIAL TO WORLD TRIBUNE.COM Wednesday, October 26, 2005
"Iran has completed preparations to place its first satellite into orbit."
ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Iranian sources said the Sina reconnaissance satellite would be launched from a Russian booster on Oct. 27. They said the Chinese-origin Sina would be launched from Russia's Plesetsk launch site along with satellites from Britain, China and Russia."
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http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/638169.html
Last update - 10:08 27/10/2005
"Peres said to set quiz Russian FM on new Iranian satellite"
By Haaretz and the Associated Press
ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Vice Premier Shimon Peres will Thursday use a meeting with visiting Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov to seek information on a new Iranian satellite, Israel Radio reported. "
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http://www.adnki.com/index_2Level.php?cat=CultureAndMedia&loid=8.0.223092618&par=0
"IRAN: ISLAMIC ARMY DEATH THREATS FOR 210 JOURNALISTS"
ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Tehran, 26 Oct. (AKI) - A self-styled Islamic Army in Iran has said it would like to elminate 210 journalists in the country. The list, recently circulated in Tehran, includes almost all the independent journalists who have not been recognised by the new government of hardline president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. In the few lines preceding the long list of dissident journalists, the authorities promise "to liberate the Islamic revolution" of Ayatollah Khomeini, which has been "taken hostage by the hacks who are in the service of the enemies of Islam." Anyone mentioned in the list "is worthy of death as much as enemies of Allah and his word.""