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Seattle Times, 23.04.13 23:46 UTC

R&A won't 'bully' clubs to take women members

Just because the home of the Masters now has female members, the Royal & Ancient Golf Club has no plans to pressure the all-male clubs in the British Open rotation to change its membership policies.

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Telegraph, 21.04.13 23:33 UTC

Private Antares rocket makes test flight

A privately owned rocket built in partnership with Nasa to haul cargo to the International Space Station has blasted off for a debut test flight from a new commercial spaceport in Virginia.

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Daily Mail, 18.04.13 16:59 UTC

'Mary you are a really great person. I said I would write. Jonathan': Poignant message in a bottle turns up 28 years later - and 5,000 miles away

PUBLISHED: 16:10 GMT, 18 April 2013 | UPDATED: 16:50 GMT, 18 April 2013 It's certainly a romantic gesture - putting a message in a bottle and throwing it into the sea in the hope it reaches its ...

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Seattle Times, 14.04.13 02:21 UTC

Virginia s Wallops Island prepares for the spotlight

An obscure Virginia barrier island is about to become a NASA launch site.

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Seattle Times, 13.04.13 15:28 UTC

NASA's Wallops Island prepares for the spotlight

On one of Virginia's small barrier islands, a NASA facility that operates in relative obscurity outside scientific circles is preparing to be thrust into the spotlight.

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Seattle Times, 08.04.13 14:45 UTC

Atlantic row team land in Puerto Rico after rescue

Four men are back on dry land in Puerto Rico after their boat capsized near the end of an attempt to make a record-setting row across the Atlantic Ocean.

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Daily Mail, 08.04.13 10:36 UTC

Up, up and away! Daredevil office manager floats five miles across shark-infested waters by clinging to 200 helium balloons

PUBLISHED: 10:08 GMT, 8 April 2013 | UPDATED: 10:30 GMT, 8 April 2013 Tied to a colourful cloud of balloons, a South African man has floated five miles across shark-infested waters with only helium ...

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BBC World News, 06.04.13 00:47 UTC

Guinea-Bissau ex-navy chief to face US drugs charges

The former chief of the navy in Guinea-Bissau has arrived in the US where he is expected to be face drugs charges, officials have said.

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Seattle Times, 05.04.13 20:55 UTC

AP source: suspects in drug trade brought to US

A former navy chief of the small West African nation of Guinea-Bissau who is suspected of being a kingpin in the international cocaine trade has been brought to the U.S. and is being held by authorities in New York City following his arrest at sea by federal drug agents, a law enforcement official said Friday.

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Seattle Times, 05.04.13 09:57 UTC

Report: US arrests suspected Bissau drug kingpin

Public television in the Cape Verde Islands says U.S. authorities operating at sea have arrested a former navy chief of the small West African nation of Guinea-Bissau who is suspected of being a kingpin in international drug-smuggling operations.

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