Organisation: Mission

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We need to learn lessons of Irish history and avoid ‘group think’

YESTERDAY marked the centenary of the introduction of the Third Home Rule Bill in the House of Commons at Westminster. We are beginning a decade of commemoration lasting until the centenary of the Anglo-Irish Treaty in 2022.

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Discovery's last mission under way

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Endeavour back on Earth

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King team warming to the task

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Nixon had speech ready in case of moon landing failure

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Weather delays Discovery plans

Three-man capsule returns from space station

A Russian space capsule carrying an Italian, a Russian and an American hurtled safely home to Earth from the International Space Station today, landing softly on the marshy Central Asian steppes in the early-morning darkness.

Mon, 25 Apr, 2005

Sabbath problem solved for Israeli Astronaut

When Israel’s first astronaut, Ilan Ramon, rockets away aboard shuttle Columbia, he will take along the first kosher meals ever packed for space.

Wed, 15 Jan, 2003

Kidnappers and police in Macedonian standoff

Tensions soared in Macedonia today as police shot dead two ethnic Albanians and gunmen threatened to kill several people abducted from a bus.

Fri, 30 Aug, 2002