During the year 2008 there were 21,420 transits of the Suez Canal, which gives an approximate (but obviously not precise) indication of the number of vessels passing through the Gulf of Aden. During the same period 42 vessels, including a few yachts, were hijacked in the Gulf of Aden and the western area of the Indian Ocean, which put the risk of a hijack during 2008 at approximately one in 500 …
While NASA frets over a looming hiatus in its ability to launch people into space, a commercial company is poised to unveil the first spaceship for private passenger travel.
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So far about 300 people have put down $200,000 each for tickets to ride SpaceShipTwo.
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While NASA frets over a looming hiatus in its ability to launch people into space, a commercial company is poised to unveil the first spaceship for private passenger travel.
It’s time to haul out the holly, the tinsel and the mistletoe –and, oh yeah, we can’t forget Bob Cratchit, the Sugar Plum Fairy and George Frideric Handel. Metro Detroit stages and concert halls are decked for the season and stuffed like a stocking.
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