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The skys the limit: Muscatine natives career takes her to new heights; and now it may take John Q. Public to the edge
Editors note: Where Are They Now is a Muscatine Journal series published on the first and third Mondays of the month. Former Muscatine Journal editor Gil Dietz is producing this feature and welcomes comments and suggestions.
Source: www.muscatinejournal.com

Top UN refugee official visits Russian Federation
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) leaves tomorrow for the Russian Federation for consultations with Government, civil society and the UN country team on the asylum system, the situation of statelessness and internal displacement.
Source: www.scoop.co.nz

No 10 horrified by gung-ho US in Cuban nuclear missile crisis
Downing Street was shocked to learn in 1962 that its American allies had been poised to start World War III over the Cuban missile crisis without consulting Britain, new papers have revealed.
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Ex-Microsoft developer plans space trip
MOSCOW - A former software developer at Microsoft could make a trip to the international space station next year aboard a Russian rocket ship, the RIA news agency reported Monday.
Source: www.msnbc.msn.com

First Brazilian astronaut makes joyous return to Earth
A beaming Marcos Pontes has returned to Earth from an 11-day trip that made him Brazil's first astronaut, and was greeted on the Kazakh steppe by a search and rescue team and exultant Brazilian officials.
Source: news.yahoo.com

Newmill makes dream a reality
By Declan Colley Fairytales are part and parcel of sport because the uncertainty allows us to dream not only of the probable, but also the improbable, and thats what makes the sport of kings in particular so magnetic.
Source: www.irishexaminer.com

KAZAKHSTAN: PRESIDENT LOOKS TO BUILD ON ALLIANCE WITH PUTIN
Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbaev arrives in Russia today for a brief visit with his counterpart and close ally, Vladimir Putin.
Source: www.eurasianet.org

Five Astronauts Get to Work Aboard ISS
Complete Coverage: ISS Expedition 13
Source: feeds.feedburner.com

IFC boost to Russias Air Transport Systems
The International Finance Corporation (IFC), the private sector financing arm of the World Bank Group, is providing $15 million in quasi-equity to Russias Air Transport Systems. The investment will support newly established nationwide air taxi operations in Russia under the brand name Dexter.
Source: www.emeconomy.com