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Telefonica International Wholesale Services (TIWS) Chooses Gilat to Power ...
MarketWatch (press release)
In November 2009, Gilat announced that it was chosen by Telefónica del Peru for broadband satellite communications project covering more than 3500 sites. ...

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Miners set to benefit from next-gen satellite communications
The Australian Journal of Mining
Helen Stalker, commercial director of global satellite phone services at Inmarsat talks about the benefits of satellite communications in Australian mining. ...




Norbulk Installs Iridium OpenPort(R) Across Fleet of Managed Ships in Move to ...
MarketWatch (press release)
"Iridium OpenPort, coupled with AND Group's flexible service plan, will help us greatly reduce our monthly satellite communication charges," said Walter ...

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Americorp Ventures to sell 9.33% stake in Asianet Satellite Communications to ...
TMCnet
... to sell its 9.33% stake in Asianet Satellite Communications, Ltd., an India-based cable network services company, to SIDOFI Communications Investments, ...
SIDOFI Communication to acquire 9.33% stake in Asianet Communication from ...Trading Markets (press release)

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GVF Launches Maritime Satcom Forum to Expand Deployment of Satellite ...
PR Newswire (press release)
8 /PRNewswire/ -- GVF, the leading non-profit association serving the satellite communications industry, today announced the formation of the Maritime ...

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Xinhua

China launches new SinoSat-6 communication satellite
Hindustan Times
... living in remote and mountainous regions, according to China Satellite Communications Corporation which will operate the satellite, the report said. ...
China launches new satelliteRapid tv news
Chinese broadcasting satellite placed in orbitSpaceflight Now
China launches SinoSat-6 SatelliteBreakingNewsOnline.
UPI.com -Sify -NASASpaceflight.com
all 49 news articles »



Comtech scraps plan to buy CPI International
Reuters UK
... RF microwave amplifier segment, which makes products used in radar jammers, air-to-ground satellite communications and a variety of other applications. ...
Comtech deal to acquire CPI International nixedBusinessWeek

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StreamXcel Plus Ensures the "Always-on Always Available" Communication in ...
TMCnet
Managing shipboard satellite communications has, with evolving technology, become more complex, but with this complexity ...




SatNews Publishers

GMPCS... A Pipeline To Communications (SATCOM)
SatNews Publishers
As part of its ongoing response to this need, GMPCS, a global satellite communications provider, has introduced its Pipeline™ VSAT solutions and Surfer™ ...

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Space.com

Chinese Broadcasting Satellite Placed in Orbit
Space.com
China Satellite Communications Corp. will operate the satellite. Xinhua reported the new spacecraft will back up Chinasat 5C, another communications ...

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Kenya Commercial Bank Selects Gilat's SkyEdge II Broadband Satellite Network
MarketWatch (press release)
KCB will use the new VSAT network for primary enterprise connectivity as well as back-up for branches with existing terrestrial connectivity. ...

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Norway & Germany : Marlink launches new @Seadirect (TM) entre level VSAT service
BYM News (press release)
Using the same antenna system as Marlink's WaveCall(TM) VSAT solution, @SEAdirect(TM) can be easily upgraded to the WaveCall(TM) service, ...
Norway & Germany .Marlink launches new Call@SEA GSMBYM News (press release)
Norway & Germany. Marlink renews its relationship with Project KaiseiBYM News (press release)

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GVF Launches Maritime Satcom Forum to Expand Deployment of Satellite ...
PR Newswire (press release)
The Maritime Satcom Forum's first official meeting will take place during this year's Comsys VSAT Conference on September 17, 2010 at 1 pm BST at the ...

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SatNews Publishers

GMPCS... A Pipeline To Communications (SATCOM)
SatNews Publishers
As part of its ongoing response to this need, GMPCS, a global satellite communications provider, has introduced its Pipeline™ VSAT solutions and Surfer™ ...

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Galaxy Backbone partners MainOne Cable
Telecompaper (subscription)
... submarine cable operator MainOne Cable Company to help deliver services to its customers via its integrated (fibre, radio and VSAT) domestic networks. ...




StreamXcel Plus Ensures the "Always-on Always Available" Communication in ...
TMCnet
Hence, the corporate network includes two voice lines, data and Internet access essentially over VSAT with FBB as a backup system. In addition to this, ...




Stratos and Zedi Deploy World's First BGAN-Based SCADA Network
MarketWatch (press release)
More than 10000 Stratos VSAT-based SCADA terminals have been deployed for a wide range of markets across the United States. Since its introduction in late ...

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Marine Antenna Manufacturers Sea Tel, Intellian and Jotron Demonstrate ...
PR Newswire (press release)
iDirect has since integrated the open-source code into its maritime VSAT platform, and has now established a formalized qualification program for satellite ...

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France & Korea. SeaSatCom signs distributor agreement with KNS Inc.1
BYM News (press release)
“There is an ever-increasing demand by the yachting community for unlimited, easily available, broadband, internet connections via VSAT, just like at home ...




Proactive Investors USA & Canada

Special operations forces to get manpack satcom systems
Defense Systems (blog)
Under the contract, L-3 GCS will furnish its Panther Very Small Aperture Terminal (VSAT) manpack satellite communications systems and associated equipment ...
L-3 GCS Wins $170 Million US Military VSAT ContractSatellite Today (subscription)
L-3 GCS Awarded $170 Million Contract from US Special Operations CommandTMCnet

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Globe and Mail

Fla. minister: Quran burning still planned
The Associated Press
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The leader of a small Florida church that espouses anti-Islam philosophy said he was still praying about whether go through with his plan to burn copies of the Quran on Sept. 11, which the White House, religious leaders and others ...
9/11 Koran burning 'disrespectful' and 'disgraceful', Hillary Clinton saysTelegraph.co.uk
Burning Koran 'Will Put US Troops At Risk'Sky News
Hillary Clinton calls plan to burn Qur'an disrespectful and disgracefulThe Guardian
Daily Mail -Hindustan Times -Los Angeles Times
all 3,564 news articles »



CBC.ca

Mass strikes rock Paris, London
National Post
An estimated 2.5 million people took to the streets in Marseille, above, and Paris to protest changes in pension law, including the plan to raise the retirment age from 60 to 62. Dave Clark, Agence France-Presse; With Files From Reuters · Wednesday, ...
French strike over plan to raise retirement ageLos Angeles Times
French Business Confidence Stagnated in August as Sarkozy's Budget LoomsBloomberg
France: Protests over pensions bring over a million onto boulevardsThe Guardian
Independent -Financial Times -Xinhua
all 1,814 news articles »



AFP

Quake may have silver lining for NZ economy
AFP
WELLINGTON — The earthquake that devastated Christchurch may help, rather than hinder, economic growth by triggering a construction spree as New Zealand tries to shake off the effects of recession, analysts say. While no one died in Saturday's ...
Quake: Water restrictions liftedStuff.co.nz
270 aftershocks and counting...TVNZ
New Zealand earthquake: Christchurch hit by aftershocksTelegraph.co.uk
The Economist (blog) -BBC News -Edmonton Journal
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The Hindu

Tensions on first day of government
The Press Association
Tensions have emerged on the first full day of Australia's new minority government's rule between the deputy PM and a kingmaker independent legislator over plans to make mining companies pay more tax. The disagreement between deputy prime minister ...
Oz PM Julia squeezes inMirror.co.uk
Gillard sneaks in to form minority governmentIndependent
Coalition MPs vent over duo's decisionThe Australian
Herald Sun -ABC Online -Reuters
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Kansas City Star

Obama, Clinton call on US Jews, Muslims to back talks
Jerusalem Post
Rabbis: US president indicated that understood recent Palestinian statements threatening to quit the peace process as political posturing. WASHINGTON – US President Barack Obama indicated he understood recent Palestinian ...
Gaza mortar narrowly misses Israel kindergarten: armyAFP
Palestinian Authority arrests 2 in connection with West Bank shooting attackHa'aretz
Mortar lands near kindergarten; no injuriesYnetnews
CNN -Xinhua -The Associated Press
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CBC.ca

20 dead as Pakistan hit by another bomb attack
Telegraph.co.uk
Angelina Jolie arrived in Pakistan to begin fund-raising efforts to help communities devastated by weeks of flooding, as 16 people were killed in yet another bomb attack. “The situation is on a scale we have not really seen,” she said. ...
Car bomb targets Pakistan policeBBC News
Car bomb kills 20 near police complex in PakistanAFP
Death toll in Pakistan bomb blast rises to 16Reuters
The Associated Press -New York Times -Los Angeles Times
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ABC Online

Bomb threat flight lands in Los Angeles after written note is found on plane
Daily Mail
By Mail Foreign Service A Thai Airways flight from Bangkok to Los Angeles has landed safely after a bomb threat was found written in broken English on board the plane. The plane landed safely just after 8pm local time (3am GMT) and was taken to a ...
Thai plane searched in LA after bomb warning: FBIAFP
Thai Air Says Flight Lands Safely in LA After Bomb ThreatBusinessWeek
Jet with bomb threat in bathroom lands in LACBC.ca
Flightglobal -CNN -Earthtimes
all 568 news articles »



Daily Nation

Exiled Rwandan Official Calls for Release of UN War Crimes Report
Voice of America
A former chief of staff to Rwandan President Paul Kagame told VOA the draft UN report that accuses the Rwandan army of committing war crimes in the Democratic Republic of Congo should be made public. AP Theogene Rudasingwa, who is also former Secretary ...
UN chief in Rwanda amid row over war crimes reportCNN International
Rwanda 'happy' at Ban visit, outraged by UN reportAFP
UN chief meets Rwandan presidentThe Press Association
Reuters Africa -Financial Times -ABC Online
all 190 news articles »



Aljazeera.net

Iran needs to heed IAEA demands- Russia foreign min
Reuters
PARIS, Sept 7 (Reuters) - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Tuesday that Iran needs to answer the demands of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) over its nuclear programme. "The IAEA must continue its work . ...
UN report underscores concerns about Iran nuclear plans: USAFP
Iranian leaders must be ousted but not by force: ex-security agentToronto Star
Risky gameBBC News
Jerusalem Post -Sydney Morning Herald -Voice of America
all 887 news articles »



Globe and Mail

BBC World Service broadcasts in Burma face axe
The Guardian
The BBC is locked in talks with the government over drastic cuts to the World Service budget which could force it to withdraw from Burma and several other countries. The Foreign Office, which funds the World Service through an annual £272m grant, ...
BBC World Service may axe broadcasts to Myanmar: reportAFP
China values military relations with Myanmar, says senior officerXinhua
In China, Myanmar's generals find an unquestioning friendGlobe and Mail
BBC News -Voice of America -Reuters Africa
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Sydney Morning Herald

Phone-tapping row: I know what it's like to face John Yates
Telegraph.co.uk
Listening to the radio on Monday morning, I heard a familiar name – that of Assistant Commissioner John Yates. As he was quizzed on the details of the Metropolitan Police's inquiry into phone-tapping by the News of the World, ...
Phone hacking row gathers pace as MPs start new inquiryDaily Mail
David Cameron PR guru Andy Coulson to face police quiz over phone-hackingMirror.co.uk
Britain: Parliamentary Panel to Investigate Phone HackingNew York Times
The Guardian -BBC News -Aberdeen Press and Journal
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Daily Mail

Prosecutor backs end to mandatory life sentence for murder
Telegraph.co.uk
Keir Starmer, the Director of Public Prosecutions, has joined calls for a system of first and second degree murder charges that would end mandatory life sentences for the crime. By Alastair Jamieson A spokesman for the Crown Prosecution Service said he ...
Prosecutor backs murder law changeThe Press Association
Murder sentence change suggestedBBC News

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The Guardian

Ian Tomlinson post-mortem examination report withheld
BBC News
A post-mortem examination report into the death of a man at the G20 protests last year has been withheld from authorities, it has emerged. It was carried out by a forensic pathologist on behalf of the policeman who pushed Ian Tomlinson. ...
Ian Tomlinson death: Coroner defends choice of G20 pathologist Freddy PatelDaily Mail
Tomlinson study 'kept from coroner'The Press Association
Ian Tomlinson death: Coroner defends appointment of controversial pathologistThe Guardian
Channel 4 News -World Socialist Web Site
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CBC.ca

Britain falls behind Poland and Slovakia in university tables...
Independent
The UK has lost its edge as a world leader in providing higher education, one of the most authoritative international studies has revealed. It has plummeted from fourth place to 15th in less than a decade in the ...
Irish education spending at height of boom was fourth lowest in OECDIrish Times
UK slips down university education rankingsFinancial Times
UK's graduation rates fall to below average – OECDThe Guardian
This is London -Metro -Globe and Mail
all 173 news articles »



Daily Mail

Protests over cuts 'will take us back to the poll tax riots', claims TUC chief
Daily Mail
The public will rise up in mass protests similar to the poll tax riots because of the Government's 'deeply mistaken' spending cuts, the country's top trade union boss predicted today. In a call to arms, Brendan Barber, general secretary ...
Union leader: Cuts will spark major protestsHerald Scotland
Cuts could spark poll-tax style riots, says union bossIndependent
Unions urge public to join campaign against government cutsThe Guardian
Financial Times -Telegraph.co.uk -Socialistworker.co.uk
all 18 news articles »



Daily Mail

Leylandii: the tree at the centre of suburban warfare
The Guardian
A fresh dispatch from the great leylandii war was noted this week, with news of yet another epic neighbourly dispute being triggered by the fast-growing, controversial cypress. David Alvand, a civil engineer living in Plymouth, is battling with his ...
Hedge wars! ... and other evergreen battles that make good neighbours turn nastyDaily Mail
Neighbours incensed over huge treesBBC News
Residents complain of 'Berlin Wall' neighbour's 35ft cypress treesTelegraph.co.uk
Plymouth Herald -Independent -Mirror.co.uk
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The Guardian (blog)

'Good Samaritan' survey shows charitable giving trends
The Guardian
A third of the world's population has given money to charity in the past month, the largest study ever carried out into global social conscience reveals today. The "World Giving Index" used Gallup surveys of 195000 people in 153 nations and asked ...
Charitable giving by country: who is the most generous?The Guardian (blog)
Australia and NZ top charity leagueFinancial Times
Happy Britons are third biggest charity giversMetro
The Press Association -BreakingNews.ie
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Telegraph.co.uk

Emergency services create earthquake scenario in practice drill
Telegraph.co.uk
Emergency services from Europe and the Middle East are taking part in a drill which simulates an earthquake hitting a fictional British town. The exercise is aimed at testing the response of the fire and rescue services from Britain and seven other ...
In pictures: Hampshire earthquake disaster simulationBBC News
Fire crews in earthquake simulationThe Press Association
Mock earthquake test for rescue teams in PortsmouthBBC News
Portsmouth News -Liverpool Echo
all 61 news articles »



ABC Online

Blitz 70th anniversary sees bombers remembered with St Paul's service
Mirror.co.uk
The men and women who turned Britain's darkest hour into her finest hour were honoured yesterday - 70 years after the day the Blitz began. The special memorial service celebrated the courage of legions of our firefighters, nurses, ...
Britain remembers 70th anniversary of the BlitzAFP
A city remembersBBC News
Blitz remembered at St Paul's serviceABC Online
Channel 4 News -Telegraph.co.uk -The Guardian
all 509 news articles »



Daily Mail

Organutan grows so fat that rescue center takes her in
CNN
By the CNN Wire Staff London, England (CNN) -- A South African has become so fat on her diet of marshmellows that she's been taken to England to lose weight. She's "quite a character," her new caretakers say, but settling her into her new home has ...
Gannet of the apesThe Sun
Overweight orangutan put on dietCBBC Newsround
Obese ape gets new home at Dorset's Monkey WorldBBC News
The Press Association -Sify -Bournemouth Echo
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