It calls for the appointment of a safety chief to inspect Bangladesh's 5, 000 garment factories and establishes fire-safety training for workers.

WSJ: Promises in Bangladesh

The UK troops arrived with around 60 U.S. personnel in eight C-130 aircraft on Thursday to inspect the base for possible use in a large-scale humanitarian operation.

CNN: N.Alliance concern over air base move

The illusion quickly disappears, however, when you inspect it from the sides and behold the machine's substantial, 1.96-inch-thick chassis.

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"If it works well, the keyboard -- which I got to inspect at great length but not actually type on -- is going to be the Surface's killer attraction, " wrote Slate's Farhad Manjoo.

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He will view the Dead Sea Scrolls, which point to an ancient Jewish link to Israel, and he will inspect an Iron Dome battery, a missile-defense system that Israel set up with U.S. help.

WSJ: Obama to Appeal to Israelis in Trip

Meanwhile, mission specialist Charlie Camarda and pilot Jim Kelly have been continuing to inspect the shuttle for damage sustained during the climb to orbit, using the shuttle's 15m-long boom to photograph and scan Discovery's port wing.

BBC: The two astronauts spent nearly seven hours on the outside

Last spring it won permission to inspect the records of customers of PayPal, eBay's online payment system, who have bank or payment-card accounts in tax havens.

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