Next month, or so it is suggested, the administration may launch a programme for spending some of its dollars on Arab public institutions and public debate.

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Mr Blair joined Mr Clinton to launch a programme aiming to tackle poverty, climate change and key world issues by involving politicians, business leaders, activists and academics in seeking solutions.

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Which is why, after a comet struck Jupiter in 1994, NASA decided to launch a research programme into Near-Earth Objects.

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Nevertheless, Weight Watchers is revamping its product with the launch in America on August 17th of a new programme called Flex Points, which is supposed to be easier for slimmers to follow.

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The event also marked the launch of an educational project celebrating the history of the church and a schools programme.

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The two were making a joint appearance ahead of the launch of the coalition's legislative programme for the next year and in the wake of poll losses for both the Conservatives and Lib Dems in last week's council elections.

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The introduction of the qualifications for younger students comes half-way though a pilot programme which had produced such positive feedback that the Institute decided to launch the new studies this autumn.

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Friday's launch was part of what Esa calls the Vega Research and Technology Accompaniment (Verta) programme - a sequence of flights intended to demonstrate the rocket's capabilities whilst at the same time moving it towards full commercial service.

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He was then selected as the launch co-presenter of Central News South based in Abingdon and stayed for 18 years before again launching a new programme, Thames Valley Tonight.

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