The Palestinian Authority said last week that it would not object to exhuming the body from its tomb if Arafat's family approves.

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"A 5mm (0.2 inches) particle striking a large solar array is likely to have a very little long-lasting effect, but such an object hitting the main body of a satellite could cause a vital component to fail, " he said.

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The new definition removes the reference to females and says rape is "the penetration, no matter how slight, of the vagina or anus with any body part or object" without the consent of the victim.

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It is natural for those familiar with the common-law system to object to a non-judicial body overturning an interpretation given by a final appellate court.

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Critics said the prospect of a no-hands T-Ray search raised general privacy concerns and fears over so-called false positives where an object on a person's body could be misread to be a weapon.

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But after news of his entry in the 500, 1, 000 and 1, 650-yard freestyle events, swimming's governing body FINA stepped in to object to his participation.

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With its "high unlovely body and pugnacious snout, " the Model T became the object of jokes, songs and a new American folklore.

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It has long been thought that the lunar body resulted from an impact between the early Earth and another planet-sized object 4.5 billion years ago.

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