Rather, the letter that Cambodia's permanent mission in New York submitted to the chairmen of the Security Council and the General Assembly is meant to draw attention to a crisis that entered its sixth day Sunday.

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They also brought forward the date when the permanent rescue mission, the European Stability Mechanism (ESM), will be up and running.

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We have the technology and ability to exploit the resources found on the moon and in the asteroid belt as well as sending a manned mission to Mars to set up a permanent base.

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Earlier this month NASA unveiled its mission statement to revisit earth's satellite and create a permanent base there.

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We acknowledged the consistent and productive engagement among the Committee of Permanent Representatives to ASEAN (CPR), the U.S. Mission to ASEAN and the ASEAN Secretariat in Jakarta, and are committed to work together to boost the capacity of ASEAN to address regional challenges.

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Havana, Cuba (CNN) -- A member of the "Cuban Five" spy group renounced his United States citizenship at the U.S. diplomatic mission in Havana on Monday, removing the final obstacle to his permanent return to the island.

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France, which keeps a permanent garrison in the country, was evacuating foreigners, including 170 mostly American children trapped in a mission school.

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Following a full briefing, the Chinese will make plans for their next manned mission, the Shenzhou-10, as the country steadily makes progress toward its goal of having a permanent space station in orbit between 2020 and 2022.

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