Wiggins is now 18th overall and will force his Team Sky bosses to make key tactical decisions as Swede Thomas Lovkvist is now their best-placed rider, 1 min 44 sec ahead of the team leader.

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While Ecclestone may not be willing to push the envelope in broadcast tech, having Sky as a broadcast partner could force the issue as it justifies its exclusive access and dedicated broadcast channel.

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Rolling fireballs leaped into the sky, and residents 50 miles away felt the force of the blast.

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And Sky Angel has petitioned the Federal Communications Commission to force Discovery to honor its contract under rules designed to prevent companies affiliated with cable-TV networks from discriminating against competitors.

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Many want Nato's future to be - perhaps not dim - but toned down into a defensive alliance, rather than a bright force in the world, lighting up the night sky over the Middle East.

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Indeed, OT is the force driving many of these short-term projections towards the sky.

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The Air Force quickly released video of the March test, which showed the bomb falling through the sky and bursting into a massive fireball upon impact.

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Foreign Secretary David Miliband told Adam Boulton on Sky there were only a few "rites of passage" needed before the Lisbon Treaty came into force and accused Mr Cameron of "dithering" because he did not "want to take on the euro extremists" in his party.

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Beneath the two passenger decks of this modified super jumbo is an Air Force One-style air-stair -- allowing access to the tarmac without the need for a sky-bridge or external staircase -- and a crew dining area, crew gallery, crew bathroom, sleeping quarters for eight on bunk beds, a communications room and spiral staircase leading to the main deck.

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