Sky News has said that it will stage one with or without Mr Brown.

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The numbers at this stage are plucked from the sky.

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But even at this stage it feels a little too blue-sky for the very earthbound arena of global logistics.

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It was then expected to initiate two firings on its big cruise stage, one to lift it higher in the sky and the second to despatch it to Mars.

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Under the current deal, which runs until the end of the 2008-09 season, Sky Sports shows up to 14 exclusively live matches a week at the group stage, with two live matches on ITV.

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"This summer we made a significant investment to try and strengthen the group but clearly at this stage we are in an emergency situation, " Juventus sporting director Beppe Marotta told the Sky Italia TV channel.

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People didn't believe at first that William Herschel could see the things he was claiming to pick out in the sky, but then his speculum mirror technology was so in advance of anything that had been produced at that stage.

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He works with his brother, who goes by the stage name Scott Miles and played the brother of Jake Gyllenhaal's character in the 1999 movie October Sky.

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