Mo Farah and Dwain Chambers were also selected in the 32-strong squad for the event, which starts on 4 March.
In addition to a full room of buyers and celebrities, the fourth edition of the event attracted strong internet and intense telephone bidding.
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Europe had been strong favourites going into the event after winning the last three Cups and five of the last six.
"Today's event is a strong reminder of why we need continuous efforts to survey and identify near-Earth objects, " said Thomas Reiter, European Space Agency's Director of Human Spaceflight and Operations.
The event sends a strong message to our military, our veterans and all Americans, that we as a nation, and our partners around the world, are serious about addressing these concerns.
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The star of hit movies such as XXX and the Fast and the Furious then headed out to the city's Princes Street Garden's to join an 8, 000-strong crowd at a special outdoor event staged for those who could not get tickets to the main ceremony.
For example, significant cooling and strong dynamical effects after the Laki event and other high-latitude eruptions are believed to have caused decreased flow of the Nile River in Egypt and weakened African and Asian monsoons based on climate model simulations, with potentially very significant impacts on food and water supplies.
Commanding officer Cdr Phillip Nash said it was a "hugely significant" event for the 190-strong company.
England's 2006 gold medallist and strong favourite for this year's event, Idowu , has pulled out of the triple jump due to concerns about the athletes' village and security.
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"After having meetings with the organising committee and local organising committee, we are very confident that we are still going strong towards the realisation of a wonderful event, " Blatter told reporters in Durban.
The Romney campaign denied he decided to attend the DeMint event because of Perry's strong poll numbers.
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He reasoned that excessive amounts of stress hormones released at the time of a traumatic event might be responsible for overly strong memory formation.
That's the reason that Pinehurst No. 2 in North Carolina, which will host the 2014 U.S. Open, has stopped overseeding entirely: It wants its Bermuda fairways as strong and healthy as possible for the big event.
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Even so, the trend in jobs growth has been strong and might not be reversed unless in an event of a shock.
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In the event that the process fails to produce strong frameworks, DHS, working with the National Institute of Standards and Technology, could modify a framework.
He has found alternative rooms for his country's 300-strong contingent of athletes and officials and believes the whole event may be in danger.
The Desert Classic is the final tournament of a lucrative three-event "Gulf Swing", attracting a strong field as the Race to Dubai hots up.
It set out proposals for two new bodies, an office where people apply for permission to hold a parade or a protest, and an 11-strong adjudication body charged with deciding what happens in the event of a dispute.
"You look at our force posture in the region -- you know, it is very strong and well positioned, " Flournoy told a Brookings Institution event on the candidates' foreign policy positions.
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The 41-strong British squad are making final preparations before the four-day event begins on Thursday.
The women's downhill skiing event at the Winter Olympics has been postponed because of strong winds in Salt Lake City.
London Mayor Ken Livingstone will also address the crowd from the main stage at the event, which will follow a 100, 000-strong march through central London.
Here on Brandenburg Beach, the combination of rough North Sea waters and strong winds draws windsurfers from more than 30 nations for the biggest event of its kind.
As of Friday evening, there were still 1, 200 spots available, but event director Lisa Randolph said there "is a very strong possibility" that would be filled by race day.
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At a Labour conference fringe event, he said Mr Miliband has a "very strong idea of how the market humiliates people" and called for more "constraints" on the domination of the rich.
Does someone from host city A have a long-standing friendship with a site selection committee member for event B, and if so, is that relationship strong enough to usurp the economic, financial, and logistical considerations raised above?
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Even if Abbas had insisted on pushing forward with the resolution, a strong, consistent message from the administration would have minimized the significance of the event.
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Sales were strong in the second quarter, which included the Paris Air Show, an industry event that was very profitable for the big two airlines.
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At this IBM event, one of the messages is that great leaders are those that have a strong vision (can articulate a clear goal), and who can execute against that goal in a timely fashion.
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