Fossett will use a bigger balloon this time, and control its altitude by working a propane ethane burner.

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At the time its assets included control of Air New Zealand and Thistle Hotels, Britain's largest hotel chain, as well as stakes in companies in Europe, the US, Australia, New Zealand and Asia.

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The UN has recently, and not before time, decided that population control should be one of its much-vaunted Millennium Development Goals.

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The news arrives amid speculation that Facebook, facing new pressure as a public company, will need to develop fresh sources of mobile revenue and exert greater control over its mobile products as users spend more time networking on phones or tablets instead of laptops or desktops.

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As a result, the treaty which will shortly be submitted to the United States Senate for its advice and consent is unquestionably the most ambitious and overreaching arms control agreement of all time.

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