Frank Field, the former minister who led the successful campaign for a U-turn on the 10p tax band, said ministers should welcome backbench pressure as it would strengthen their hand in negotiations.

BBC: Windfall tax is 'still an option'

Samara's effort to launch a third satellite over Latin America got him embroiled in a bitter fight with the U.S. Department of Defense and Boeing, which use the L-band for communication during flight tests.

FORBES: Bird in the hand

Wearing a T-shirt for the heavy-metal band Slipknot, Mr. Vanhise was arraigned Friday evening before U.S. Magistrate Judge Andrew Peck in Manhattan federal court and remanded to prison.

WSJ: Second Tied to Alleged Cannibal Plot

The battle for invisible, but highly valuable real estate, also finds the supposedly unified U.S. delegation taking divergent positions on whether a key portion of the spectrum currently used by fixed wireless operators in the U.S. - the 2, 500-MHz to 2, 690MHz band - should be opened up to mobile users.

CNN: U.S. prepares to battle EU over wireless spectrum

Unlicensed National Information Infrastructure (U-NII) devices today operate in 555 megahertz of spectrum in the 5 GHz band, and are used for short range, high speed wireless connections including Wi-Fi enabled local area networks and fixed outdoor broadband transceivers used by wireless Internet service providers to connect smart phones, tablets and laptops to the broadband network.

ENGADGET: FCC proposal hopes to grow WiFi spectrum by 35 percent, reduce hotspot congestion

About the same time, the U.S. ambassador to Lebanon ran into a band of Hezbollah fighters while visiting Syrian-controlled areas.

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Arrest Assad, Don't Treat with Him

The way that Carter left the Shah of Iran to flap in the breeze and eventually to be swept out of Iran by Khomeini and his band of not-so-merry fundamentalist pranksters hardly inspired confidence in the U.S. by the petro-wealthy of the Arab world.

FORBES: Gold Hits A New High But Is The Rainbow's End Nigh?

Mingus has contributed greatly to keeping Mingus's music alive, both in the U.S. and internationally, through the Mingus Big Band, the Mingus Orchestra and the 7-piece Mingus Dynasty, along with the competition.

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