MISSION CONTROL

All-women RAF contingent to join UN mission The Times of India
A total of 125 women cadres of the the Rapid Action Force will soon join the UN peacekeeping mission in Liberia, becoming the first all-female contingent to take part in such an operation.
A return to local control? Remarkable progress in McDowell schools Bluefield Daily Telegraph
The prediction of a possible return to local control for the school system of McDowell County is an exciting if not perhaps overly optimistic assessment.
NATO given control of security, faces test in Afghanistan Miami Herald
NATO given control of security, faces test NATO extended its security mission Thursday to all of Afghanistan nearly five years after the West began its war to defeat the Taliban, taking command of 12,000 U.S. troops in the war-battered country's east.
Operation Sinbad: Mission failure casts doubt on entire British presence in Iraq Independent
An operation by British forces in southern Iraq to root out death squads and extend civic control in the city of Basra has hit political problems and resulted in a series of retaliatory attacks, The Independent on Sunday has learned.
Skeeters attacked from air The Daily Iberian
The two-day, $21,360 aerial-spraying mission for mosquitoes over 20,000 acres in the southern portion of the parish from Jeanerette to the Port of Iberia to Delcambre went "very well," an Iberia Parish Mosquito Control official said Friday, the day after the Wednesday and Thursday air runs by T & M Aviation.
NATO Takes Control of East Afghanistan From U.S.-Led Coalition Bloomberg.com
Oct. 5 (Bloomberg) -- NATO assumed military control of eastern Afghanistan, taking over from the U.S.-led coalition that toppled the Taliban in 2001 and completing an expansion of the alliance's mission across the whole country.
Mission Lakes is Ready for Buyers The Ledger
It was a little delayed, but Mission Lakes is back on track for Oakbridge. About two years ago, the Lakeland development was put on hold, said Wanda Kaiser, a marketing assistant for Drummond Co. She said she did not know the reasons.
CDC boss: Change had to be made Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Dr. Julie Gerberding knew that leading the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention through a major restructuring would be difficult. Change is always hard, she said, and anxiety and resistance are to be expected. But the backlash from inside and outside the Atlanta-based agency has been significant and increasingly vocal in recent months. Former CDC directors and members of Congress are
Bomb adds to pressure on India over Kashmir Financial Times
Terrorists put India?s determination to open up the Line of Control in Kashmir to the test once again on Wednesday when a car bomb killed four people in Srinagar, the summer capital of the Indian-controlled half of the disputed state.
Mission Neighborhood Wants More Police Patrols KGBT 4 Rio Grande Valley
Who could forget a mother's tears and a suspect's apology. "If I would have seen her, this wouldn't have happened!" Drunk, high and speeding! Cynthia Vera is accused of it all.

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Inside MCC. IMAGE: Inside Mission Control Center A view from the flight director's console inside the Mission Control Center. Related Links
Mission Control Center Overview
NASA Mission Control Overview - part of former Flight Dynamics Officer Roger Balettie's Space Exploration site.
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Mission Control Information Systems
Thorough source of information for the New England/New York scene. Also includes a detailed listing of club nights. Individuals can submit their own events.
Mission Control Center - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Mission Control Center (MCC) is a unit that manages aerospace flights. The original Mission Control Center at Cape Canaveral is located at the east end