Headlines of: Wednesday 8 February, 2006
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Wed Feb 8th, 2006 | news.bbc.co.uk

US aviator Steve Fossett has taken off from Cape Canaveral, Florida, in an attempt to make the longest non-stop flight in his Virgin GlobalFlyer plane.
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Wed Feb 8th, 2006 | janes.com

The US Department of Defense (DoD) has requested a budget that will leave all major programmes intact and allow modest moves toward transforming to a force better suited to fighting long wars against unconventional enemies.
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Wed Feb 8th, 2006 | dfw.com

WASHINGTON - Diplomatic friction between the United States and Britain over the F-35 joint strike fighter worsened Tuesday, after Pentagon budget-cutters whacked an alternate engine being jointly developed by General Electric and British-based Rolls-Royce.