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Thursday, January 23. 2003, 12:00:00 AM UTC


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Thursday, January 23, 2003

350 Australian troops begin their journey towards Iraq, joining the US and UK troops already assembled there. Prime Minister John Howard said that pre-positioning troops increased the likelihood of (the crisis) being resolved peacefully. Around 150 people protested as the troop ship left Sydney, some shouting Go yourself! to Mr. Howard.
The last signal is received from NASA's Pioneer 10 spacecraft, some 7.5 billion miles from Earth.
The last signal from Pioneer 10 was detected before losing signal with it completely.
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