Lim admits that the recent loss of both the Mars Polar Lander and Mars Climate Orbiter may have affected favourable public opinion, which is what the project needs most if the dream of seeing astronauts on the Red Planet is ever to be realised.

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With the game gone, France's discipline went with it, prop David Ferriol being placed on report for an ugly challenge on Sinfield and vice-captain Jean Philippe Baile seeing red after his swinging arm flattened Myler.

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Seeing them back on the court a month later in red, white and blue is almost superfluous.

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"We have been very clear to the Assad regime -- but also to other players on the ground -- that a red line for us is, we start seeing a whole bunch of chemical weapons moving around or being utilized, " he told reporters.

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