The trip through the cities of Illinois, the flat ground of Indiana, and the northern part of Ohio was uneventful.

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This time the Nevada desert will not be big enough, so the attempt will take place over an even larger expanse of flat ground at Hakskeen Pan in the Northern Cape in South Africa, perhaps next year.

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About 17 firefighters tackled the blaze in the ground-floor flat of a two-storey building.

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