"We agreed that we would postpone this week's meeting of the U.S.-Russian Joint Commission, " Gore said.

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Now, at the 2005 Joint Assembly meeting organised by the American Geophysical Union, space scientists say they are confident - and agreed - that Voyager has gone beyond the termination shock and is flirting with deep space.

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