“The launch of the carrier rocket Soyuz-FG with the piloted spacecraft Soyuz TMA-06M is scheduled for Oct 23,” the spokesman said.

It took Judge Marco Billi slightly more than four hours to reach the verdict in the trial, which had begun in September 2011.

The accident took place near the town of Guapimirim on the highway linking Rio de Janeiro city with Teresopolis.

They were arrested along with 27 pro-Palestinian foreign activists after they failed to break Israel’s naval blockade on Gaza.

In the new squadron of UAVs, five Reaper drones will be sent to Afghanistan to begin operations within six weeks.

The president sought to portray Romney as a foreign policy novice who lacked the consistency needed to be commander-in-chief.

Chief Cabinet Secretary Osamu Fujimura told a news conference that Tanaka stepped down for health reasons.