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Mr Bush has privately chided his defence secretary, who as The Economist went to press was due to appear before the Senate Armed Services Committee.It does not help that Mr Rumsfeld has argued that prisoners in Guantánamo Bay are not subject to the Geneva conventions.

The European Space Agency, which as The Economist went to press, was due to launch a satellite built entirely by students, will be hoping for a more successful outcome.The Student Space Exploration and Technology Initiative (SSETI), a programme established by the agency to boost interest in space science among European youngsters, has an ambitious agenda.

Community denies this and, as The Economist went to press, was due to present a more detailed rebuttal.Although this bid battle has become unusually rancorous, it is in line with a broader trend of consolidation in the huge but fragmented business of providing hospital care.

A judicial committee, which was set up last year to investigate the use of super-injunctions and other methods of gagging the press, is due to report back soon.

As The Economist went to press he was due to announce a non-binding referendum for November 9th.

Bush's big dayAs The Economist went to press, George Bush was due to be inaugurated for a second term as president of the United States.

ON JULY 24th, as The Economist went to press, Congress was due to release the most comprehensive investigation to date into the events leading up to September 11th.

As we went to press she was due to announce that Joaquim Levy, one of Mr Palocci's deputies in 2005, will become her new finance minister.

On June 19th, as The Economist went to press, he was due to reappear, under a new immunity deal.Given that protection, the legal questions that surround Billy seem less pressing than the political ones.

An hour after the press conference was due to start, Nadthasiri Bergman, a Thai legal adviser to Amnesty, said the authorities "insist that they are not closing the event down, but they qualify that if representatives of Amnesty International speak there will be consequences and they will subject to arrest and prosecuted under Thai labour law".

The sense of farce surrounding the scandal-hit body intensified when the prankster Simon Brodkin, in character as footballer Jason Bent – self-declared "North Korean World Cup bidding delegate" – showered the longstanding Fifa president with dollar bills seconds before his press conference was due to begin.