DC, led by one Giuseppe Pizza, claims to be the true successor of the Christian Democrats who dominated Italian politics until the 1990s.

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Though the killings of nine people last October by a sniper in the suburbs of Washington, DC, led to calls for tougher gun laws, the Republican chairman of the Senate judiciary committee, Orrin Hatch, this month proposed a bill to overturn a ban on private ownership of handguns that has been in force in the American capital since 1976.

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The investigators, led by Dr Katherine Chretien of the Washington DC VA Medical Center, said medical students may not be aware of how online posting can reflect negatively on medical professionalism or jeopardise their careers.

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Crowds cheered loudly as the motorcade, led by Mrs Parks' hearse and a vintage DC Metro bus, arrived.

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The life cycle of the LED has also increased significantly, going beyond the life cycle of the (AC to DC) converter.

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