Microsoft survived the Red Ring, Sony has pulled through the hack and Nintendo is combating a far greater foe, irrelevancy, but all in all it looks like the video game union is fairly strong.

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Although promises to cut red tape have a familiar ring, business organisations gave the proposals a wary welcome.

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The highly talented rogue mechanics behind the fake Ferrari ring shaped slick "Enzo red" exteriors from fiberglass and fake car parts.

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Inside the Dreamhouse, girls dance around a 10-foot-tall diamond ring and look into cases featuring 6-inch, red-sequined, platform heels.

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Although the ending was never in doubt, Mayweather came out of the ring beaming with the satisfaction of someone who had just earned his red badge of courage.

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The infra-red radiation emitted by the dust can also be used to measure the size of the ring directly, and this has been done using the Keck telescope on Mauna Kea, Hawaii.

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