Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas arrived in Beijing on Sunday for a three-day visit, while Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will arrive in Shanghai on Monday for two days and then visit Beijing until Friday.

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McCoy travels an estimated 75, 000 miles annually by car and had planned to race at Carlisle on Sunday, fly to Birmingham for the BBC event, and then ride in Wales at Ffos Las on Monday until the bad weather intervened.

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He then denied a request to postpone his ruling while the government appealed, but gave them until Monday to appeal again.

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