"I was just looking at the totals a few hours ago for the first time this morning and I just couldn't believe that we've had 1.4 million to vote by absentee ballot already, " said McLean.

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And one of the reasons why we've taken the actions that we've just discussed is because we believe it is in the interests of all parties to speak out against the kind of extremist views that are represented and espoused by the al-Nusra Front, even as we support the democratic aspirations of the broader Syrian opposition and the Syrian people.

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"We've just collected images over Mali, which we've handed over to the armed forces because we believe they will be helpful to them in the peacekeeping mission over there, " says Seidu Mohammed, director-general of the National Space Research and Development Agency (NASRDA).

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