With elections to the Scottish Parliament due next year, Mr Alexander also hit out at the Scottish government.

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Publication of the Stanford economist's full work isn't due until early next year (when it will also feature a section on the delicate currency dance with Japan during George W. Bush's first term).

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But the Democrat Party must also start to prepare for a general election that is due by December next year.

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Wang, who has been losing millions on the Islanders yearly, also said that the quality of his planned arena, due to break ground next year, would surpass all the other new facilities in the region, presumably talking about the Prudential Center in New Jersey and the Barclays Center in Brooklyn.

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It also fuels speculation that Mr Anwar may challenge Dr Mahathir in the party elections due next year.

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But with NTL due to change its name to Virgin Media next year, NTL also has UK commercial broadcaster ITV in its sights as a takeover target, part of its plans to offer television as well as broadband, fixed-line and mobile telecommunications services.

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Mr Easton also said that the government's 10-year strategy, due to be launched next April and about which a statement is due soon, is "about getting more people off drugs".

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For a start, the new Xbox 360 is launching several months before its main rival, Sony's PlayStation 3, which is expected to appear in Japan next spring and in America only later in the year. (Nintendo's next console, the Revolution, is also due in 2006.) One of the reasons the PlayStation 2 did so well was that it got to market before its rivals, which never caught up.

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Henin retired from the sport in 2011, also for the second time, and this year announced she is expecting her first child -- due to be born next March.

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