Although the technical means to achieve this are now in place, and the low incidence of the disease makes the circumstances more favourable than ever before, eliminating syphilis may be harder than it at first appears.

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Hurst is still the only man to achieve the feat, although it is also arguably the most contentious hat-trick of all-time.

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And although he had wanted to achieve the top spot on the course, the Worksop player stated it would be a dream come true to replace Woods, who has led the rankings since June 2005.

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Although the talks failed to achieve a breakthrough, efforts are set to continue over the coming weeks to find a formula to deal with the interlocking issues.

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Although the goal remains to achieve 8% GDP growth this year, this would still be slow by the double-digit standards of much of this decade.

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Although the Copenhagen Conference on climate change failed to achieve anything like its sponsors' objectives, their under lying push for greater international control over the economies of the world's nations, and their tax and regulatory systems, continues unabated.

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Obama must remain firm in his commitment to achieve peace between the Israelis and Palestinians, although he will have to adjust his demands as this process unfolds.

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Tamim had time to achieve that with just the occasional single but Tredwell dismissed him, although replays showed the ball may well have hit nothing but his forearm as it looped up behind square where wicketkeeper Matt Prior moved smartly round to take the catch.

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