Support for this possibility comes from the defence review commissioned by Mr Rumsfeld from Andrew Marshall at the Pentagon.

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Andrew Marshall was the top Briton, finishing six shots adrift of Jaidee.

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The England and Wales Cricket Board rejected the registrations of Wavell Hinds, Johannes van der Wath, Andrew Hall, Hamish Marshall and Justin Kemp.

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Kadeer Ali had not added to his overnight 29 when he was bowled by David Lucas, before Hamish Marshall edged Brooks to Andrew Hall at first slip for 27.

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"If you are able to see a more or less stable situation in Afghanistan, if it becomes another relatively normal Central Asian state, China will be the natural beneficiary, " says Andrew Small, a China expert at The German Marshall Fund of the United States, an American research institute.

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