In West Bay, pull up at the new St Regis Doha, the most spectacular five-star hotel in an area filling up fast with other big-name hotel brands.

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It is a Spanish mantra, requiring a mere change of name of euro-area countries, to insist that Spain is different.

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Continuing along the path, you will reach Kalasadam, the small fishing-boat harbour that gives the area its name (kala means fish, sadam means harbour).

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Plans for a new Costa Coffee shop on Gloucester Road in Bristol will sound the "death knell" for the area, according to a 3, 000-name petition.

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Alt-folk singer-songwriter Sean Hayes may not have generated much name recognition beyond the San Francisco area, where his early acoustic performances provided a welcome and humanizing respite from the tech-utopian music scene of the mid-'90s.

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The patent application also covers what could be controlled using the touchscreen, including settings like the focus detection area, flash adjustment, ISO, white balance, and exposure correction, to name a few -- all of which will surely be welcome to some, but we just hope the touchscreens will be accompanied by at least a few buttons and knobs for us old curmudgeons.

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