The Fed's next scheduled meeting to review interest rates takes place on August 13th.

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On August 13th he removed a warlord, Gul Agha Sherzai, from his post as governor of Kandahar.

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That would make The Social Network the highest grossing film to open since The Expendables on August 13th.

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On Tuesday August 13th, the airline said it would shed 7, 000 jobs by March 2003 and retire 74 aircraft.

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Amid a bitter political storm over the issue, on August 13th the prime minister, Julia Gillard, performed an abrupt U-turn.

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It has promised the International Olympic Committee that a proper mosque will be available in Athens before August 13th, the opening day of the games.

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Efforts to work out the number of medals which countries are likely to get in the Athens Olympics, which start on August 13th, are well under way.

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VW's shares have gyrated wildly since the deal was announced on August 13th, as investors tried to work out who would buy what, when and at what price.

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On August 13th, for example, a North Korean foreign ministry spokesman threatened a pull-out from the 1994 agreement under which North Korea agreed to suspend its nuclear-weapons programme and submit to international inspection of its nuclear facilities.

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Perhaps if the Institute had run the survey in late August, after the 2012 Olympics, London would have done better than 13th place.

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