• But the 35-year-old said he was in two minds about whether to join England coach Sir Clive Woodward's army of back-room staff.

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  • That should cheer Thailand's business lobby, which, with the army, underwrote the back-room deal that brought the Democrats to power.

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  • With the Kindle Fire we are back to the toy-boy ethos and army boot black plastic in a pull tear fast food carton.

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  • But it could also lead to Musharraf's ousting, because most independent analysts here believe that the two pillars of Musharraf's support for the last nine years - the Pakistani army and the United States of America - simply could not back the president were he to do that.

    NPR: Opposition Parties Join over Dislike for Musharraf

  • This is not to say that everybody in the Army as an individual was tainted and people in the Army are welcomed to come back and join - and have come back to join various other security forces once they are vetted and it's determined that they are not part of the previous regime's crimes.

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  • Interfax news agency says there were plans back in 2007 to ditch the Russian army's old-fashioned foot cloths and boots, in favour of modern, healthier footwear.

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  • Within four years, however, this little-known brigadier had driven an invading Greek army back into the Aegean and persuaded the great powers to recognise the new republic.

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  • Meanwhile, while the Democrats delay, the Army has had to start cutting back on non-essential equipment repair and training to ensure it is able to fund our troops in the field and provide support to their families.

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  • But perhaps most importantly, after a two-year break, you achieved that very first goal you set at the start of every season: You beat Air Force, you beat Army, and lugged this 170-pound trophy back to Annapolis.

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  • The two teams met in the league just three weeks ago, with Newcastle coming back from a goal behind to win 2-1 in front of the jubilant Toon Army.

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  • Csizsik-Csatary made sure four of them were brought back from forced labor with the Hungarian army so they would be deported and killed, according to Zuroff.

    CNN: Nazi war crimes suspect arrested in Hungary

  • For the purposes of his projection model, Johnson doesn't care whether China's Liu Xiang can beat Jason Richardson of the U.S. in the 110-meter hurdles, or if American gymnast Jordyn Wieber can beat back China's army of tiny tumblers.

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  • Guinea-Bissau's military junta handed power back to a civilian government six weeks after the army staged a coup.

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  • Desertion was a serious problem in ETO, partly because it was relatively easy to do in Europe (there were no desertions on the Pacific islands), partly because of the never-ending nature of the combat, partly because the Army tried to get deserters back to their outfits and give them a second chance, meaning deserters could figure there wouldn't be any punishment if they were caught.

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  • Back in 1981 Glock was producing plastic grenade shells for the Austrian army, in addition to plastic curtain-rod rings.

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  • The goal is to establish a pre-qualified pool of private sector partners positioned to finance development of large scale renewable energy projects and re-coup their capital investment through the sale of energy to the Army, and excess energy back to the grid.

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  • They're going to Iraq or Afghanistan immediately upon commissioning in their OBC - their Officer Basic School - and then being sent back again, and so we are already seeing signs of strain in the Army as well as in the Marine Corps.

    NPR: Marine Recall Prompts Questions over Iraq Stress

  • Turning back to China, Liberation Army Daily and the Beijing News report that China successfully carried out a land-based, mid-course missile interception test at an undisclosed location within its borders, but says the test did not target any country.

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  • Setting up deep-water fish farms in the U.S. would require a hefty budget for defending against lawsuits from NIMBY (Not In My Back Yard) activists and competing on-shore and near-shore fish farms, as well as paying an army of lobbyists to fend off opposition from states like Alaska and Maine where fishing fleet interests have considerable political pull.

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  • The U.S. and U.N. envoys should proactively back a root-and-branch Congolese reform process to address critical issues that undergird the conflict, from decentralization to army reform.

    CNN: Congo's "Terminator" surrenders, what next for peace?

  • General Musharraf will no doubt say that a strong presidency and a constitutional role for the army are preferable to lurching from democracy to dictatorship and back, as Pakistan has done throughout its 54-year history.

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  • Lefkowitz said that after reviewing the matter he reported back in early June to Rove and the Office of Faith-Based Initiatives that the best way to handle the Salvation Army's request would be to allow for a public comment period for a proposed regulation and then consider making changes.

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