In overnight news, Philadelphia Federal Reserve Bank President Charles Plosser said in a speech in Tokyo the Fed should start winding down its bond-buying program (quantitative easing) and be completely done with it by the end of the year.

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Instead, China has kept control over its currency and largely out of the hands of speculators, although this can never be done completely.

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Conservative Marcus Jones, MP for Nuneaton, has called for the colliery to be mothballed rather than completely closed in case anything can be done in the future.

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But you can know what needs to be done, and still completely lack the political capacity to do it.

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John is right there, John Sweeney. (Applause.) And because we don't want anybody to walk out this door today wondering, well, who do I talk to? (Laughter.) You talk to John right there. (Laughter.) So John is ready to be completely inundated when I'm done and he'll help you get started.

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They've got no control over who comes in, they've got to try and make them better, but you can't do that completely, it's got to be done, linked to the community in the form of after care.

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The deal is not completely finalised, but we feel sure it will be done today.

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Mr Miliband said this was "completely ridiculous" because local councils were already showing it could be done.

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Mr Salmond said he was "hopeful" that he and Mr Cameron would be able to sign an agreement next week - but stressed the deal was not yet completely done.

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"The whole business is completely at an end, " she added, saying there was much work to be done ahead of the election.

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