His only transgression had been to break a campaign rule by saying that he wanted the left-of-centre Uri party to do well in April's legislative elections.

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Cook had another big slice of luck when Kaneria knocked out his leg-stump with a vicious leg-break only to see Doctrove rule he had over-stepped.

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The 10-Minute Rule makes sense because the brain needs a break.

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Henman was helped by a controversial over-rule from the umpire while facing break point at 4-4 in the opening set against ninth seed Lee.

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If one rule is causing so much debate how exactly are the calls for a break-up of big banks going to go down?

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Mr McCain wants to curb costs through greater competition and end the rule that says that only insurance provided by an employer enjoys a tax break.

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Irish voters also disliked the idea that Lisbon was going to break the link between nation states and the European Commission, by ending the rule that every country gets a commissioner all the time.

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The Senate voted to write into the tax code an "economic substance" rule: Even if taxpayers follow IRS regs, they can't claim a tax break Congress didn't intend on a deal made primarily for tax purposes.

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The fact that Ben Kuchera quoted Totilo in the first place may break some fuzzy, golden (and often unspoken) rule of gaming journalism, especially since it cast Totilo in a negative light.

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Barcelona, who have the same points as Real but lie behind them on the head-to-head tie break rule used in the Spanish league, and dent the hopes of Samuel Eto'o of notching up a third successive Spanish league triumph.

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