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Syria and Lebanon have not sent their foreign ministers to the meeting, as they are objecting to Egypt and Jordan's refusal to break ties with Israel.
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He is one of the many workers using the long break to cut ties with employers in hopes of finding higher pay in factories that produce televisions, mobile phones and other gadgets.
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The Politics Show set out to break the mould, principally by forcing male presenters to dispense with their ties.
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Punj Lloyd got its first overseas break as a sub-contractor to PT Trihasra Bimanusa Tunggal, an Indonesian firm with Suharto family ties that had the contract to build a 130-mile pipeline for Pertamina, the state-owned petroleum firm.
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