Just to add to the problems on the menu tonight it's worth remembering that the talks about the EU Budget are not simply over its size but also over its composition and the rebates various countries, including Britain, receive.
Turkey would indeed benefit from a peace deal, but its sway over Azerbaijan is limited despite its big Azeri population.
Mr Zakaria's book is not an attack on democracy, but on its over-extension.
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But its criticisms over prima facie evidence that the act had been breached were aimed more at the university authorities than at the scientists.
But its size - over 100 megawatts - means its future will be decided by the UK government.
Each country insists that the other behaved badly in the past but skates over its own mistakes.
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"Still Life with Meadow Flowers and Roses" has hung in the Kroeller-Mueller Museum in the town of Otterlo, in the eastern Netherlands, since 1974, but doubts over its authorship have dogged the painting for decades.
But concerns over its safety were raised a decade later when surgeon Andrew Wakefield published a paper in The Lancet - which the publication later fully retracted - suggesting MMR was linked with an increased risk of autism.
But its attempts to retain its tax advantage over other parts of Europe are under intense pressure.
Like many country funds, this one has been on a roller-coaster ride since its inception in 1981, but over the long haul it has rewarded its believers.
But for all its concern over climate change, Europe doesn't have a lot to show for it yet.
Arizona's commission, the result of a ballot measure in 2000, was the most promising, but its maps were fought over for seven years in the courts.
It has worked, but its life cycle is over.
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Of the three Chinese carriers, China Telecom may be the smallest but its subscriber base of over 135 million (135.83 million as of March) easily puts most wireless carriers in the developed world to shame.
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Facebook has over a billion users on the desktop, but its phone ecosystem won't pop up over night.
After such a deal, Vivendi's ebitda would almost halve, but its debt would still be over euro10 billion.
Netflix is trying to differentiate itself with its content, but over time that differentiation could be difficult to maintain.
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JPMorgan Chase was in similar shape, but its share decline Friday came over concerns about the quality of its earnings.
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Wales had a "lop-sided" system of devolution, with law-making powers granted by a referendum in March, but far less power over its finances.
It's not exactly isolated, but it certainly towers over its surroundings, which means that lightning is more likely to hit it than any of the surrounding buildings.
It said it wanted more compensation for the families of 170 victims of the UTA plane bombed over Niger, but eventually dropped its opposition after a more favorable deal with Libya was reportedly struck over the crash.
Late last week, the Brisbane-based company was reportedly considering cutting the price of its IPO by up to 30% amid weakening equity markets and criticism over its corporate structure, but Resourcehouse denied those claims.
It said it wanted to up its stake in Arsenal over time, but it stressed there were no plans for an imminent increase in its holding.
Kaspersky is a distant third, but has been closing in over its 15 year history.
The fruit will be lush at first, but won't sustain its flavor over time.
Those states consume about one-third of Gazprom's output, but provide over 70% of its revenue.
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Fiat would have ended up with egg all over its face but we were not here anyway.
But a third of its fleet is over 15 years old, so Sinotrans is trying to modernize.
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