Meanwhile, Malaysia seems intent on reflating the bubble pricked by last year's regional crisis.
By last year, the OASI fund was perilously close to running out of money.
By last year, cotton acreage in those states stood at its lowest since record-keeping began in 1866.
Overall faith in GCSE exams appears to have been significantly affected by last year's English GCSE grading row.
Others carp that Mr Clegg should have profited more from the anti-politics mood provoked by last year's parliamentary-expenses scandal.
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Congress had aimed to have all computer-generated returns filed electronically by last year.
By last year more than 1, 300 people signed up for 56 different courses.
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Tuscaloosa's recovery is more about rebuilding all the homes and businesses obliterated by last year's tornado, according to the city's mayor.
Egypt has reopened one of its great pyramids as it attempts to revive a tourism industry hit by last year's uprising.
The problem bedeviling Kasich, R-Ohio, is that almost all the politically viable savings were grabbed by last year's budget bill (PL 105-33).
The Wonder Woman comic book was relaunched by DC in 2006, and by last year the new volume had reached issue No. 44.
Alarmed by last year's near-miss in Kenya, American inspectors have been visiting airports around the world to assess planes' vulnerability to missile attacks.
Ira Mehlman of the anti-illegal immigration group FAIR says Americans were insulted by last year's marches and rally organizers have obviously lost their momentum.
He said such phenomena had a habit of adjusting themselves, as was evidenced by last year's results - when the gap narrowed very slightly.
Non EU students were not affected by last year's fee changes but they generally pay higher fees, set directly by the institution they attend.
The scale of Brazil's involvement with Colombian drugs, and through them with their guerrillas, was revealed by last year's success stories for the Colombian military.
By last year, with the monoline insurance sector in disarray, not to mention public finance at a standstill, just 18% of municipal bonds were insured.
Forrester, a research outfit, has estimated that, by last year, 12, 000 legal jobs had moved offshore, and forecast that this will increase to 35, 000 by 2010.
Brazil, who also lost the 2004 Olympic final to the United States in extra-time, will be led by last year's World Player of the Year Marta.
Oriental Weavers, another Egyptian firm, this week reported a 19% rise in annual profits, its carpet exports boosted by last year's devaluation of the Egyptian currency.
The Federal Reserve, prompted by last year's Dodd-Frank financial-overhaul law, has proposed capping debit-card fees at 12 cents a transaction from an average of 44 cents now.
By last year the figure had fallen to 54%, and the number of people who identified themselves as below middle-class had risen from 20% to 37% over the same period.
But by last year, that project had stalled and the Cosmos wound up in a new version of the NASL in the second tier of the U.S. soccer pyramid.
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Henin was tested to the limit by last year's surprise U.S. Open semifinalist Wickmayer before going through 7-6 1-6 6-3 but her two Russian rivals were not so fortunate.
Gaining a spot in this year's New York marathon will be more difficult than usual because thousands of slots will be filled by runners displaced by last year's cancellation.
It now plays a critical role in American high tech, as was demonstrated when the production of microchips and other high-tech parts was temporarily disrupted by last year's earthquake.
Foundry Networks, a maker of Internet-switching gear that--mirabile dictu--is actually profitable, posted a fivefold gain on its first day of trading, a performance topped only by last year's Theglobe.com.
This week, medical officials in Louisiana announced it may take as long as six years before the state's hospital and medical systems stabilize after being ravaged by last year's hurricane season.
By last year, that had shriveled to 11.8 percent.
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