In New Orleans, Louisiana, the so-called "second line" parades take place all through the year, mostly for funerals, weddings and block parties.

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Gary Speed, Robbie Savage, Mark Delaney, John Hartson, Mark Pembridge, Andy Melville and Ryan Giggs have all called time on their international careers since Hughes left to take over at Blackburn in 2004.

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The Obama Administration continues to take all available steps to mitigate the impacts of the drought, and has called on Congress to pass a farm bill that would spur growth and provide rural Americans with the certainty they deserve.

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Mr Tyrie has also called on independent reviews of the effectiveness of the ring-fence proposals across all banks to take place at least once every four years.

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So-called structural reforms - making it easier to hire and fire and opening up closed professions - all take time.

BBC: EU fiscal summit: Hope comes to the eurozone

It called on the government "as sole shareholder, to take on its responsibility for the deficit and engage with all the stakeholders to resolve this matter immediately following conference".

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