This means that Iraqis cannot keep in touch with anxious family members in other parts of the country or abroad.

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So Jason, although I cannot see you or touch you or even smell you now.

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Low-skilled occupations have dodged this fate, as many of those professions require a human touch that cannot be outsourced or automated.

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There are clear limits of how close you can physically place elements on a touch screen before users cannot reliably tap, flick or pinch them.

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You simply cannot achieve the same level of accuracy with touch that you can with a pair of thumbsticks.

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Even though forecasters can now identify conditions favorable for tornadoes, they still cannot predict exactly when and where tornadoes will touch down.

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Unlike the iPhone, GW4 does not feature multi-touch technology, meaning that users cannot manipulate the phone by sliding their finger across the screen.

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But jockeys are furious they cannot use phones at racecourses, saying they need to keep in touch with agents and trainers over forthcoming rides.

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The UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office says that it can put women like them in touch with charities and lawyers in the UK and Pakistan, but it cannot offer consular assistance to people who are not British nationals.

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