He has made jobs his central preoccupation, conducting weekly pit-stop trips to job centres or training schemes.

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The next day, I plunged deep into the heart of the park, to Somalisa, a tented camp with relatively luxurious accommodations (tents included ensuite washrooms and comfortable beds) arranged around a central dining tent, fire pit and a watering hole that, while only a few metres across, was deep enough to keep the many elephants that drink its refreshing waters from actually crossing through.

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The Russian leadership is painfully aware that it still does not have the financial or military resources to pit itself against the United States, let alone to woo back the countries of Central Asia a second time.

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Central bankers in plusher postings should find a moment to toast Mr Nicholl, and his efforts to pit the dismal science against the warrior's art.

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