The Pentland station made its last radio broadcast at midday and its role as a rescue co-ordination centre will be split between the coastguard stations in Shetland and Aberdeen.

BBC: Ascania

His quest for a second term has split his centre-left Democratic Revolutionary Party.

ECONOMIST: A president's desperate devices

Many were caused by the centrist Union of Christian Democrats, which split from the centre-right coalition before the April 2008 election that returned the right to power.

ECONOMIST: Italy and its prime minister

The note in Bonhams sale remains clean and crisp but, as it was common practice at the time for paper money to be sent through the post, the note has been split down the centre.

BBC: 'White fivers' raise a fortune

In the past the centre-right has suffered from being split into four warring parties.

ECONOMIST: The Swedish model

Twelve minutes later a searing break from fly-half Tristan Davies split the Vale defence and centre James Storey was on hand to touchdown.

BBC: Neath leave it late

UDC, part of Mr Berlusconi's centre-right coalition until 2006, has split away.

ECONOMIST: Italy's election

This threatens to split not only Mr Sharon's ruling centre-right coalition but also his own Likud party.

ECONOMIST: Israel and the Palestinians

Now the Tories are split between those who think power will come from elbowing Labour aside in the centre-ground and those who think they should eschew anything Blairite and seek to be distinctively Conservative.

ECONOMIST: British politics

The Democratic Party and its centre-left allies won a narrow victory in the Chamber of Deputies, but the Senate appears split with no party in control.

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