But a 17-year-old, even one with a clean record, is a high-risk character.

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China began its clean-up campaign in March last year with the creation of a high-profile committee charged with stamping out corruption in the sport.

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"There can't be many other buildings in the country with nanotech clean rooms on one side and high-end virtual reality studios on the other, " says Smarr from his hilltop offices.

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More consumers are also using high-efficiency washing machines, which clean with relatively little detergent.

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He was clean-shaven, balding with short hair, and was wearing a high visibility BA jacket.

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And has PM Manmohan Singh, the soft-spoken technocrat with a clean image, lost the "moral high ground", as a critic says?

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The past week also saw several remarkable advances in clean tech, starting with MIT's latest innovation, a new type of high-tech fiber that can transmit sound, light, and generate electricity.

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"Mukhtar played an important role in providing vulnerable communities with access to clean drinking water and sanitation in areas where the risk of water-based diseases is high, " UNICEF Deputy Representative Hannan Sulieman said.

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