The tree has become a symbol of the close and warm relationship between the people of Britain and Norway.

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Final pricing will be announced later today, after the markets close, and the shares will begin trading Thursday under the ticker symbol, GM.

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"Reagan National is a symbol for the whole country, and even though it is close to all these monuments and buildings, and we worry about that, I think the security can be resolved, " he said.

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One of their leading figures, Antonio Di Pietro, the star magistrate whose exposure of corruption helped destroy the old political establishment after 1992, left the party in a huff, accusing Mr Amato of having been too close to a former Socialist prime minister, the late Bettino Craxi, a symbol of the rotten old guard.

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