"The government has a task to be close to all those citizens who have found themselves in a very difficult situation due to the earthquake, the disaster and of course also due to the financial crisis, " Berlusconi said.

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This is formidable task and will require very close integration and open working relationships with partners.

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And their defence disintegrated altogether on 34 minutes when Giggs fed Rafael with a quick corner and the Brazilian whipped in a curling cross that gave the unmarked Tevez the easy task of heading home from close range.

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Technologies that let an IP-based telecommunications provider offer IP telephony services commensurate in quality to the traditional switched circuit providers, or at least as good a quality as cell phone providers can offer, are now getting close to being finalized by the Internet Engineering Task Force.

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But even if Washington could devise a perfect system, a larger task would remain: identifying kids so close to the edge that a mere film could push them over.

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Sigurdsson then opened the scoring on 22 minutes, with the Icelander given the simple task of turning the ball in from close range after good work by Jimmy Kebe down the right wing.

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England's bowlers performed well to restrict West Indies to 229 in their second innings with off-spinner Fred Titmus claiming four for 44, but the task of scoring 453 for victory was beyond them and half centuries by Close and Jim Parks were little consolation as they were dismissed for 231.

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Mer now gets to apply his stubbornness to the task of making France an easier place to start a business, which is something particularly close to his heart.

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