While flights in and out of Athens airport were cancelled, and some banks and businesses were closed, most private sector workers found ways to reach their work-places.

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But, after ten-plus hours of closed-door session talks, the two sides failed to reach any kind of solution.

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But while that trade show is closed to the public, the San Diego shindig allowed game makers to reach the socially active early adopters that Hollywood and other marketers have long coveted by giving them hands-on time with some of the biggest games of this year (and next).

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Flood gates were closed to protect Upton-upon-Severn on Monday and floodwaters are not expected to reach their peak until Wednesday afternoon.

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"I continue to believe that this is not a closed issue and that there remains the potential at least to reopen this issue with the Kyrgyz and perhaps reach a new agreement, " Gates said at a NATO meeting in Krakow, Poland.

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