The occupants were removed from the house and it was secured after a closure order was granted by North Surrey magistrates on Wednesday.

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Ms Randerson asked the minister whether he already had the necessary powers to order the closure of failing schools, to which the minister replied he had.

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Various initiatives are being planned in Brazil in order to celebrate the closure of the Decade.

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While President Barack Obama issued an executive order in 2009 disavowing the use of torture, banned the use of enhanced interrogation techniques on terrorism suspects, and ordered the closure of secret detention facilities, the order did not repudiate the practice of rendition.

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Limo Stop, the firm that operated the vehicle, issued a statement saying it would "do everything possible to investigate and assist authorities in determining the cause of this fire in order to bring forth answers and provide closure to victims and their families".

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"LimoStop Inc. will do everything possible to investigate and assist authorities in determining the cause of this fire in order to help bring forth answers and provide closure to the victims and their families, " it said.

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But the seizure and closure of Orient House in East Jerusalem is of a different order.

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Though the Obama Administration failed to meet its top priority executive order of closing Guantanamo within one year, it continues to stress closure.

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"This closure is affecting many of my constituents and their families who are now having to make regular journeys to Glangwili in order to visit their loved ones and provide them with the support they need, " Mr Williams said.

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