He said the bill would cut red tape and consolidate more than a dozen outdated pieces of legislation governing co-operatives and mutuals.

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That probe has dropped out of the headlines in Pakistan in recent weeks as the Supreme Court turned its focus to allegations of corruption against President Zardari, whose position is largely ceremonial but who retains power through his role as co-chairman of the governing Pakistan People's Party, or PPP.

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The prime minister said his party could "go further" in forging a new basis for co-operation if it was governing alone, rather than in a coalition as now.

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Football's world governing body made its opposition to the co-hosting proposal known last Thursday after a meeting of Fifa's executive committee in Germany.

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We co-authored the code of conduct, which you mention, governing the activities of humanitarian agencies.

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The new governing coalition will be led by the Hungarian Democratic Movement and its co-founder, Jozsef Antall, is likely to become the next prime minister.

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