On 7 October, the Emir again dissolved the (reinstated) parliament, but delayed announcing the date of the next election until 20 October.

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The changes came as the company increased the number of patients in the study from 12, 500 to 18, 000 and delayed the expected completion date of the study until 2012.

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Kenya's high court has ordered that the date for the switch off of the analogue television signal be delayed, preferably until after the March poll.

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It did, however, get the ban delayed in most of the state until July 1, 2010, instead of the July 1, 2008, date the sponsors wanted.

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