Burhan Ghalioun, of the Syrian National Council - the divided body which says it represents the political opposition to Mr Assad - said Russia was standing in the way of progress.

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That putter, which involves golfers anchoring the club to any part of the body, has divided golf in recent months.

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Until 1982, responsibility for developing this body of law was divided among 13 appeals courts, 12 of which had generalist judges who spent most of their time ruling on other types of cases.

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The accountancy body also said information was needed about how state pensions would be divided up.

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The body recommended the current system of 24 political seats be more equally divided into 12 constituencies.

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Both parties have written to world football's governing body Fifa to explain their side of a power crisis that has divided the football association.

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GPs will be advised to use the body mass index, where the person's weight in kilograms is divided by his height squared in metres, to get a reading.

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