In unexpected outcome, the centrist Yesh Atid party, which campaigned on a platform of helping the middle class and halting military draft exemptions for ultra-Orthodox civilians, came in second place with at least 18 seats, according to exit polls.

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But the Yesh Atid party, a centrist movement devoted to helping the middle class and halting military draft exemptions for ultra-Orthodox civilians, came in a surprising second place with 19 seats, according to two exit polls, and 18, according to a third.

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New York wanted to draft a linebacker last month after it lost middle linebacker Chase Blackburn to free agency and released weakside linebacker Michael Boley.

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Investors were alarmed and mining stocks plummeted after an initial draft of a black ownership plan for the mining sector was leaked in the middle of last year.

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The draft resolutions being circulated by both Egypt and the US adopt Egypt's demand for a nuclear-free Middle East.

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