It is striking, though, that in tape-recorded interviews I conducted with some of these leading opponents of live-fire exercises on and near Vieques, they adamantly opposed the idea of putting the question of whether those operations should continue to a vote by that island's residents.

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There is concern about that here, which was reflected in the fact that Iran, from day one, was one of the countries leading calls for a cease-fire in Lebanon.

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One early shot across Mr Berezovsky's bows was the temporary closure last week, supposedly on the orders of Moscow's ever-vigilant fire inspectors, of Kommersant, a leading business daily which he had just bought.

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In 2009, a fire in a packed nightclub in the Ural Mountains city of Perm killed more than 100 people, leading to widespread checks of safety-rules by fire inspection teams around Russia.

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Reports from the event suggest that it featured an impressive armada of more than 300 lavishly-apparelled vessels, and her leading barge contained a moving mechanical dragon -- complete with men dressed as monsters, casting fire towards the spectators on the riverbank.

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