Pontiac's downtown core of about five blocks along Saginaw Street still supports a modest night life.

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It's a goal the government supports, according to its twelfth five-year plan (2011-2015), which calls for an increase in domestic consumption and growth of the service sector by four percentage points.

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The moderate, peace-minded Basque Nationalist Party, which runs the regional government and has five seats in parliament in Madrid (where it generally supports Mr Aznar's government in important votes), sat mum for a couple of days before lambasting the verdict.

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Labour supports the idea of fixed term Parliaments but terms of fours years rather than five.

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Labour supports the idea of fixed term Parliaments but wants four-year terms, rather than five.

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