Mayors in north and east Cornwall are forming a task force to save town centres from what they describe as "death by car parking charges".

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NATO, for its part, insists on forming the main component of any peacekeeping force.

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He has ruled out forming a coalition with the centre-right bloc of former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi, the second largest force in parliament.

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