Council Leaders have until 20 December 2011 to inform the finance secretary whether their council agrees in principle to the full package on the terms set out.

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Going into halftime, I felt our team was where it needed to be, a close game, taking their best shot in terms of their full-court pressure, figuring out how to handle it more successfully.

WSJ: Hartford falters late, loses to Albany (NY) 61-52

Lady Ashton has tried to propose an alternative to full UN membership: the Vatican option, plus a Quartet statement setting out the terms and timetable for new talks on Palestinian statehood.

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