This international rowing centre, complete with gym and restaurant, is partly designed to kick-start any future bid by London for the Olympic Games.

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And the 31-year-old's City future looked more uncertain ahead of kick-off when he was left out of City's Europa League squad to face Timisoara next week.

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Coming up, world leaders kick off an international conference in Germany today on the future of Afghanistan.

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Such an agreement is not just necessary to protect our climate but also to provide a framework within which we can kick-start our economies, create jobs and secure our future prosperity.

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Whatever those plans for the future that Zuckerberg referred to, they will need to overcome a lot of inertia to kick the stock price back into optimistic territory.

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In sum, Mr Archer's proposals will swell the future debt that must be shouldered by today's children, and, not content to kick the young, he is kicking the poor also.

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