But at Billu's Indian Eatery and Sweet House, a Harris Park gathering point, Aruna Chandrala, an Indian community leader, carefully avoids censure.

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Calais' "jungle" has replaced official refugee centres like the now-closed Sangatte as a gathering point for migrants hoping to cross to Britain.

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The pier is a gathering point for both tourists and locals and having wi-fi installed will benefit a range of groups including local artists, the Ladies Lifeboat Guild and the Fisherman's Co-operative.

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It was this opportunity to create a gathering point for the residents of Bedford that Gere, the star of hit films Pretty Woman and An Officer and a Gentleman, says inspired him to open the hotel.

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And much as Facebook derives its power from being the world's virtual nexus of socialization, America can and must solidify its innovation strength by becoming the world's front porch for innovation, the gathering point for the global conversation.

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There is little point gathering the best interviews, the most powerful pictures, and then writing the perfect script, if the story does not arrive on time.

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At long last, the IRS has recognized that at this point, the amount of time spent gathering information to support the home office deduction likely far outweighs the resulting tax benefit.

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The US will lobby to get its former arch rival, Russia, to join the World Trade Organization at some point this year, according to a gathering of Russian and US mid level officials at the Peterson Institute for International Affairs in Washington on Friday.

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At one point, Izquierdo decided to accompany a local family on a leaf-gathering expedition down the Urubamba River.

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