It's here that a Kurd named Abdullah Aslan is hard at work rebuilding the roof of a long-abandoned stone hut.

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My parents worked hard to pay the bills and to keep a roof over our heads.

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Red Roof Inn and Motel 6 are economy brands that are hard to get a return on if you build a new one using their prototype.

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There will be much negotiation to be done to stop the roof caving in on West Ham's plans but it would be hard to find more enthusiastic bidders as the process continues until a final shortlist is drawn up in March or April of 2011.

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Handling is a delight when you're driving the Targa hard, with little evidence of any lost rigidity due to the Targa's missing metal roof.

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Accor found that its luxury hotel brand, Sofitel, was hit hard by the recession, but its more down-to-earth chains (such as Ibis and Red Roof Inns, which rely heavily on domestic car-bound travellers) counterbalanced that effect.

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