"The polar bear does not have a small wild population, it does not have a restricted area of distribution and no marked decline has been observed, " Environment Canada says on its website.

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Spanish investigators have discovered that many assets were not marked to the market correctly, thus hiding losses, and criminal charges, with a little luck, may be forthcoming.

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If we have the policies that marked the eighties and not the seventies we are in for a dazzling era of growth.

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BoniorThe flaring tempers and personal attacks that marked congressional budget battles before Thanksgiving certainly have not disappeared.

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If we have the kind of policies that marked the 1980s and not the kind that marked the 1930s and 1970s, we will be in for a dazzling era of innovation and economic advances.

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It could have marked the end of his rugby career, but after months of intensive rehabilitation Dallaglio not only returned to action with Wasps but also came out of international retirement.

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It was not immediately clear whether all the fanfare would sway Mr Qaddafi, whose 30 years of rule have been marked by erratic policy shifts: a scheduled press conference was summarily cancelled.

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