Siouxsie Sioux, Marianne Faithfull and Iggy and the Stooges head a list of acts chosen by Yoko Ono to perform at this year's Meltdown Festival.

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Producers say 10 acts will go head-to-head each day to reflect musical rivalries or battles to land the number one spot.

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Bryan Buchan will head the organisation, which acts as the support group for the engineering industry in Scotland, from 1 January 2013.

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M-PESA, technically a business unit of Vodafone, which holds the patent for the idea, is now being implemented in South Africa by Vodacom, where Lonie acts as executive head of its mobile payments business.

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Officials argue, somewhat disingenuously, that this is not a constitutional measure since the governor-general, who as the representative of Queen Elizabeth in Canada acts as the head of state, will still technically appoint those whom the prime minister says have been elected.

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The head of state also signs all new acts of Parliament, and plays a role in the formation of new governments.

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"The concussion suffered by James Harden demonstrates the danger posed by violent acts of this kind, particularly when they are directed at the head area, " said NBA Commissioner David Stern, to announce the suspension.

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Part of it was to show how the metal acts in a different setting, and specifically as a borrowed asset, said Juan Carlos Artigas, global head of investment research at the World Gold Council, in an interview with Kitco News.

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