The chart-watching crowd apparently has some support for prices heading lower in the near-term.

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Mr Netanyahu will return as prime minister, heading a coalition that includes parties that support Jewish settlements on Palestinian land.

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However, now heading a coalition government, Congress needs the support of smaller parties, including a number of caste-based groups that have sprung up in recent years, to push through important legislation.

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Still, some business owners feel more optimistic heading into 2011, in part because of government support.

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Smaller European states are heading toward de facto disarmament, with little ability to support peace-keeping missions let alone engage in combat operations.

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While this support level may hold, as market participation thins heading into the weekend we could yet see some volatile moves.

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The company had been launching a new centralized trading unit--requiring almost all traders and their support staff to relocate, with half of them heading to another country--and was steadily losing people.

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Russian warships and support vessels which had taken shelter in the Moray Firth are heading for the Atlantic, according to the Royal Navy.

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Perhaps the imperative of heading off a clash with society can help him win over the skeptics and muster the support he needs to keep Novartis in the vanguard of transformational change, for our collective benefit.

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The results will be a key measure of support for the country's vying political coalitions and could boost the victors' chances heading into next year's parliamentary elections.

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