• The Algerian border is close and porous enough to keep supplies of food, diesel and ammunition flowing in - as long as corrupt local officials can be bribed or forced to turn a blind eye.

    BBC: Camel train in the desert

  • The Local Government Association said that it is appealing to Westminster for a special ad hoc fund to cover the cost of road repairs this year - as happened in 2007 - as well as for further investment in resurfacing roads.

    BBC: Rain: Winners and losers from the wet weather

  • Last year the convention center jettisoned about a dozen supervisors and placing 23 of its 44 full-time events workers on a call-in-as-needed status, all part of an effort to slash operating costs and free up tax revenue that the city of Minneapolis might use elsewhere.

    FORBES: Minneapolis City Council President Uses Bizarre Math To Push New Stadium For Vikings

  • The problem in 2012 -- as in 2008, as in the near-death experience of 2004, as in the popular vote loss of 2000, as in the loss of 1996, as in the loss of 1992 -- was the GOP's failure to offer an economic program relevant to the problems of middle-class Americans.

    CNN: GOP off to a bad start for 2016

  • Northants are targeting success in the Friends Provident Twenty20 - which gets underway in June - as Vaas joins forces with fellow internationals Andrew Hall, Nicky Boje and Elton Chigumbura in the Steelbacks' attack.

    BBC: Sri Lankan seam bowler Chaminda Vaas joins Northants

  • If you start the clock in 2007 - as I did in my earlier post on this - it looks far too low.

    BBC: The Bank of England, the chancellor, and the target

  • And, of course, I would hope he could be an example, a role model outside the game - in life - as well.

    BBC: SPORT | Football | Internationals | Ferdinand delight at captain role

  • And if paying tax is part of CSR, then the public sector is being characterised - in essence - as a charitable good cause.

    BBC: The going rate for Goldman

  • But access without performance--in business as in sports--isn't worth much.

    FORBES: Changing the Game Plan

  • Hodgson underwent surgery in August last year on a long-standing shoulder problem, but played in two of England's winter internationals in September - as a replacement in the victory over Australia, before being injured in the defeat by South Africa.

    BBC: Charlie Hodgson to leave Sale Sharks for Saracens

  • But the rural parts of the state in-between are seen as Republican strongholds, and so McCaskill has tried very hard - spent a lot of time campaigning in those areas - as has Senator Talent.

    NPR: Missouri Candidates Reach Out for Rural Vote

  • For a start, they need to make sure that their movement, started by five English-speaking countries, does not in future look as Anglo-Saxon in character as it does right now.

    ECONOMIST: Accounting

  • Paris has always regarded its former colonies - particularly in Africa - as offshore extensions of metropolitan France.

    CNN: HE BRITISH FORCES LANDED

  • So we continue to work with lawmakers of both parties around the country who are interested in -- as well as local officials -- who are interested in this kind of investment because it really is the kind of thing that will help create a better future for the individual states and the country.

    WHITEHOUSE: Press Briefing

  • So skiers like me, who spend as much time in-bounds as they do trekking out, needed two sets of boots, bindings and skis.

    FORBES: Fritschi Diamir Freeride Plus $425

  • But for every anxious voice there are many more raised in excitement - as the headline in Cameroon's biggest daily paper declared - serious business begins at last.

    BBC: Cameroon opens for business

  • But today Romania is a NATO ally, heading into the European Union, and making important contributions to security and stability in Europe - as well as in Iraq and Afghanistan.

    CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: From Bucharest to Baghdad

  • The U.S. State Climate Extremes Committee also is reviewing whether 113-degree temperatures in South Carolina and 112-degree recordings in Georgia qualify as all-time records in those two states.

    CNN: Northwest heat endangers crops

  • So we -- I would note, in that poll, as long as we're talking about it, that the change in view that Americans have developed in -- as it regards to the sequester, now that it has been implemented and the cuts are being felt -- I think frustrations with the result of congressional inaction are growing.

    WHITEHOUSE: Press Briefing

  • Second, Goldman, like others, benefited from one-off boosts, such as the surge in corporate-bond issuance as seized-up markets began moving again in January, and from managing each other's government-backed debt issues.

    ECONOMIST: Banks

  • And I would like to express my deep appreciation for hosting us in -- here in Honolulu as the chair of APEC.

    WHITEHOUSE: Remarks by President Obama and Prime Minister Noda of Japan

  • Their only previous World Cup meeting with the USA - a 1-0 defeat in 1950 - ranks as one of the biggest shocks in the tournament's 80-year history, and they have never played Algeria or Slovenia on world football's biggest stage.

    BBC: England face USA, Algeria & Slovenia in 2010 World Cup

  • Patricia Hodge, as Mrs Coulter, is as beastly in khaki safari-wear as she is beguiling in full-length fox.

    ECONOMIST: New theatre

  • But among the African-Americans who voted in Louisiana - as I said, half of those Democratic votes - Senator Barack Obama got 86 percent of their votes.

    NPR: Voting Blocs Shape Obama-Clinton Race

  • It includes interactive elements, presentations, visuals and a short film about the history of the site and provides teachers with practical examples for in-class as well as on-site activities.

    UNESCO: OFFICE IN AMMAN

  • In addition, he came to Washington after serving in his state legislature, as did Obama, and he benefited greatly from a high-profile speaking role at his party's convention in 2012 -- as Obama did in 2004.

    CNN: High stakes for Rubio's high-profile response to Obama

  • In both countries, the percentage of people with an E-2 is about twice as high in the 100-plus age group as in the general population.

    WSJ: A Gene Gives a Hint Of How Long a Person Might Hope to Live

  • Mozilla has been aware of that hesitation long enough to have just released its long-in-development Persona sign-in service as a beta.

    ENGADGET: Mozilla Persona sign-in launches in beta, skips the social networking ball and chain (video)

  • But this game will be remembered solely for the dramatic events in the final over of Broad's spell - which leaked 60 runs in four overs - as Yuvraj made the fastest fifty in international history, off 12 balls.

    BBC: England bow out with India defeat

  • People motivated in this - as they don't vote in high numbers for local council elections, and that therefore you know, why should they be bothered.

    BBC: Politics Show, Sunday 23 October 2005

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