• In a vain attempt to put the charges in perspective, Lim called Mahathir's daughter Marina to testify.

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  • Japan already has a vast deficit, thanks to years of wasteful public-works projects funded in a vain attempt to revive its sick economy.

    ECONOMIST: Interest rates

  • More and more rural areas are being buried under concrete in a vain attempt to tackle congestion on motorways and other major routes.

    ECONOMIST: Jam today, road pricing tomorrow

  • The Fed faces a very dangerous tradeoff: risk higher inflation by expanding the monetary base (currency plus bank reserves) in a vain attempt to lower unemployment.

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  • It did not prove an expensive miss, but there were further problems for Ponting in the final session as he rotated his bowlers in a vain attempt to break the partnership between Kallis and Prince.

    BBC: SA coach Mickey Arthur

  • These ideas try to respond to two chronic worries of Japanese voters: that the economy will continue to slide, and that the construction state will cover what little remains of their country with concrete in a vain attempt to fix the problem.

    ECONOMIST: Japan: Green dreams | The

  • On a day when thousands of people around the world are preparing to explain how a web cam works to elderly relatives in a vain attempt to wish them a merry Christmas, some may just go straight to the old-fashioned use of a telephone.

    FORBES: Morning Tech Wrap: Skype, Steve Jobs, IBM

  • The end result could be seen in the twin pictures of Clinton impertinently announcing his peace plan after his successor had already been elected, and Madeleine Albright chasing after Arafat outside the US Embassy in Paris in a vain attempt to get him to return to the negotiating table he had just overturned.

    CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Washington won't let Israel win

  • Lucie, 20, finished her A-levels in law, politics and art two years ago and took a break - travelling in South America then, this year, working "in the vain attempt to save up cash for university".

    BBC: university cafe

  • Iniesta may have been an injury doubt prior to this final, but there was little evidence of fitness problems as he produced a virtuoso demonstration of the modern midfield arts, leaving United to chase in vain in an attempt to regain possession for the latter stages of the opening half.

    BBC: Barcelona 2-0 Man Utd

  • "Any attempt to make a connection between Chechnya and the Tsarnaevs, if they are guilty, is in vain, " Mr. Kadyrov said in a statement on Instagram.

    WSJ: Chechen Terror Usually Aimed at Russia

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