During summer weekends and on holidays (particularly over New Year's Eve in January and Carnaval in February or early March) a mix of Brazilian and Argentine sunseekers -- and a handful of international visitors -- pack the sandy streets, overwhelming the calm that pervades the island for the rest of the year.

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Among all major international airlines, South African Airways led the pack with 94.71% of all flights reaching the arrival gate on time.

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The Welsh side opened the scoring when they spurned an easy penalty and instead opted for a scrum, driving the Sarries pack back over their own line before ex-Australia international Lyons dropped on the ball for a converted score.

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In 2007 the Kazakh embassy in Washington tried to pack a mission from the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe, an international monitoring outfit, with sympathetic staff.

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