Unusually, Catalonia's Socialists stood on a joint platform with the ex-communists of the Initiative for Catalonia, whose support has been dipping.

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Egypt, along with the semi-autonomous government of South Sudan, has tried to bring Darfur's fractious rebels together to create a joint platform.

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The Hub, Hasbro's multi-platform joint venture with Discovery Communications (NASDAQ: DISCA, DISCB, DISCK) launched on October 10, 2010.

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To plug the gap the three governing parties, the conservative New Democracy, PanHellenic Socialist Movement and Democratic Left, may have to rip out a key plank in their joint policy-platform: a deal ruling out further across-the-board wage cuts for the civil service.

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The prototype device is called the Joint Battle Command-Platform Handheld.

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It was built on a Mitsubishi platform--the result of a since-expired joint venture between the two companies, before Ford bought Volvo and DaimlerChrysler (nyse: DCX - news - people ) took a controlling stake in Mitsubishi--and drivers complained it was underpowered and felt cheap.

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