And there has been periodic shellfire -- the latest a little less than two months ago.
So far, 22 foreign missions have visited the Sahara, the latest a group of foreign journalists dispatched by the International Women's Media Foundation (IWMF).
Small-cap meat processor Zhongpin plunged 5% after U.S. regulators said they were looking into the possibility of insider trading at the company in connection with a privatization bid, the latest in a long string of governance issues involving U.S.-listed companies from China.
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The omission of Symonds provided the main talking point, even though it is only five months since he was fined by Cricket Australia over a remark he made in a radio interview - the latest in a history of off-field disciplinary problems.
Earlier this week, Obama released a spot about the closing of a Pennsylvania factory, the latest in a series of ads blaming McCain for the loss of "Rust Belt" jobs by pointing to the disappearing manufacturing base in that state, Ohio and Michigan.
Gerry Kelly's collision with a getaway car full of robbery suspects after leaving a counting centre is just the latest in a series of mishaps, some more serious than others, which bedevilled the closing stages of the assembly election campaign.
Last month he sent a delegation to Tehran in the latest of a series of talks to negotiate a possible resumption of site visits, but the head of Iran's atomic energy programme Fereydun Abbasi-Davani said visits to Parchin or any other site were "not on the agenda".
The arrest of 27-year-old Ismail Suleiman from a village in the Jezreel Valley is the latest in a string of arrests of Israeli Arabs on charges of spying for Hizbullah.
As my colleague Todd Woody noted in a blog post, this is just the latest in a series of green tech companies that has been tripped up by Department of Energy funding issues.
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This month Goldman Sachs, an American investment bank, and Kyocera, a high-tech ceramics firm, became the latest in a string of companies to announce the launch of a fund to invest in high-tech Japanese start-ups.
He soon added a penalty and then slid home the stiletto with a try of his own, finishing off the latest in a series of a marvellous Bath attacks that saw backs and forwards interchanging at will.
Tuesday's event at The Fishing School, a religious community center in Washington, is the latest in a series of meetings Bush has planned throughout the week with leaders of spiritual and charitable groups to secure support for the proposal.
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There's a significant risk that High Speed 2 will become the latest in a long series of government big project disasters.
It is also thinking about reintroducing a cap on rupiah accounts held by foreigners, the latest in a series of dykes, bunds and culverts designed to control flows of capital.
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But Patrick Ventrell, a State Department spokesman, said the accusations are the latest in a series of allegations in recent weeks made by the Venezuelan government that "foreign actors" are attempting to influence political developments in the country.
The case of the Monmouthshire boy attacked by a big cat as he played near his home is the latest in a long line of wild feline sightings in Wales.
Here offerings include a tour of Chicago sites made famous in film, a private architectural boat tour, cooking classes, or the latest, a customized private tour of the famed Art Institute of Chicago, customized in the sense that the hotel will arrange for your guide to be an expert in the area of art that interests you.
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And you have a wide array of social media at your disposal to announce your latest to a waiting world.
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Now a popular television actor, Park Yong-ha, has become the latest in a series of star suicides.
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But a spokesman for the Save Flint Hospital Campaign said it was the "latest in a long line of shabby manoeuvres" by the board.
Mexico City (CNN) -- A snack food truck driver was in a Mexican hospital Friday after his vehicle was set on fire, the latest in a string of attacks on his employer, a company spokeswoman said.
London has a tradition for redeveloping its historical markets, and Smithfield would be the latest in a line of renovations, including Leadenhall Market and Covent Garden, both of which still stand on their medieval sites and mix original architecture and modern design.
Nashir, the Khanabad governor, who is the scion of a prominent family, said that the rise of the warlords was just the latest in a series of ominous developments in a country where government officials exercise virtually no independent authority.
"Looper, " a thriller about time-traveling mob victims which opens next week, is the latest in a long list of books, movies and TV shows wrestling with the complexities of time travel.
Last week a top banker and the chairwoman of the country's biggest glass exporter became the latest in a growing list of executives arrested for stealing from shareholders of privatised companies.
This weekend two genre films hit theaters: The Rite, a horror film starring Anthony Hopkins as an exorcism priest, and The Mechanic, the latest in a long line of action films starring Jason Statham.
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Last night at a party at the Ace Hotel in New York, Moto Guzzi and Hammarhead Industries unveiled the latest in a line of Guzzi Originals, a vintage-looking bike called the V7 Wayward cafe racer.
It's a proposal that is fundamentally at odds with the conservative principle of individual responsibility, and is the latest in a string of public spats conservatives have had over the years and in this election with their party's standard bearer.
Just as Facebook members post their latest vacation photos and spark conversations with buddies, someone in a marketing department, say, can post the latest version of a new ad and get instant feedback from his entire team on Chatter.
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