While it is hard to get reliable statistics for tablet sales, a survey by YouGov seems to show that the Kindle Fire came from nowhere to challenge for the lead over the festive season.

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Despite the British team having control of the peloton throughout the race, they struggled to close the gap on the lead group and Cavendish was nowhere in sight as Vinokourov out sprinted Uran to the finish line in front of Buckingham Palace.

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According to his calculations, about 20 years of lead time would be sufficient for solar radiation to move the asteroid away from its current course causing it to come nowhere near the Earth.

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