Crude oil imports fell to their lowest level in almost two years in August, and consumption growth was flat on the year.

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Everton almost drew level two minutes later when Jeffers took on Dean Blackwell, wrong footed the defender and fired a low shot inches wide across the face of the goal.

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It owns 18% of all government bonds, almost double the level of two years ago.

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It is now at almost two children per woman, just below the replacement level of 2.1, and looks set to rise further.

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In two months it had reached almost 33 millisieverts, or a third the level normally permissible for those working on a nuclear accident in a year.

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Ponting has not put a team into bat since Edgbaston 2005, when England scored 407 on the opening day of the second Test, a match the hosts won by just two runs to level the series at 1-1 before clinching the Ashes for the first time in almost 18 years.

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