Strathclyde Fire and Rescue Service teams wearing breathing apparatus fought the blaze inside the building, while crews tackled the fire from the outside using large main water jets.

BBC: Scene of blaze at George bar in Paisley

Islamist rebels withdrew to the remote mountain range near the border with Algeria after French troops backed by helicopters and jets advanced to capture the main towns in northern Mali.

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Islamist rebels withdrew to the remote mountain range near the border with Algeria after French troops backed by helicopters and jets advanced to capture the main towns in northern Mali in January.

BBC: Islamist commander Abou Zeid's death in Mali 'probable'

Boeing has an aircraft-trading subsidiary, separate from its main sales force, which was created to trade unwanted jets built for Asian airlines that ran out of cash during the region's financial crisis.

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Given the scarcity with which the Jets have utilized Mr. Tebow, this seems to confirm that their main reason for bringing him to Gotham was to sell jerseys and enhance exposure.

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Japan's foreign ministry said two Russian Su-27s violated airspace for just over a minute Thursday near its northernmost main island of Hokkaido, and that Japan then scrambled four F-2 fighter jets.

WSJ: Japan: Russian Fighter Jets Enter Its Airspace

As for Defense Minister Ehud Barak, as a member of the Olmert government, his main personal failure has been his inability to convince the Pentagon to approve Israel's requests to purchase refueling jets and bunker buster bomb kits, and to permit Israeli jets to fly over Iraqi airspace.

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