The initial registration period has been extended by two weeks, until March 13th, apparently because of the lacklustre response.

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India's attorney-general suggested on March 13th that a few priests should indeed be allowed to conduct a ritual on the land near the temple.

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Chancellor Angela Merkel will visit Rome on March 13th.

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On March 13th, Microsoft announced that it was joining forces with Deutsche Telekom to offer a service allowing corporate users to connect to their office networks with mobile phones and handheld devices.

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Mr Clegg wants to renew the reforming tradition of the old Liberal Party with ideas ranging from anti-sleaze measures (he was due to give a speech on money in politics on March 13th) to constitutional reform.

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On March 13th Terra Firma, a private-equity firm based in London, announced it would buy 90% of Consolidated Pastoral Company, the vast Australian cattle holdings of the Packer family, which encompass 5m hectares (12m acres) of land.

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The taint of criminality has now returned, following the revelations of a Royal Commission of inquiry into police corruption in Sydney that finished its hearings on March 13th, after taking evidence from 640 witnesses over two years.

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This year, Saturday 13th March will be open to the public with children invited to bring their families and friends for free.

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Robert Reich, a labour secretary under Bill Clinton, this week declared that leftists must march in support of the public plan in Washington, DC, on September 13th.

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On Tuesday August 13th, the airline said it would shed 7, 000 jobs by March 2003 and retire 74 aircraft.

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