Despite the tough environment, some big papers were able to post minor circulation gains.

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Even though football has returned to the playing field post-CBA, minor tremors of courtroom football linger.

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However limited and limiting this conception might sound, the EU has managed to carve out an impressive role for itself in conflict prevention, post-conflict reconstruction and dealing with minor military contingencies in places ranging from the Balkans to Indonesia to sub-Saharan Africa.

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But after the pound's long, traumatic post-war decline, overtaking the yen still counts as a minor miracle.

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One of the joys of the immediate post election period is having a look around at what the more minor results have been.

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As she is still a minor under Swazi law, her mother, a public-relations manager at the post office, can claim to speak for her.

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Mounties are investigating a Vancouver minor hockey coach after he tripped a 13-year-old player from an opposing team during a post-game handshake at the University of British Columbia campus last weekend.

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