Going forward, there must be a continued focus on the delivery of basic services, as well as transparency and accountability.

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Mr. Patch would surely agree that a major effort to preventing war and human suffering must be to support continued medical research, especially to ameliorate emerging epidemics such as worldwide "Lyme Disease", drug-resistant malaria and tuberculosis, and parasitism.

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On a visit to Washington earlier this month, President Fidel Ramos said new ways must be found to support America's continued military presence in the Pacific.

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Valuable indicates that companies must be willing to pay, sometimes a premium, for continued access to the resource.

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And the continued inability to produce much in the way of a coherent attacking game must be a major cause of concern for manager Martin Johnson, who has guided England to only eight wins in his 22 Tests in charge - a poorer record than predecessors Brian Ashton and Andy Robinson.

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"BP must identify in the next 48 hours additional leak containment capacity that could be operationalised and expedited to avoid the continued discharge of oil, " wrote Rear Adm James Watson.

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The Brisbane meeting should see continued pressure on Mr Mugabe to meet minimum standards for a free and fair presidential election, which must be held by April.

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