Analogue channels will be switched off region by region and replaced with free-to-air digital TV and radio services.
In the first three months of this year, the commission's model predicts growth of 0.1-0.4%, not far off the region's quarterly average of around 0.5%.
When it hit land, the constant rain caught the region off guard.
LONDON, England (CNN) -- The devastating tsunami that wiped out cities, seaside communities and holiday resorts in southern Asia has not put holidaymakers off visiting the region, a survey has found.
The UK's conversion to digital TV began in 2007, with a region-by-region switch off.
Christina Ramos-Jalasco, head of the Philippine Olympics committee, insists it is too soon to write off Onyok for the region's top sporting event.
Enrolment fell as it moved to raise admission levels, while the big University of Toronto was siphoning off students from the region with aggressive recruitment.
Word today that New York State would be taking over running the finances of Nassau County, New York set off chuckles throughout the region.
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Weiss is dusting off evidence in the region known as the Fertile Crescent, including much of modern-day Iraq and Syria, indicating that a human revolution in irrigated agriculture occurred after an extended drought and cold spell.
But encroaching agriculture and insects threaten to kill off most of the region's boswellia within the next 50 years, according to a study published this week in the Journal of Applied Ecology by a team of Dutch and Ethiopian ecologists.
The mountains in the state's northwest region roll off the southern tip of the Rocky Mountains, and a maze of mountains and valleys funnel the wind into extreme speeds by the time they pass over ridge crests and mountain tops of the Guadalupe and Davis mountains.
Six tornadoes have already hit the Bundaberg region, tearing off roofs and injuring 17 people.
The campaign will see posters distributed at key sites throughout the Grampian region, making off-road drivers aware of their responsibilities.
Backed by the Welsh Development Agency, North Wales Aerospace Group will cement Airbus growth and develop spin-off aeroplane talent in the region.
Farther south, the Karnataka region is usually off U.S. tourists' itineraries, due to the difficulty of getting there and the lack of decent hotels once you've arrived.
And at a time when so many in the region are casting off the burdens of the past, we agree that the push for a lasting peace that ends the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and resolves all claims is more urgent than ever.
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Although the exact mechanism is still not entirely understood, it turns out that illuminating the liquid crystal, applying a voltage across a small region of it, and then turning off the light source causes a small amount of charge to be stored in that region.
The region has been cut off from the central bank in Khartoum, the capital, by two decades of war.
Two rivers in one of the worst-hit provinces, Beni, have broken their banks and are threatening to cut off the main city in the region, Trinidad.
But major U.S.-led military offensives in the region have gradually tapered off as the coalition has shifted to a strategy focused more on training Afghan security forces.
And I had heard interpretations of intelligence that many of us with deep experience in the region felt were far off the mark from the true threat.
The Catalans, for instance, seem set to stay in Spain, but hope to use their vaunted status as a European region to play Madrid off against Brussels.
"The game is growing tremendously in our region both on and off the field, and I hope to do my part to continue to expand the development of the game for both CONCACAF and FIFA, " he said in a statement.
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The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND), the main rebel group fighting for political autonomy and local resource control in the oil-producing Niger Delta region, has called off its unilateral ceasefire, just weeks after announcing the move.
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With world growth softening and commodity prices off their peaks, inflation in every region of the world will decline through 2012.
Telecommunications are difficult in the region, roads are cut off, and the hardest-hit area, including Padang, lacks power and other services, Holmes said.
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As the empty AirTran plane taxied for its return to Atlanta, Peyton and Eli Manning headed off to spend some time in the region they call home.
But experts point out that most of the rebuilding in the Gulf region figures to be put off for months--or even years--as home owners and politicians haggle with insurance companies over coverage.
When the rains come in April and the Bedunge turns to marsh and then glutinous mud, sending up clouds of malarial mosquitoes, this region is all but cut off from the outside world.
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Primary and caucus voting in Louisiana, Washington and Nebraska had barely wrapped up before the Democratic candidates were off campaigning in the next big primary region: Maryland and the District of Columbia will go to the polls Tuesday, but the most competitive of the three states to hold primaries that day is Virginia.
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