"Countries which choose a different date on an individual basis merely render this objective more difficult to attain, " the statement said.

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However, she admitted a charge of attempting to pervert the course of justice by pretending to police officers, while on bail, that she was someone else with a different date of birth.

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Year-to-date tells a different story, but the chart on the dollar comparisons to these currencies all point upwards.

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