• That has set off alarm bells in the country that once ruled Mali.

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  • La Grenouille , sole survivor of the French grandes dames that once ruled the city's restaurant scene, continues to delight.

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  • But how does a network that once ruled the ratings roost lure viewers, and the ad dollars that come with them, back?

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  • But she once ruled that the right to free speech barred New York City from firing an office worker for posting a racist letter.

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  • The geographically, linguistically and culturally disparate members of the Commonwealth used to have at least one thing in common: they were once ruled by Britain.

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  • There is some evidence that Saddam Hussein made plans to make the occupation of the country he once ruled as painful as possible for its invaders.

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  • Mr Hun Sen is said to be obsessed with Cambodia's ancient Khmer kingdom, which built the awesome Angkor Wat complex and once ruled much of Indochina.

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  • But the ancient Thracian tribes who once ruled here loved the area, settling sites more than 2, 000 years ago that were later built up by conquering Romans and Byzantines.

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  • She once ruled against an abortion-rights group, but the case turned on whether the government can attach strings (specifically: don't promote abortion) to money it gives to foreign charities.

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  • Where skepticism might have once ruled the day, a drive to scoop competitors can suddenly lead reporters and editors to skimp on fact-checking and rely on the enticing lead of a government source.

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  • This is the third time the race has taken place in the Complexo do Alemao, a vast area of interconnected slums once ruled by some of the most powerful drug gangs in Brazil.

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  • The restoration of service to the old South Ferry was a step MTA officials had once ruled out, even as the modern station beneath it lay in ruins after filling with brackish, corrosive floodwater during the Oct. 29 storm.

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  • For English fans, persistent failure on the sport's greatest stage, with the exception of the country's home triumph in 1966, will always be tainted by the idea that English football once ruled the world -- even if only by virtue of the fact that no other country outside the British Isles had yet to discover the sport.

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  • Pullins, the Tax Court once again ruled a spouse innocent despite the fact that she missed the IRS two year deadline.

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  • Rushing to sign a treaty in the knowledge that it will be ruled illegal once the court ruling is finalised in the spring is questionable in itself.

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  • So in the spirit of the New Year, here are some inspiring, funny, and surprising words of wisdom from women who ruled Hollywood once upon a time.

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  • Mr Harris's lawyer had tried to block access to the postings, but a judge ruled that once the messages had been sent they became the property of Twitter, meaning the defendant was not protected by Fourth Amendment protection against unlawful search and seizure.

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  • Shearer told the BBC on Saturday that he has not ruled out returning once the ownership situation is clarified.

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  • At the weekend one of the lawyers said he would demand a review of the case, one of the few avenues to explore once the Supreme Court has ruled.

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  • But Gibson has not ruled out a move once his contract expires.

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  • One delicious moment is an interview with the once-charming Ibrahim Babangida, who ruled from 1985 until 1994.

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  • Folha de Sao Paulo, a newspaper that sometimes speaks for the city's industrialists, this week called for exchange controls which President Fernando Henrique Cardoso has firmly ruled out (as he once did devaluation).

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  • Glen Johnson thought he had added a third just after the hour mark but his powerful strike was ruled out because Cole - for once the villain - had drifted into an offside position.

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  • The once-prosperous South American nation is today again ruled by a Peronist president and is sliding again into repression, inflation and poverty.

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  • Unfortunately for Croatia, its neighbor Slovenia also claims the country has no right to produce and market another famous wine, Teran, once it joins the EU. The EU has ruled that the name is protected and belongs to Slovenia.

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  • Eagles hit the post with a powerful drive and Steven Fletcher had a goal contentiously ruled out for offside as Burnley demonstrated once again that the spirit and quality they show at home will be the bedrock of their battle for Premier League survival this season.

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  • The present chief minister of the state, J Jayalalitha, was once a star actress and her mentor MG Ramachandran, who also ruled the state, was a stage actor turned movie star.

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  • Michael Duberry scrambled a shot off the line from the impressive Parlour and Wiltord had an effort ruled out for offside after Henry's shot had struck wood once more.

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  • Early on, Yahoo and AOL ruled as powerful news aggregators (believe this or not, AOL once convinced newspapers and magazines to pay for story placement on its dial-up service).

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  • For all his popularity, Mr Erdogan is a polarising figure who, in his second term, has lost the support of many Turkish liberals and intellectuals who once saw him as a democratic pioneer, pushing back the militaristic state that ruled the country for most of the 20th Century.

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