Next month the fourth jobs fair at Tech City, Silicon Milkroundabout, will take place, hoping to pair up potential recruits with the start-ups and technology companies in the area.

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Potential performers include a pair of wheelchair acrobats and a singing five-year-old boy in an Elvis-style jumpsuit and pink wig.

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The potential for tension between Mr Barroso and the Franco-German pair is heightened by his support for the Iraq war.

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