Certain states have rebate programs that offer partial refunds for new, energy-efficient appliances.

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Private firms could offer a partial solution.

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The logic appears to be to get Israel to freeze settlements, the Arab states to offer up partial normalization and together this will somehow get Israel and the Palestinians into a successful negotiation on the toughest issues -- Jerusalem, borders and refugees.

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Moussavi had rejected the offer of a partial recount and refused to appoint a representative to the committee, according to Press TV.

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But technology and sleuthing offer only a partial fix.

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Turkey already has several thousand troops in northern Iraq, keeping an eye on the militants, who recently broke off a four-year ceasefire after rejecting the Turkish government's offer of a partial amnesty.

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As more and more jump on the BYOD trend and encourage it with partial subsidies their focus will be on devices that themselves offer a certain big-brand promise of reliability and performance.

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