Baroness Billingham, for Labour, confirmed cross-party backing for the 2012 preparations and echoed peers' "concerns" about budget cuts.

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For when we meet the house is abuzz with preparations for the weekend's big event: A shooting party, which will attract the cream of British society.

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But as Yugoslavia began to disintegrate his party, which took directions from Serbia's authoritarian leader, Slobodan Milosevic, made preparations for war, distributing arms provided by the Yugoslav army.

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