The disqualifications unleashed a flood of statistical analysis about badminton that wouldn't have been out of place at a fantasy-football draft.

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Another kind of sweepstakes took place in the NBA in 1997: the draft lottery for the rights to pick the consensus best player in the country, Wake Forest center Tim Duncan.

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Mr Simmonds said he wanted Northamptonshire to be the "safest place in the country" and the draft plan set out a goal of reducing violent crime by at least 40%.

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European Union leaders said Friday that they are "deeply concerned" about the surge in violence and intimidation in Zimbabwe ahead of next week's vote, according to a draft of the conclusions of a two-day EU summit taking place in Brussels, Belgium.

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None of the health boards have the policy in place and all but one are waiting on a draft copy which is still being developed by the Welsh government.

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Parts of Afghanistan's 1963 constitution, which was in place during the monarchy, were used to create the draft proposal, a source said, though no formal role for the king is envisioned in a new government.

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The First Session of the Intergovernmental Meeting of Experts (20-24 September 2004) took place for an initial exchange of views on the Preliminary Report of the Director-General accompanied by a first Preliminary Draft of the Convention prepared by the group of independent experts and submitted to the Member States in July 2004.

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In unexpected outcome, the centrist Yesh Atid party, which campaigned on a platform of helping the middle class and halting military draft exemptions for ultra-Orthodox civilians, came in second place with at least 18 seats, according to exit polls.

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