It will also allow us to move forward on the Strategic Partnership declaration and will allow us to move forward on the overall strategy in place, which includes a drawing down of U.S. forces as we transition to Afghan security lead.

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Education, however, is still not a top political priority of governments and global governance, said Ms Bokova, drawing attention to her efforts to place education on the G-20 agenda in the Republic of Korea in October.

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It has taught me not only to hold an arabesque but to maintain an inner grace -- drawing on a psychological or spiritual core, a place of honesty and strength.

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In his place are Patton Boggs and Motley Rice, whose lawyers are still drawing millions of dollars a year in fees from the 1997 tobacco settlement with state attorneys general.

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Van Hollen also moved quickly to unite his party, drawing endorsements from Shriver and third-place finisher Ira Shapiro within days of the primary.

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United travel to the Stadium of Light in second place, having closed the gap on Chelsea to three points - despite only drawing at Bolton - after Carlo Ancelotti's side lost to Manchester City.

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Some end-of-the-month buying interest was offset by better investor risk appetite in the market place drawing away some interest in the safe-haven precious metals.

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However, there are a whole host of scientific and engineering challenges that need to be overcome, and even identified in the first place because nobody has ever built one of these reactors, and hence the plans are still only on the drawing board.

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