West, Phil Eaglestone, Allan Eastwood, James Hall, Rory McCann, Andrew Poynter and Craig Young are the seven players to miss out after a preliminary 22-man squad for the competition was named last month.

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Preliminary press reports indicate that the figure skating competition won a hefty 42 share last night, trouncing other programming.

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In addition to the case filed by AMD in Delaware, in July 2007 the European Commission reached the preliminary conclusion that Intel had violated fair-competition laws.

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Udinese, which last season finished third in Serie A to qualify for the preliminary rounds of Europe's top club competition this term, has an average home attendance of 18, 000.

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"We are gratified that Judge Whyte reinstated the preliminary injunctive relief needed to redress this injury to competition, and that he did so after finding that Microsoft's business practices had been unfair, " said Sun general counsel Michael Morris in a statement.

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Its findings repeated concerns it voiced in a preliminary report in July, which stated a takeover by either firm would "substantially lessen competition".

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Divers preparing for a competition have a sense of the point total they need to advance from the preliminary round to the next round and, ultimately, to place in a medalist position.

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