When it re-opens in early 2012 after a seven-month closure for a tip-to-toe renovation, the harbourfront Park Hyatt Sydney will likely resume its rank as the top choice for visiting business travellers.

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Following a period of closure, the road re-opened at 02:10.

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However, on the same day the re-offending figures were released, the prisons watchdog attacked the closure of a unit with a proven record in rehabilitating teenage criminals.

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On Saturday, Olympic heptathlon champion Ennis's coach Toni Minichiello described the plan to re-open the smaller site as "pathetic" and said the closure of Don Valley meant athletics was "close to dead" in Sheffield.

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Rudy Giuliani, who in 1996 signed an agreement that resulted in the eventual closure of Fresh Kills, defeated Mr. Dinkins 1993 and was re-elected in 1997 in large part because of his popularity on Staten Island.

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Binyamin Netanyahu, Israel's prime minister, who is campaigning for re-election on May 17th but not, according to the polls, doing well, ordered the closure of three offices in Orient House , the Palestinians' de facto headquarters in East Jerusalem.

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"We consider this closure to be temporary and we shall be discussing options with the local community and Postwatch to re-establish a branch in the vicinity, " it said.

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