If so cycling could help to provide a model testing-regime for other drug-tainted sports.

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Under ex-President Suharto, himself a general, Indonesia was seen as a model which the regime in Myanmar could use to enable it to hang on to control.

ECONOMIST: Myanmar

The bill also amends the current DNA database regime, bringing it in line with the Scottish model.

BBC: Protection of Freedoms Bill