News came this week of the safe recovery of an eight-year-old Idaho girl who had been abducted and held for nearly seven weeks by a convicted sex offender.

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Ian Prosser, Office of Rail Regulation safety director, said that in this case, the train companies through "inadequate management and planning" had failed to ensure the safe recovery of an engineering train.

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He remains safe because his is the only RBS recovery plan in town, and he's still seen to the guy who can implement it.

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As Mr Osborne understands very well, when it comes to the global recovery, we are not a safe haven and we never will be.

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To make sure the data it's entrusted with are safe, EDS performs a dozen or more recovery drills a month, sometimes switching a client's entire data processing operation from one computer center to a backup on the fly.

FORBES: Scare Tactics

To make sure the data it's entrusted with are safe, EDS performs a dozen or more recovery drills a month, in some cases switching a major client's entire data processing operation from one computer center to a backup on the fly.

FORBES: Scare Tactics

During flight operations the captain can normally be found on the bridge directly involved in the mechanics of positioning and preparing the ship for launch and recovery of aircraft, ensuring the safe navigation of the ship and overseeing flight deck operations.

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To add to its woes, the debt crisis in the eurozone and weak recovery in the US have seen many investors flock to safe-haven assets such as the yen, resulting in the Japanese currency strengthening against the US dollar and the euro.

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