People who believe that governments can act as saviours during times of crisis are mistaken.

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The reformers are seen as saboteurs of the welfare state, rather than its long-term saviours.

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But now there are signs that Angola is getting fed up with Mr Kabila's obdurate refusal to co-operate with his saviours.

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The new lighting is being installed at a number of places including St Saviours Hill, La Collette Promenade, Granville Street and the Esplanade.

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Foreign investors, once seen as Hungary's saviours, now spark sour resentment.

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The most competitive districts could prove to be in the South East, with St Martins and St Andrews, and the West, which includes St Peters, St Saviours, the Forest and Torteval.

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The identities of potential saviours remain secret, although BBC Sport understands Leicester chairman Milan Mandaric is involved with one of the bids despite a statement distancing himself from a takeover last week.

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Mr Hirst, the dean of foreign correspondents in Beirut after five decades in residence, begins his tale with Lebanon's creation in the wake of the first world war, as a French gift to the Maronite Christians of the coastal Levant who had long seen Paris and the Vatican as their saviours.

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