Stealing a march over SingTel, Vodafone recently secured advance approval from the Indian government to take its holding up to nearly half.

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And the UN says that it had secured guarantees in advance from the Israeli military that the convoy would not be attacked as it traveled up this same road.

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Unless visitors are fortunate enough to have secured one of the few advance booking slots, they have to take their chances in the daily draw for tee-off times.

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