That is because the tradition of setting off firecrackers during this time of the year causes a large amount of noise, air and ground pollution.

BBC: Taipei residents urged to use CDs not firecrackers

Through this web of institutions and arrangements, nations are now setting the international ground rules for the 21st century, laying the foundation for security and prosperity for those who live within them, while isolating those who challenge them from the outside.

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Mr Romney ceded little ground, though, setting the stage for a series of bruising exchanges that crackled with tension.

BBC: Obama and Romney hit campaign trail after biting debate

Afghanistan believes that Pakistan is taking advantage of the reduction in US forces, seizing ground and setting up new border posts, he adds.

BBC: Second Afghan-Pakistan border clash in a week

Standard seismic exploration typically involves setting off an explosion, then measuring the passage of its shock wave through the ground.

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Resnais (working with texts by the playwright Jean Anouilh) revisits the artistic shocks and personal passions of his own youth and offers loving tributes to cinematic landmarks he passed along the way, setting up, by means of some deliciously jolting special effects, a darkly whimsical new one in uncharted ground.

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Police said the Roma had been expelled from a camp in the town of Anglet, to the south, and were prevented from setting up a new camp on an exhibition ground nearer Bordeaux.

BBC: Roma protest blocks French bridge