Unless Ms Gillard can dispel the clouds, the budget's political sunshine may prove short-lived.

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By early June the southwest monsoon breaks and there are three months of wind and water with short spells of sharp, glittering sunshine that thrilled children snatch to play with.

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The thousands of islands of the Caribbean enjoy year-round sunshine, with the exception of a short hurricane season in late summer and autumn.

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Meanwhile Valerie Faris and Jonathan Dayton, the couple behind "Little Miss Sunshine" shot a slow-motion short on slapstick stunts from the silent era.

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Glens, despite being short seven squad members, started the better of the two sides in the Belfast sunshine and the Norwegians looked rattled early on by the pace of striker Jason Hill.

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