For Leighton Andrews, the jagged edge has just been delivered in the form of a stinging slap around the cheeks from Amanda Spielman, the chair of Ofqual.

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It apparently began with an argument that escalated into the slap-around.

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But America and the European trio have already started lobbying other governments around the world to slap on harsher sanctions even if the UN Security Council cannot: thoughts have been turning to more bank bans, a bar on investment in Iran's oil and gasfields, keeping its ships from foreign ports, and more.

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But if you do still have a PC lying around (we had to slap one together just for this review) the included software works, but just isn't perfect.

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The mooted device is likened to a "slap wrap" - a thin strip of metal covered in fabric which snapped around the user's wrist to form a bracelet.

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