Mr Santos also praised his predecessor Alvaro Uribe, for whose Social National Unity Party he ran.

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The balance between the two main parties, the National Liberation Party and the ruling Social Christian Unity Party, has lent the country a political stability that is the envy of its neighbours.

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As Unity social worker Seamus Roan(ph) points out, what few have reopened don't offer as many beds as they used to.

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Mr. SEAMUS ROAN (Social Worker, Unity for Greater New Orleans): So the resources for a homeless individual probably at best half of what they were before, and yet there's twice as many homeless people today as there were.

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One came from the would-be National Unity and Social Justice Party, which has spent seven years awaiting approval for a platform aimed at strengthening relations between Muslims and Christians in strife-torn Upper Egypt.

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Egypt's military rulers expressed the hope on their Facebook page that his wish of "preserving the unity of Egypt and the unity of its social fabric" would be achieved.

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For Mormon church founder Joseph Smith bees offered the ideal symbol for unity, political stability and social cohesion.

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However much European politicians want to talk up further unity, the reality is they are picking apart their social programs while stalling their economies.

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