And already our colleagues are descending on the region to sort out how people are faring today.

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The Ospreys are hoping for a 20, 000 sell-out and expect home fans to give Leicester the sort of reception the Welsh region received when they lost 12-6 at Welford Road in October.

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Beyond Nicosia, the Eastern Mediterranean gas issue has been the subject of increasingly tense interactions about conflicting maritime claims and access to what, in a politically less charged world, could offer energy independence of some sort to much of the region for years to come.

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Another factor is that the United States has not developed the sort of intelligence infrastructure in this region that it painstakingly built up in the tribal areas of Pakistan and Yemen.

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"The Stateline project is just the sort of sustainable solution we need for the region's energy shortage, " Oregon Gov. John Kitzhaber said.

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But the sort of principles that he laid out pertain throughout the region.

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President Barack Obama sided with Israel's position during a visit to the region last week, saying the Palestinians should return to talks to sort out the settlement issue.

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The vehicle for doing so will presumably be some sort of international conference attended by such powers, together with others in the region (like Jordan and Egypt), and augmented by interested parties from elsewhere - including Britain, France, Russia and China.

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