She insisted that K.K. speak to Hassan in front of her, though he would have preferred not to humiliate the old servant.

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That should be great for campers, but where the K-Light really "shines" (so to speak) is in places like Africa, where villagers without electricity often use makeshift kerosene lanterns for light at night.

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There is no oil disaster to speak of in the body of water separating the U.K. and northern and central Europe, but BP 's outgoing chief executive Tony Hayward will nevertheless come under extra pressure from lawmaker Wednesday following a report that the oil giant had not been in full compliance with safety regulations for its North Sea operations.

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