The violence came as the US pushed to gain support for a roadmap envisaging Israeli withdrawals from the West Bank and the creation of a Palestinian state by the end of 2005.

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By the end of September, the state-owned lender had 4, 201 seized homes, up from 2, 215 at the end of last year.

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It gives a graphic representation to the idea that, rather than being at a different end of a spectrum from a structured state, disorder is at the very center of things, with ordered and un-ordered states around it.

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"Divorce is never easy, but when a couple has made the decision to end their marriage, there is no reason why the state should prevent them from ending their legal relationship and moving on with their lives, " said Erik Olvera, a spokesman for the National Center for Lesbian Rights.

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It was useful to have state-controlled lenders when credit from abroad dried up at the end of 2008.

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This means that Mr Penry could end up with a reprieve from the state that tried to execute him even before the mighty Supreme Court up in Washington has had a chance to say what it thinks.

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Also going in the first round was Florida State defensive end Bjoern Werner from Germany (Indianapolis, No. 24).

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This arcane dispute, some fear, could well end in far-from-arcane political chaos, in the state capitals and the Bundesrat alike.

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Sustainable development is a term that was crafted by diplomats hoping to get diametrically opposed environmental and economic ministers from more than 100 countries to agree on something their heads of state could sign on to before the end of a summit.

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