Ms Greening said the move, which will be popular with Tory MPs, reflected India's economic progress and status.

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This included their progress in recent years, their current status and their prospects in the coming years.

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But at the same time, even as they make progress, we understand that the status quo is not acceptable and that we have to continue moving this relationship in the right direction.

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America has a choice either to be increasingly rendered a mere bystander, letting political correctness usurp progress or to emerge from the shadows of its super-power status and take a firm stand in the international energy arena.

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He added the council had been a barrier to progress on this matter and had also failed to encourage stronger schools to convert to academy status.

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While negotiations for the country's full EU membership began in October 2005, progress has been frustratingly slow as countries including Germany and France question Turkey's suitability for EU status.

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