But given heightened stress levels among offenders who are home more than before, it's no wonder the state hot line has seen a greater than 20 percent uptick in calls -- the bulk coming from the southern part of the state closest to the Gulf.

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President Obama began to stress America's 'strategic shift' towards Asia late last year, and he reiterated it in his State of the Union address.

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But the Nepad formula of partnership with developing countries, stress on good governance and human rights and encouragement of foreign investment was adopted by the continent's heads of state at the inaugural meeting of the African Union in Durban in July.

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