Chelsea now face a huge task at Old Trafford to rescue the tie and keep their main hope of silverware alive this season, as well as easing pressure on Ancelotti.

BBC: Chelsea 0-1 Man Utd

Nine months after an election in Hesse had produced a tie between the two main parties, the state legislature was due to replace Roland Koch, boss of the local Christian Democratic Union (CDU), as premier and to install Andrea Ypsilanti, leader of the state's Social Democrats (SPD), in his place.

ECONOMIST: Germany's Social Democrats

Despite this unfortunate misstep, Sniper Challenge is still an excellent tie-in to the main game, and other publishers could learn from it instead of just handing over unearned game-imbalancing superguns and armor.

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Two polls at the start of the Democrats' jamboree showed the main candidates to be in a statistical tie.

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The private banks cannot meet the demand for long-term loans because they cannot raise enough long-term capital, for two main reasons: first, Brazilians are reluctant to tie themselves into long-term investments because of the recent memory of rampant inflation.

ECONOMIST: Brazilian banking

There is also an exploration unit engaged in tie-ups with other mining companies to prospect for gold, diamond and coal (its main tin reserves at Bangka are expected to last only another decade).

CNN: Tin Time in Indonesia

Murray opted out of the tie against Lithuania in March, which Britain lost, to prepare for the American hard-court swing on the main ATP tour.

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