Hong Kong stocks bucked the market trend as earnings from a number of high profile companies offset the gloom from Europe.

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There is NO proof that there is a growing trend that someone HAS to have a Facebook profile to be considered real.

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Shadow defence secretary Jim Murphy said the shift to high profile attacks was a "worrying security trend" and questioned whether targeted assassinations were a sign that insurgents had infiltrated Afghan security forces.

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And it is part of a trend that is seeing road-car manufacturers using F1 teams as a means of raising their profile.

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