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In 1960 the republic's population was down to around 2.8m, the lowest in two centuries and a pale shadow of the 8m (for the whole island) in 1840, when this was one of the most densely populated countries in Europe.
ECONOMIST: The luck of the Irish
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After failing to anticipate the meteoric rise of smartphones and spending months languishing in the ever-growing shadow of the two smartphone giants, rivals and erstwhile market leaders, Research in Motion and Nokia, seem to have finally gotten their act straight.
FORBES: RIM Fairly Valued At $12 As BB10 Nears
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Rises of up to 11% this month could be followed by annual increases of up to 13% in the next two years, shadow transport secretary Maria Eagle told MPs during an opposition day debate on 11 January 2012.
BBC: Labour warn of steep rail fare rises for commuters
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In the meantime, the integration of the two companies may offer a competitive boost to start-ups living in the shadow of Microsoft and Yahoo!
FORBES: YahooSoft Bid Shakes The Start-Ups
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It was the task of two reporters from Hinchley Wood School in Surrey to interview the shadow chancellor, George Osborne.
BBC: Crunch questions for top politicians
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"Amour" is about the love that binds these two wonderful people, and about sustaining that love in the shadow of death.
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The archaeologist says the third statue - dubbed the Sleeping Buddha because it is shown reclining - is hidden in the shadow of the rock niches which housed the other two statues.
BBC: The hunt for Bamiyan's third Buddha
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Shadow Treasury minister Owen Smith said there were just two measures for growth in the Budget - the patent box and the video games measures - claiming they were Labour policies.
BBC: Budget debate
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In the early 1990s, Takeshita shared his behind-the-scenes influence with two other shadow shoguns, former vice premier Kanemaru Shin and Ozawa Ichiro.
CNN: THE LAST SHADOW SHOGUN?
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There's also a new in-camera HDR mode which merges two back-to-back shots (one underexposed and the other overexposed) in order to retain additional shadow and highlight detail.
ENGADGET: Samsung EX2F point-and-shoot with f/1.4 lens hands-on (video)
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He told the audience he met Mrs Hutchings, who has two disabled children, in 2005, when he was shadow education minister to speak about special educational needs.
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