According to AP, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is under pressure to carry out his pledge to cut government subsidies for food and fuel.

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Parent Helen Fletcher said more than 200 names of children under 11 had been listed on a pledge by parents who would like the opportunity for them to go to the school.

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And under the terms of their agreement he had to pledge not to buy any more Arcelor shares in the next four years.

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That seems a long way from sleeping under a bridge, and I get a sense that the Sartre book is a kind of talisman: a pledge to himself that it will happen.

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The report comes as other Liberal Democrat policies come under scrutiny, with party leader Nick Clegg and Business Secretary Vince Cable apologising for breaking their party's pledge to oppose increasing student tuition fees.

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