Another regret for Hassan is his failure to underline his skills by performing in one of Europe's major leagues.

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The Dutch-Belgian delegation, including legends Johann Cruyff and Ruud Gullit, arrived at Fifa headquarters by bicycle to underline their bid's green credentials.

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The Conservatives say the figures underline concerns on school places expressed to them by some local authorities.

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But he was quick to underline that was not a sign of disrespect and that, by the time the teams meet later this year, he will be fully appraised of the Scots' strengths and weaknesses.

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The assassination on Sunday of Mullah Arsala Rahmani, a former Taliban minister who was negotiating between the Afghan government and Taliban insurgents -- an attack that has been claimed by a breakaway Taliban faction -- would seem to underline this point.

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As if to emphasise the task ahead for England, and underline the problems of inconsistency, Pietersen's team managed to eclipse their Stanford debacle by being shot out for 98 in the final warm-up before the opening one-day international.

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The U.S. government's FIPS 140-2 certification of BlackBerry 10 and the selection of BlackBerry 10 by the German Procurement Office and Federal Office for Information Security (BSI) underline how our new platform continues to set the standard for government communications.

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If Labour were being led by David - not Ed - Miliband the party would probably be using this conference to underline the lessons learned from Labour's past, to indicate how the party could be trusted with the nation's purse strings again and to reinforce that the next Labour government was likely to have to make painful choices of its own.

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Indeed, it's worth a brief digression to underline the findings of the latest survey of Scotland's offshore services industry, published at the weekend by the Scottish government.

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