Fifa, football's world governing body, has agreed changes with the Brazilian government to speed up preparations for the 2014 World Cup.
The U.S. military stepped up preparations Thursday for a humanitarian mission, readying some ships and Marines that are in the region for a multinational exercise.
The United States stepped up preparations for a possible swine flu epidemic, and Canada confirmed its first cases on Sunday as researchers worked to determine how contagious the virus could be.
Organisers are hoping the first World Cup to be played on African soil will produce 'Football for a Better World' and Fifa will flag up preparations on Friday at Berlin's Brandenburg Gate.
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By speeding up preparations for a big ground force and raising the promised American contribution from 4, 000 to 7, 000, he gave some ground to hawks both at home and abroad, mainly in Britain, which remains keener on the idea of a fighting intervention on land than almost any other country.
Wiggins and Romero have both been concentrating on road racing careers as they now ramp up their preparations ahead of the London Olympics in 18 months.
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It also reviewed progress in the town's clean-up operation and preparations for Hogmanay events.
Japan also needs to ramp up disaster relief preparations, including getting food and potable water and medicine ready for quick transport to different locations in the country and getting relief services workers ready and making plans for distribution of materials and services.
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The intensity of the debate preparations picked up after Palin's panned interview with Katie Couric of CBS News last week.
And we talked a lot about -- in the meeting with the larger group before the press statement -- in once that -- they're obviously setting up and making some preparations in the parish for how to deal with different aspects of the slick as it comes.
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Two dozen all-star chef teams will serve up over-the-top pork preparations, all available to the public attendees for tasting.
As for the outside world, Iran is ratcheting up both its nuclear brinksmanship and its preparations for yet another round of regional war.
Mr Prewitt complains that he cannot get his staff to focus on census preparations, because explanations to outsiders take up all their time.
Northampton's pre-match preparations were hampered when England call-up Courtney Lawes failed to recover from a minor groin strain, so Neil Best was promoted off the bench to start at blind-side flanker.
England's preparations will also feature a warm-up game with Cumbria on 3 October, as a fundraiser for the family of former Workington forward Garry Purdham who was one of 12 people killed by gunman Derrick Bird earlier this year.
They may be gone, but they left something behind: a great golf course in better shape than ever, thanks to the immaculate preparations, reduced play and grooming that leads up to a PGA Tour event.
He will be involved in the build-up to their Australia tour, and will take part in preparations for the Champions Trophy and England's tour in 2009.
He said the government had set up a committee to consider scientific and economic advice on severe weather preparations.
Mr Blair used his Christmas message to the military to say no-one knew if war in Iraq would be necessary, but preparations had to be made, including the build-up of troops.
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Earlier this week the International Amateur Athletic Federation, in conjunction with UK Athletics, set up a research project to investigate the role of food supplements and herbal preparations in doping.
The two clubs had starkly contrasting preparations for the game with Villa basking in the build-up to that match, while Palace wait to discover the future of boss Neil Warnock, who has been strongly linked with Queens Park Rangers.
We were brought here by the Defense Department yesterday to report on the preparations for the high-security prison camp that is being set up.
"Even if you give us 10 years to prepare, it will be the same because up till now many of these countries don't recognise professionalism in their preparations, " he added.
Kathy had grown up in Baton Rouge and was used to the hurricane routine: the litany of preparations, the waiting and watching, the power outages, the candles and flashlights and buckets catching rain.
Their next warm-up game is a three-day contest against Otago starting on Thursday, to finish off preparations for the first Test, starting on 5 March.
China's preparations to hold the Olympic Games that August further fuelled patriotic sentiment, which welled up again in the wake of the global financial crisis.
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