As the carnival has no real contemporary connection with the Notting Hill or the Caribbean save for a few largely ignored floats, why doesn't Mr Livingstone put his foot down and move the carnival to a more centralized, logistically practical location readily accepted as a space for all Londoners to gather such as Hyde Park!

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Authorities are hoping they'll have a good answer once they complete an investigation into why the 72-foot catamaran sailed by Artemis Racing of Sweden nose-dived and capsized Thursday after completing a difficult maneuver.

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The stakes make you wonder why someone with all that wealth, several homes, a 190-foot-long yacht and a hangar full of aircraft would bother working at all.

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As for keeping the troops in place to ensure a more democratic Asia, not asked enough is why U.S. taxpayers should foot the bill for the defense of other countries.

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The impressive Ujfalusi had another good effort with a rasping left foot shot 15 minutes from the end but Reina again showed why he is almost certainly going to be in Spain's World Cup squad, despite the plethora of options available to Spanish coach Vicente Del Bosque.

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