"This is more evidence that if you root out all the waste and wild overspend in local government you can protect frontline services, " he said.

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Pakistan is credited with doing much to root out al-Qaeda fugitives, both from its wild fringes and from the cities where some have hidden among the multitudes.

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Also known as celery root, knob celery and turnip-rooted celery, celeriac developed from the same wild species as did stalk celery.

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