This is not counting people who desire to make either a deposit or withdrawal to their accounts throughout the nation on a daily basis.

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The Democrats, almost to a man, favour speedy withdrawal, and won last November's congressional election in part on that basis.

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The Labour party says it sees the so-called Saudi initiative - which calls for an Israeli withdrawal to the 1967 border in exchange for relations with Arab countries - as the basis for a peace deal and would aim for a full agreement "within two years".

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