Naturally then, Facebook would want people to be able to click to send a text message or phone call without leaving to a rival service.

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Lebanon has been without a president since November, as rival factions argue over who should fill the post.

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The hard truth is that Mr Ventura, who won 37% of the vote and beat his closest rival by a mere three percentage points, is a victor without a mandate.

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Somalia has been without a functioning central government for 17 years and has suffered continual civil strife, with rival armed groups fighting for control.

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Ichoose of Dallas and other shops are developing ever-shrewder software that lets online merchants scan rival sites, adjust prices on the fly and steal customers, all without leaving a clue.

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Toshiba and the Sony-Philips combine started a new round of talks in August, but Toshiba has made clear it will go ahead even without the rival group's cooperation.

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MIPS' designs, like those from rival ARM Holdings, are stripped-down and compact enough to power handheld devices without the need for a leap forward in processor manufacturing.

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The European Commission has proposed two alternative remedies to address the problem of tying: one would force Microsoft to make a stripped-down version of Windows without various add-ons, and the other would require Microsoft to include rival firms' software with Windows.

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