The BlackBerry will emphasize typing with one thumb, with gestures and the ability to delete with a thumb swipe anywhere.

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Cynics, and there are plenty of them in Syria, dismiss the resolution as one of a series of gestures to pre-empt pressure from America, pressure that has been intensified by the uncomfortable proximity of American forces in Iraq.

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One of the universally understood facial gestures is disgust, involving a downturn of the mouth.

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