"I think the problems we see here and there should be seen in the broader political context, and the fundamental solution to our problems,as they stand now, is opening the political space,and also in terms of reconciliation and amnesty."

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The Lake District National Park Authority said it had been working to find a solution to the problem since opening these portable toilets - intended to be a temporary measure - in 2010.

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Not that opening the doors to kisha clubs is a solution: many foreign news organisations are represented by only one reporter, who can hardly be expected to join hundreds of clubs just to obtain information.

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Kofi Annan, the Arab League and UN envoy, for want of a better solution, hopes to coax the regime into opening talks with the opposition.

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