On Monday,President Sharif attended the opening session of the Somali transitional parliamentin Mogadishu, dressed in a military uniform.

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In addition to the non-proliferation summit, Rice confirmed that President Obama will address the opening session of a climate change summit to be convened by U.N.Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on September 22.

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Practicing in short sessions across many days is more effective than "cramming" the same work into a single session, opening more avenues for recall.

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This would entail passing the same bill, a second time, in the 2013-14 session, opening up the prospect of a re-run of this week's festivities.

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Iowa scored 10 points in the opening session, good for fourth at the time.

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