There is substantial upside potential in rare earth mineral stocks, and though a decisive bottom is not yet in place, risk-controlled entry points are evident for three leading producers.

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Second, the 1.5m Muslims in England and Wales are not numerous enough to shape the overall result, though their votes may prove decisive in a small number of constituencies such as Leicester South, which the Liberal Democrats took in a by-election last year.

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The first skirmishes in America's war of independence were at Concord and Lexington in 1775 and the decisive battle was fought at Yorktown in 1781, six years later (though the articles of peace were not signed until 1783).

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