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“The 1,200-tonne cargo ship was boarded about 16 nautical miles (30km) off the Israeli coast.”
“Israel stepped up its blockade of Gaza in 2007, when the Islamist Hamas movement took control of the territory, and says its policies will not change while Hamas remains in power.”
“200 homes”
“£50m scheme”
“129 new homes”
“80 or 90 houses”
“£2m”
“£280,000”
“20 affordable houses per phase”
“seven to ten-year development period”
“three phases”
“quashed planning permission for a caravan site at Gilestone, Talybont-on-Usk, granted in 2005”
“recommend[ing] its members give the development the green light on Tuesday”
“"It is ironical that in England they are expanding the number of places while we are at a standstill and in fact on a reduction here in Wales," she said.”
“Slovene Prime Minister Borut Pahor accepted the opposition's demand for a binding referendum in March”
“Israel has deported seven activists who tried to sail an aid ship to Gaza in defiance of Israel's blockade.”
“They were among 11 campaigners and eight crew who signed deportation papers on Saturday”
“On Monday, Israeli forces killed nine activists in clashes as they tried to break the blockade.”
“Post-mortems in Turkey said 30 bullets had been found in their bodies - one activist had four in the head.”
“Eight of those killed were Turkish, and the ninth had joint US-Turkish nationality.”
“There were six Malaysian and five Irish campaigners aboard the MV Rachel Corrie.”
“Israeli interior ministry spokeswoman Sabine Haddad said most of the crew and campaigners would be flown out on Sunday; six Malaysians and a Cuban have left the country overland to Jordan.”
“The 1,200-tonne cargo ship MV Rachel Corrie was boarded about 16 nautical miles (30km) off the coast.”
“Israel stepped up its blockade of Gaza in 2007, when the Islamist Hamas movement took control of the territory.”
“Accepting the best sitcom prize, creator Armando Iannucci thanked Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg, who went into alliance with the Conservatives after the general election ended in a hung parliament, 'for completely destroying our plans for the …”
“he was confident of getting 33 MPs' backing”
“David Miliband, who is backed by 62 MPs”
“She has the backing of seven MPs”
“John McDonnell has 10”
“If another candidate gets to 32 nominations and needs one extra to get onto the ballot paper, I will give them mine.”
“he told Gordon Brown over the past 18 months that Labour had been 'making a mistake by brushing it under the carpet'”
“Four of the six hopefuls for the Labour leadership”
“in 2008 and 2009”
“Mr Burnham said he was confident of getting 33 MPs' backing”
“The former health secretary needs the backing of 33 Labour MPs - he has 21.”
“But Mr Burnham, who will need to get another 12 MPs' backing in three days, told Sky News: "I'm confident I can reach the target."”
“David Miliband, who is backed by 62 MPs, told BBC One's Andrew Marr programme”
“while left-wing backbencher John McDonnell has 10.”
“Labour leadership contenders have until Wednesday to get 33 colleagues to back them.”
“Four of the six hopefuls for the Labour leadership - Mr Balls, the Miliband brothers and Mr Burnham - have agreed immigration was an issue that Labour did not adequately address during the election.”
“Barack Obama and Naoto Kan spoke for about 15 minutes”
“has been in place since World War II ended”
“David Miliband accused Lib Dem Deputy PM Nick Clegg of "hypocrisy" for backing £6.2bn of cuts, after campaigning against them.”
“He said "massive welfare bills", public sector pay and "the bureaucracy that has built up over the past decade" needed to be addressed.”
“Mr Clegg told the Observer the cuts would not mean a "repeat of the 1980s".”
“And he said Mr Cameron had promised only waste would be cut this year - and yet had announced the end of Labour's Future Jobs Fund - which guaranteed work or training to 18-24 year olds out of work for six months.”
“The Liberals... fought their election on a manifesto which said they would not cut spending now and it now seems they are going to do that it seems... They are even breaking the promises they made after the election, let alone before.”
“It is estimated that about 30,000 Egyptians are married to Israeli women.”
“despite a 1979 peace treaty”
“the 1976 article of citizenship law should be implemented”
“President Obama kept him on in 2009.”
“From 2001-2006 Gen Clapper was director of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, which analyses maps and satellite images.”
“£87m relief road”
“2012 Olympics”
“It is set to open in 2011 but may be ready by late 2010.”
“400 international sailors”
“£9m Olympic transport project”
“Five roundabout junctions”
“Ninety-million odd quid spent on a road that's going to just shift the traffic jams somewhere else and probably fill up Weymouth with even more cars than before.”
“2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games”
“declared last September that it had completed the decommissioning of UVF and Red Hand Commando arms.”
“The Gwynedd council-owned site was closed in January last year”
“It is being covered with slate waste and will be 'capped' off next year”
“Gwynedd councillors heard water quality from the site had been monitored since 2004”
“The 26m (85ft) by 14m (45ft) structure will feature treatment tanks, a control room and 'associated structures'”
“The methane gas produced by the estimated 80m deep pile of rubbish at Cilgwyn is used to produce electricity which is sold to the National Grid”
“About 500 anti‑fascist protesters marched from Cardiff Bay to City Hall”
“WDL organisers said their estimated 200‑strong demonstration was against Islamic extremism.”
“The bill for policing the protests has been put at £250,000.”
“meaning that only three arrests had to be made.”
“He is Japan's fifth prime minister in three years.”
“Kyodo also published an opinion poll suggesting that support for the DPJ had risen to just over 36% - up from 15.6% in May - following Mr Kan's appointment.”
“The DPJ landslide election victory last year ended half a century of conservative rule in Japan.”
“The party has been swift to elect a new leader in preparation for upper house elections in July.”
“The new cabinet is expected to be officially announced on Tuesday.”
“He accused Cardiff council of "taking five years to do nothing" to address a shortage of Welsh language school places in the Canton area.”
“Under the current process for determining schools reorganisation proposals it could take the best part of two years for a council to take a proposal through all the steps required before an answer was given by a Welsh minister.”
“The proposal which has just been turned down was waiting for a decision from a Welsh minister since August last year.”
“They voted one solution down in 2006 and have fought against every proposal put forward since then to provide Ysgol Treganna with appropriate accommodation.”
“publish details of spending above £500”
“by September councils will be expected to make details of spending above £500 on all goods and services available for the public to 'see and scrutinise'”
“should be doing this as a matter of course by the start of next year”
“publish invitations to tender and final contracts on projects over £500”
“Councils in England are being urged to publish details of spending above £500 as part of a government "revolution" in transparency.”
“According to the timetable announced by Mr Pickles, by September councils will be expected to make details of spending above £500 on all goods and services available for the public to "see and scrutinise".”
“The Department for Communities and Local Government says all councils "should be doing this as a matter of course by the start of next year", as well as publishing invitations to tender and final contracts on projects over £500.”
“The government has said it will "consult on greater disclosure of senior staff salaries by name and job descriptions".”
“It is also urging "greater clarity" on councillors' expenses and for the minutes of meetings, saying what was discussed and decided, to be routinely published.”
“Other proposals including publishing job vacancies online, to reduce advertising costs, and publishing council tax collection rates and data about the performance of services such as rubbish collection and recycling.”
“It comes after the government published millions of public spending data in a bid to increase transparency.”
“Universities Minister David Willetts says he is concerned the practice discriminates against the less well off and the government will look into it.”
“Mr Willetts said the issue was being looked at: "There is a case for very clear guidance on this and if there is more we can do we will. There has been some advice from the Low Pay Commission and I'll look very carefully at what the IPPR i…”
“Clashes on board left nine people dead.”
“There are five Irish and six Malaysian activists, plus several crew, on board the Rachel Corrie.”
“Israel has blockaded Gaza since 2007, when the Islamist Hamas movement seized control of the territory.”
“in which 46 sailors were killed.”
“Despite the Tories gaining almost 100 seats across the UK, the party failed to improve on the one seat it held in Scotland at the general election.”
“In Scotland, they won just one seat out of 59.”
“The Conservatives won 306 seats at the general election and went on to form a coalition government with the Liberal Democrats.”
“The commission will produce a report over the next few months and report back to the party's executive committee.”
