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“President Hosni Mubarak and his ruling National Democratic Party have governed Egypt for the past three decades.”
“The finance ministry said he submitted his resignation on 6 May.”
“Mr Raza was appointed State Bank governor in December 2008”
“Mr Raza was appointed State Bank governor in January 2009 and would have left in February 2011 after reaching retirement age, which is 65 under State Bank law.”
“Mr Raza was appointed State Bank governor in January 2009”
“Puntland, which declared itself an autonomous state within Somalia in 1998”
“Dawn Purvis was born in the Donegall Pass area of south Belfast in 1967.”
“She joined the Progressive Unionist Party in 1994.”
“In the 2001 General Election, she stood in Belfast South, finishing in sixth place with a total of 1,112 votes.”
“She was elected to the Northern Ireland Assembly in March 2007.”
“She is the only member of the PUP to have been elected to the assembly.”
“In the same year, she was elected leader of the PUP following the death of David Ervine.”
“In April 2006 she was appointed as an independent member of the Northern Ireland Policing Board and held this position until her election to the assembly.”
“The paramilitary group began decommissioning its weapons in June 2009.”
“I have personally had a phone call from Mike Russell. He has agreed to meet with one of our local MSPs, John Wilson, who will present all the evidence we have gathered to show that the whole closure consultation process carried out by Nort…”
“The Scottish goverment said the final decision to close Gartsherrie rested entirely with North Lanarkshire Council.”
“He has agreed to meet with one of our local MSPs, John Wilson, who will present all the evidence we have gathered to show that the whole closure consultation process carried out by North Lanarkshire was flawed.”
“Gartsherrie Primary is among four North Lanarkshire schools due to shut permanently at the end of the current term. The council approved the closures in March.”
“So far only he and a little-known lawmaker, Shinji Tarudoko, have declared an intention to stand.”
“ahead of upper house elections in July.”
“Naoto Kan, 63, took over as finance minister in January”
“"In last August's elections, voters put their hopes in us to take power and change Japanese politics. We came to a consensus that Mr Kan, who is keenly aware of that, is the one who is appropriate," Mr Maehara said.”
“People in Dartford who suffered as a result of the blackout will rightly wonder why we are here 10 months after this blackout and still there is no report.”
“Australia's government is planning a 40% tax on mining profits from 2012.”
“winning 95 of the 141 seats.”
“managed to win 33 seats.”
“Trinamul won 25, while the Communists trailed with 17.”
“have been in power for 33 years.”
“could only manage to win 15 of the state's 42 parliament seats.”
“won 19, the Congress won five and a smaller socialist ally won one seat.”
“picking up just 10 seats in Calcutta and seven seats in the other municipalities.”
“Results in 31 municipalities are hung.”
“has indicated that she is open to a seat‑sharing agreement with the Congress in the key state elections next year.”
“the Trinamul Congress may negotiate with the Congress to come to power here”
“The opposition Trinamul Congress swept the polls in the capital, Calcutta, winning 95 of the 141 seats.”
“The Communists managed to win 33 seats.”
“Of the remaining 80 municipalities, Trinamul won 25, while the Communists trailed with 17.”
“West Bengal's Communist-led coalition have been in power for 33 years.”
“They suffered a setback at the general elections last year when the left coalition could only manage to win 15 of the state's 42 parliament seats.”
“The fiercely anti-Left Trinamul won 19, the Congress won five and a smaller socialist ally won one seat.”
“The Congress party also did poorly in Sunday's municipal polls, picking up just 10 seats in Calcutta and seven seats in the other municipalities.”
“Results in 31 municipalities are hung, and the Trinamul Congress may negotiate with the Congress to come to power here," the BBC's Subir Bhaumik in Calcutta says.”
“Trinamul leader Mamata Banerjee has indicated that she is open to a seat-sharing agreement with the Congress in the key state elections next year.”
“Westminster City Council whose leader, Councillor Colin Barrow, has accused the protesters of "hijacking" the square.”
“Around 60 MLAs hold at least two posts , earning the extra £10,000 fee as councillors”
“29 out of the 36 DUP MLAs still sit on councils.”
“They include four MPs, Jeffrey Donaldson, David Simpson, William McCrea and Gregory Campbell, two peers Lord Browne and Lord Morrow, as well as four Ministers, Edwin Poots, Arlene Foster, Nelson McCausland and Robin Newton.”
“leaving nine Sinn Fein MLAs who remain on councils”
“The Ulster Unionist party has around a dozen MLAs on councils”
“two Ulster Unionist ministers sitting on Belfast Council”
“five of its 16 MLAs are also councillors”
“Five of the Alliance Party's seven MLAs are still sitting on councils”
“losing his Montgomeryshire seat to the Tories on 6 May”
“The new coalition government has said it is planning to raise the level of capital gains tax (CGT) from 18% to 40%, or even 50%, for top-rate tax payers.”
“a public awareness campaign would begin in July”
“Ms Purvis became leader of the PUP following the death of David Ervine in 2007.”
“The DUP MP for north Belfast, Nigel Dodds said people in the Shankill should be allowed to attend Mr Moffett's funeral on Friday without fear.”
“75,000 weapons had been seized in three years - and 80% of those that could be traced had come from the US.”
“34 Britons were on board, rather than 37 as first thought.”
“nearly all of the 682 detainees.”
“Israel's tally of nine dead”
“aged between one and 89.”
“eight of the dead were Turks and the other was a US national of Turkish origin.”
“Nine activists died when Israeli commandos boarded the six-ship convoy on Monday.”
“Up to 500 demonstrators from Britain's Jewish community have held a rally outside the Israeli Embassy in London”
“death of nine activists on a ship bound for Gaza”
“The prime minister and home secretary are due to visit Cumbria on Friday.”
“Eighty-eight people were killed and more than 1,000 injured during the long occupation of parts of the city by anti-government demonstrators known as the red-shirts.”
“I first met Tongsri and Prachob in March as they were preparing to join the rally in Bangkok.”
“As the monsoon rains beat down on the roof of their two-room house, they sat on the concrete floor surrounded by red T-shirts, red head bands and a red flag.”
“MSPs will debate a motion by Labour MSP Bill Butler calling for Owen to feature on Scottish notes in time for the United Nations Year of Co-operatives in 2012. ... The member's debate has drawn cross-party support from more than 60 MSPs.”
“Mr Butler, who represents Glasgow Anniesland, said 1,500 people had backed a Bank on Owen campaign which has been running on Facebook.”
“He also listed West Lothian and Edinburgh City councils as supporters of the campaign.”
“MSPs will debate a motion by Labour MSP Bill Butler calling for Owen to feature on Scottish notes in time for the United Nations Year of Co-operatives in 2012.”
“The member's debate has drawn cross-party support from more than 60 MSPs.”
“He also listed West Lothian and Edinburgh City councils as supporters of the campaign. "We cannot compel the banks to honour Robert Owen but they should listen to what people are saying if they want to get back into people's good books aft…”
“there would be no compulsory redundancies and the figures "were not set in stone"”
“We inherited a very large number of projects which were agreed in a hurry in the run-up to the last general election, Mr Cable told MPs in his first business questions in the House of Commons.”
“Mr Moffett, believed to be linked to the UVF, was murdered by two masked gunmen.”
“Mr de Menezes was shot in Stockwell Tube station in July 2005.”
“was given a life peerage at the Dissolution Honours last week.”
“Construction stopped prematurely after the 1979 Tory general election victory”
“Construction stopped prematurely after the 1979 Tory general election victory.”
“The government will approve the labour reform at a cabinet meeting on... 16 June, whether or not there's an agreement [with unions and employers]”
“The deportations follow the expulsion of about 120 other activists from mainly Muslim countries who were taken by bus to Jordan earlier on Wednesday.”
“Four of the activists who were killed were Turkish.”
“Earlier, two Turkish air ambulances had flown those wounded during the storming of the aid ships to Ankara.”
“Israel is still holding three Israeli Arabs who were detained on the flotilla.”
“Turkish planes are flying more than 500 activists out of Israel.”
“Since being founded two years ago, the Rhydymwyn Valley History Society has debunked many of the myths that have surrounded the government site.”
“The Rhydymwyn tunnels were bored into the hillside during 1939, with the express purpose of storing stock-piles of mustard gas.”
“As the threat of invasion began to fade, by 1942 attention at Rhydymwyn turned to another form of deadly weapon, in the hunt to enrich uranium for an atom bomb.”
“Amongst the documents released was a letter from the Treasury, to the Cabinet Office in Whitehall, detailing plans to ship about 4,000 tons of gold to Rhydymwyn in the event of an imminent nuclear strike.”
“It was to be moved anonymously in up to 500 unmarked 10‑ton trucks, in an operation which would have taken around 10 to 15 days to complete.”
“Around two thirds of Britain's overall reserves would have been out of reach abroad, so Rhydymwyn would have stored literally the only source of wealth open to the government.”
“But perhaps most interestingly of all, the documents released to The Rhydymwyn Valley History Society have no less than 42 redactions.”
“In December Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev said China was interested in renting one million hectares of Kazakh farmland.”
“In late January, up to 1,000 people holding banners that read 'Kazakh land is not for sale' urged the government to reconsider.”
“the court expressed a desire to move in 2006”
“funding will be lost if the move is not completed by 2013”
