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“Mr Singh described his government's record in the 12 months since re-election as one of 'reasonable achievement'.”
“reserve a third of seats in parliament for women”
“The prime minister, who is 77 and had heart surgery last year, spent some of the 90‑minute news conference answering questions about his leadership.”
“The countries' foreign ministers are to meet in July after an invitation from Islamabad.”
“The two countries' peace process broke down after the 2008 Mumbai (Bombay) attacks.”
“Robert Coghill said reducing lighting by a minimum of 50% would help reduce the region's carbon footprint, a measure of harmful gases it produces.”
“In 2008, a councillor suggested at least half of the street lamps in the Highlands, outside town and city centres, could be switched off to cut emissions and costs.”
“More than 350 children between the ages of 13 and 17 are now serving sentences in adult prisons in Turkey on similar charges.”
“On Friday 9 October, 2009, she went out to visit her aunt.”
“But it was the AKP which passed the severe anti-terrorism law five years ago.”
“When we passed it there was a lot of unrest, with 17-year-olds throwing petrol bombs,”
“The government says it is pursuing a road-map, a general five-point outline of ideas about national reconciliation.”
“Plaid Cymru claimed the cuts in Wales will be a third more than the UK average.”
“I am pleased that we have been able to limit the savings in Wales to 1.2%, significantly less than many government departments.”
“as the Holtham Commission has demonstrated - Wales is already being underfunded by some £300m annually.”
“our current underfunding means it is impossible to extract £187m from the budget this year without impacting on front line services.”
“"These cuts are being imposed despite the fact that - as the Holtham Commission has demonstrated - Wales is already being underfunded by some £300m annually.”
“The Northern Ireland Executive will have to save an extra £128m on top of other savings this year.”
“The cuts in 2010-11 for devolved administrations will be £704m across NI, Scotland and Wales.”
“the chancellor said it was necessary to take "urgent action" to address the UK's budget deficit as he spelt out plans for £6.2bn worth of cuts.”
“The Department of Finance at Stormont has worked out that Northern Ireland's share of this round of cutbacks will be £128m.”
“This is on top of the £393m, government departments in Northern Ireland have already been told they have to save this year.”
“BA said it operated 60% of long-haul flights from Heathrow and 50% of short-haul.”
“The airline added that it had flown to 85% of its long-haul destinations and 100% of its short-haul ones.”
“BA has said it plans to fly more than 60,000 customers a day during the strike, operating 60% of long-haul flights and 50% of short-haul services from Heathrow.”
“In addition to this week's strike, which started at midnight on Sunday, two further five-day walkouts by Unite members are scheduled to begin on 30 May and 5 June.”
“Numerous BA cabin crew members rely on travel perks - where they pay 10% of normal fares - to commute to work from UK cities outside London, or even from mainland Europe.”
“In addition to this week's strike, which started at midnight on Sunday”
“cabin crew continue a five-day strike”
“It has pledged to remove one old regulation for each new one adopted.”
“the cost to business was £88.3bn last year”
“the burden grew by £11bn in 2009 after the UK adopted 40 new European regulations”
“It has pledged to remove one old regulation for each new one adopted”
“The BCC further wants to see a moratorium on new employment laws until at least 2014”
“remove one old regulation for each new one adopted”
“Tehran allowed the mothers of the three detainees to meet them last week”
“US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has called for the three to be freed.”
“the Iranians accuse the US Central Intelligence Agency of abducting one of their nuclear scientists while he was on pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia last year.”
“It is time for Iran to do the right thing by releasing these three young Americans and allowing them to go home and be reunited with their families.”
“The BBC's Michael Voss, in Havana, says the issue of political prisoners was raised at a four-hour meeting on Wednesday between the communist state's President, Raul Castro, and Cardinal Jaime Ortega and the Archbishop of Santiago de Cuba,…”
“Mr Farinas has been on hunger strike for three months and said on Sunday he would continue his action until at least 10 political prisoners had been freed and he had received a timeline from the Church for others to be released.”
“His protest was sparked by the death of Orlando Zapata who died on 23 February after 85 days on hunger strike.”
“A second meeting would be held next week toward 'resolving the situation of the prisoners', he added.”
“First Minister Alex Salmond has defended the Scottish government's decision to defer for a year its share of the UK government's public spending cuts.”
“"Implementing the cuts this year doesn't protect you from cuts the following year," he said.”
“The Queen's Speech on Tuesday is expected to contain a Bill on increased Holyrood tax powers, as recommended by the Calman Commission review of devolution.”
“It's no good deciding, 'oh we'll have a great campaign for three weeks for a general election'. "You've got to do this day-in-day-out and the Conservatives have got to be seen to be involved in the day-to-day issues in Scotland, and I'm so…”
“I think we have to accept one in six people in Scotland did vote Conservative - yes we only got one in 59 MPs”
“In the Scottish Parliament we've been quite an effective force at influencing policy.”
“Scotland Office minister David Mundell denied the Tories had become a marginal force, even through he is the party's sole Scottish MP.”
“The aftermath of the UK election saw a Liberal Democrat MP, Danny Alexander, appointed as Scottish secretary.”
“It's no good deciding, 'oh we'll have a great campaign for three weeks for a general election'. "You've got to do this day-in-day-out and the Conservatives have got to be seen to be involved in the day-to-day issues in Scotland, and I'm so…”
“I think we have to accept one in six people in Scotland did vote Conservative - yes we only got one in 59 MPs - but that doesn't make us a marginal force.”
“One thing which I'm delighted to hear is that Michael Forsyth is now saying that we should embrace the Scottish Parliament.”
“Businesses and government offices in Bangkok are set to reopen on Monday after a week of disruption caused by anti-government red-shirt protests.”
“left more than 50 people dead”
“a curfew in the city has been extended for two nights”
“occupied parts of the capital for two months”
“offer to hold elections in November”
“Gardai found a trailer and two gas cylinders being modified for a bomb.”
“The union, which represents some 55,000 farmers under the age of 35,”
“nearly 100,000 people staged a protest”
“plan announced in 2006”
“Elections to the upper house of parliament are due in July”
“£400 off the cost of a new boiler”
“first 5,000 households”
“within 12 weeks of applying”
“5,600 tonnes of carbon dioxide per year”
“between 1,700 to 2,000 cars off the road”
“nearly one-third of Scotland's carbon emissions”
“To have six or seven million young Chinese to file through our pavilion is an opportunity that we would otherwise never be able to achieve in public diplomacy, at least not traditional public diplomacy,”
“Home Reports, introduced in December 2008, would not be affected by the Westminster decision.”
“The new coalition government at Westminster has suspended the use of Home Information Packs (Hips), which were introduced in 2007 in England and Wales.”
“In the best of times, Home Reports were an expensive luxury. But in these difficult economic times caused by Labour's debt legacy, and with the housing market struggling to return to where it was a couple of years ago, they are madness.”
“The £120m plus of cuts coming is but a fraction of what's likely to be slashed in the next round.”
“Mr Graham served in the senate from 1987-2005.”
“Prime Minister Meles Zenawi took over the country's leadership in 1991 and has held it ever since.”
“56-year-old Aregash Adane”
“38 constituencies”
“head of the observer mission to the 2005 election, Ana Gomez”
“claimed the lives of 200 civilians and seven policemen”
“More than 60 parties are contesting the polls, eight of them have formed a coalition”
“21 June”
“The UUP is reviewing its operations after its failure to gain a single MP, the TUV failed to significantly dent the DUP's vote, and DUP leader Peter Robinson lost his seat to the Alliance.”
“Last December, the Orange Order convened secret unity talks between the DUP and Ulster Unionists at its Belfast headquarters.”
“although the two parties fielded unionist unity candidate Rodney Connor in Fermanagh and South Tyrone in an attempt to unseat Sinn Fein's Michelle Gildernew.”
“Mrs Gildernew retained her parliamentary seat by a margin of four votes.”
“Thirteen members of her own centre-right coalition either voted against the law or abstained.”
“A poll for ZDF television showed that 51% of Germans opposed the package”
“and 54 thought Chancellor Merkel was giving too little direction.”
“10,000 views on YouTube”
“700-acre (283-hectare) preserve”
“elections in March, with no bloc having yet assembled a majority to form a government.”
“First Minister Alex Salmond said the percentage of spending on the NHS had increased in the SNP's term of office and there were 10,000 more staff in the health service than when they took office.”
“The new Conservative-Liberal Democrat government at Westminster is publishing an emergency Budget next month, which is expected to include measures to cut £6bn from public spending this year.”
“the percentage of spending on the NHS had increased in the SNP's term of office and there were 10,000 more staff in the health service than when they took office.”
“Algeria gained independence from France after a brutal eight-year war that ended in 1962.”
“Hors la Loi (Outside the Law) is about three Algerian brothers who are evicted from their ancestral home when it is occupied by a settler family in 1925, following their story over the next several decades.”
“Thousands of Algerians - estimates range from 15,000 to 45,000 - and about 100 European settlers were killed.”
“Hundreds of thousands of people were killed during Algeria's independence war, which caused political turmoil in France, triggering the collapse of the Fourth Republic in 1958.”
