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“It would be the third such ballot since November last year, with the first two ballots declared invalid by the High Court on technicalities.”
“Unite's joint general secretary Derek Simpson added that the union had done its utmost to tell its 12,000 members about the 11 ballot papers: "We posted it on the web, we put notices on our noticeboard and we distributed leaflets."”
“The latest round of violence has left 36 dead and some 250 injured.”
“The vote in Strasbourg comes one day ahead of a meeting in Brussels of EU finance ministers where hedge fund regulation will be under discussion.”
“The rebels have fought a three-year war against the UN-backed interim government.”
“The Horn of Africa nation has not had a functioning central government since 1991.”
“On Sunday, Islamist rebels attacked Somalia's parliament in the capital as it met for the first time this year.”
“The Liberal Democrats campaigned strongly against tuition fees, with party leader Nick Clegg pledging to vote against any rise in fees during the next parliament.”
“The secretary of state responsible for universities in the Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition is Vince Cable, who also pledged to vote against raising tuition fees.”
“any further proposed increase in fees will lead to the political battle of this government's life”
“the government would curb excessive rises in property prices”
“Greece's Prime Minister, George Papandreou, said on Monday that the deep spending cuts his country was making in order to return to fiscal health would only work if they were combined with measures to stimulate growth and investment.”
“The European Parliament's economics committee is set to vote on the legislation on Monday evening, then EU finance ministers will discuss it on Tuesday.”
“It has already delayed one vote - taking it off the agenda at a meeting in March - after Britain's former Prime Minister Gordon Brown persuaded EU officials that more time was needed to reach a consensus.”
“his four-day charm offensive”
“President Karzai uses the phrase "peace process" three times in his first answer.”
“On 16 November 2008, he controversially said at a press conference in Kabul that if Mullah Omar - the Taliban leader and a major US target - were to ask for peace talks then he would offer him protection.”
“Talking to Al Jazeera in January 2010, he struck a similarly complacent note, claiming that the "Western media" had "blown corruption totally out of proportion in Afghanistan".”
“Before his visit, Mr Karzai listed three priorities that he intended to address in his discussions with the US: detention centres, civilian casualties, and night-time raids.”
“In May 2005, reacting to violent anti-Coalition street protests, he said at a press conference: "We want our prisoners kept in Afghan prisons. Period. We've told them [the Coalition] that."”
“which left 300 dead.”
“the 90-minute film's debut”
“the 60,000 people left homeless by the earthquake”
“the 6.3 magnitude earthquake”
“at three times the projected cost”
“launched in February”
“An Education Bill will be outlined in the Queen's Speech on 25 May.”
“He said the plan would save about 15bn euros ($19bn; £12.5bn) over two years.”
“On Wednesday, Spain's Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero announced austerity measures including a 5% cut to public sector salaries, as well as reductions to pensions and regional government spending.”
“The Commission will publish its final verdict in July”
“Moscow Metro chief Dmitry Gayev says the underground system aims to catch up with the city's development scale by 2020.”
“the Moscow government to start constructing a fourth ring road”
“The main series of The Apprentice was rescheduled until the summer to avoid a clash with coverage of the general election campaign”
“Coverage of the resignation of Gordon Brown and David Cameron entering Downing Street caused EastEnders and Holby City to be rescheduled to Wednesday evening, prior to Junior Apprentice”
“The three other five-day strikes are due to start on 24 May, 30 May and 5 June, hitting the spring bank holiday weekend and school half-term holidays.”
“Before the election it said that if commercial firms have not provided super‑fast broadband to everyone by 2012, it will consider offering some financial help.”
“Any changes to VAT and other taxes are likely to be unveiled in an emergency Budget to be announced within 50 days.”
“The Commission proposes to reinforce decisively the economic governance in the European Union [which has 27 members].”
“But countries like Sweden, we are a shining exception with good public finances and don't even come close to the limits one is not permitted to surpass.”
“This kind of discussion could perhaps be possible for [countries] with a budget policy that goes against the [EU] stability and growth pact.”
“He won the seat at the 2005 General Election.”
“He was made Shadow Minister for Housing in December 2005, until he was promoted to Shadow Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families in June 2007.”
“A plan for deficit reduction will be set out in an emergency budget within 50 days”
“In a published agreement between the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats, the two parties committed themselves to a 'significantly accelerated reduction' in the budget deficit over the course of the next parliament.”
“The key test facing the coalition is whether it can maintain a stable government over a significant period of time that delivers large cuts to public spending”
“The 2006 Budget exempted overseas sportsmen and women from being taxed here during the 2012 London Olympics.”
“A little-noticed, one line, clause in this year's Budget exempted foreign players, and officials, of teams competing in the 2011 Champions League final at Wembley from paying income tax.”
“In a period of one week Mr Putin visited Austria and Italy, where he managed to gain more support for the South Stream project, and also made the gas merger offer to Ukraine.”
“If Kiev exchanges its 100% stake in Naftodaz for a corresponding share in a new joint company with Gazprom, the Ukrainian gas industry would effectively be taken over by Russia”
“As part of the overall cuts, some 500 workers stand to lose their jobs in Edinburgh and Glasgow, according to the Scottish government.”
“All of the 125,000 vouchers that take £400 off the cost of replacing an old boiler with a new efficient one were claimed by 26 March.”
“Some 58,177 people have received the £400 rebate after paying up-front to have the work done.”
“Of these, 97,283 have had the work completed and have sent in details to the EST.”
“Of these, 97,283 have had the work completed and have sent in details to the EST. ... So far, 58,177 have been paid the rebate, with the remainder being processed.”
“More than 27,000 have yet to send in receipts for the work.”
“A scheme in Scotland, similar to the English scrappage scheme, will offer £400 vouchers to 5,000 households. It has been unveiled and will be open for applications from 24 May.”
“In Wales, vouchers worth £500 have been available since 6 April. However, this is only open to those aged 60 and over in order to target those more vulnerable to fuel poverty.”
“Labour's Schools Secretary Ed Balls had urged the heads not to take the action, warning them that they would be in breach of both moral and statutory duties to hold the tests.”
“The Liberal Democrats said they would put more emphasis on classroom assessments by teachers.”
“The 2010 UK election was marred for those unable to vote within the designated time frame, due to long queues.”
“In May 2007, five UK local authorities tried out electronic voting, including votes over the internet that could be registered from anywhere.”
“Since 2000, the British government has recommended that local authorities pilot a range of alternatives to the paper ballot.”
“They should have been prepared for a 100% electorate turning up, and for it to be a democracy, everyone should have the right to vote.”
“An election event organised by the Citizens UK community group - and promoters of the living wage - was addressed on Monday by leaders of the three biggest political parties.”
“At least three people were killed in the Greek capital when protesters set fire to a bank during a general strike over the planned measures”
“which was founded in 1949 to promote greater unity across the continent”
“The plan was already scheduled for 2012, but will now be brought forward to this year.”
“It might be in 20 years.”
“To meet these goals, the government launched a $3.5m Food Fund initiative in December, aimed "at strengthening our strategies of food diversification and local farming to ensure a resilient supply for food for Singapore".”
“the Australian government proposed a new 40% tax on the profits of major resources companies”
“Australia's Prime Minister Kevin Rudd said the tax would raise around AUS$9bn (£5.5bn; US$8.3bn) annually”
“the Australian government proposed a new 40% tax on the profits of major resources companies, as part of a wider review of its tax policy”
“the tax, planned for 2012, would push investment in mining abroad”
“planned for 2012”
“On Sunday, the Australian government proposed a new 40% tax on the profits of major resources companies, as part of a wider review of its tax policy.”
“Miners have complained that the tax, planned for 2012, would push investment in mining abroad.”
“Meanwhile Luxembourg Prime Minister Jean-Claude Juncker admitted he 'almost lost patience' at the slow pace of the bail-out being agreed.”
“The reason for this law is a last resort - an emergency situation - in that Greece in effect no longer had access to the financial markets, and there was an impact on the stability of the euro, Mrs Merkel told a press conference.”
“We said time and again, if the stability of our currency was in danger, we would act quickly and decisively. And this is the point that we've reached.”
“Greece's government will present its bailout package to parliament on Tuesday - with the aim of using emergency rules to get it approved within a week.”
“On Sunday, Schools Secretary Ed Balls will face the head teachers' conference and is expected to be given a tough time.”
“All three parties are against the boycott.”
“Both the Conservatives and the Liberal Democrats say they would reform the tests, with the Lib Dems saying they would make more use of teachers' assessments of children's abilities.”
“They will grill the top figures on education from the three main parties: Mr Balls, plus Michael Gove of the Conservatives and David Laws from the Liberal Democrats.”
“With days to go before the election and just over a week until the planned boycott”
“The 12,000 British Airways cabin crew who belong to the Unite union have begun voting on the latest offer from management”
“Since then, 50 crew members have been suspended”
“four dismissed.”
“The union said balloting would end on 7 May”
“those who took strike action in March”
“crucial regional election on 9 May”
“In announcing the totals kept in surplus by schools in England in January, schools minister Vernon Coaker said he was pleased that the number of schools with excess surplus balances had fallen "to its lowest level in 10 years" to just more…”
“Only 16% of Germans currently support the proposed Greek bail-out, a recent survey conducted by pollsters Allensbach found.”
“The US government has designated the Gulf of Mexico oil spill as an 'incident of national significance'.”
“And the Louisiana has declared a state of emergency.”
“I have ordered the Secretaries of Interior and Homeland Security, as well as Lisa Jackson of the Environmental Protection Agency to visit the site on Friday to ensure that BP and the entire US government is doing everything possible, not j…”
“When you have a union of 20 states that you intend to survive together for decades or centuries”
“George Alogoskoufis ran Greece's finances until 2009”
“Despite pledging to hammer out a deal, German Chancellor Angela Merkel questioned whether Greece should have been allowed into the eurozone in the first place.”
“We have lost a lot of time,”
