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The Telegraph India26 Dec 2013
Dec. 25 ... Panja’s portfolio was not mentioned ... Some Trinamul leaders said though there was a buzz that some MLAs who had defected to the party recently could find place in the ministry, they were unlikely to be inducted tomorrow. The list of minister hopefuls includes Ajoy De and Soumitra Khan, who switched to Trinamul from the Congress, and Chand Mohammad, who defected from the Samajwadi Party ... ....(size: 2.6Kb)
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Chosunilbo26 Dec 2013
The exercise will continue for 15 days until early next year ... But the drill apparently aims at dealing with any mass defections from North Korea amid growing instability in the North after the execution of former eminence grise Jang Song-taek ... 4 and 11 around Mt ... And from Dec ... ....(size: 1.5Kb)
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WorldNetDaily26 Dec 2013
Ion Mihai Pacepa, cannot appear on the Hannity show, indeed, does not make any media appearances at any time, nor does he ever even appear in public as the highest ranking Soviet bloc spy chief ever to defect to America ... the vast Soviet bloc intelligence machine, and who, due to a crisis of conscience, “left the dark side” and defected to America....(size: 7.3Kb)
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South China Morning Post26 Dec 2013
Yik Siu-ling, a survivor of the Manila hostage crisis from Hong Kong, has received a successful surgery to rebuild her shattered lower jaw in Taiwan, says her doctor on Thursday ... Wei said his surgical team also found that“an 8-cm mandibular bone defect that spanned from the angle of the jaw to her chin,” adding that the complete lack of teeth on the right side "made the correction of the jaw alignment a major challenge.” ... ....(size: 2.3Kb)
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The Examiner26 Dec 2013
You also may wish to watch a YouTube video on the subject, "Genetic clue to fighting new strains of flu.". “By using genetic markers to blood and lung samples, we have discovered that there are certain indicators that signal increased susceptibility to this influenza ... "We call this a Cytokine Storm and people with the defective genetic variant of the protein IFITM3 are more likely to succumb to severe influenza infection." ... ....(size: 2.5Kb)
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Sun Star26 Dec 2013
MANILA – A major reshuffle took place in the Bureau of Customs’ (BoC) Intelligence Group (IG), the department tasked to conduct surveillance, investigation and apprehension of cases involving violation of customs laws ... Customs insiders said the reshuffle in the IG-CIIS team is being done to avoid familiarity and closeness with importers and to rid the bureau of its perennial faults, defects and weaknesses ... (Sunnex) ....(size: 2.6Kb)
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North Jersey26 Dec 2013
AP. If the international scouts are right, Masahiro Tanaka and his signature pitch, the 90-mph splitter, will give the Yankees a legitimate Game 1 starter in the playoffs ... Put it this way ... While they allowed Robinson Cano, their best offensive and defensive player, to defect to the Mariners with minimal resistance, the Yankees have still upgraded the offense with Carlos Beltran, Brian McCann and Jacoby Ellsbury ... ....(size: 3.7Kb)
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The New York Times26 Dec 2013
... adding, “I cannot accept this invitation.” The nation the framers established, he went on, “was defective from the start, requiring several amendments, a civil war, and momentous social transformation to attain the system of constitutional government, and its respect for the individual freedoms and human rights, we hold as fundamental today.”....(size: 6.5Kb)
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The Charlotte Observer26 Dec 2013
LOS ANGELES LOS ANGELES-What a thrill it is to welcome any other Big Ten school to this year's Rose Bowl. Thank you, Michigan State Spartans, for not being Wisconsin. Thanks for your childlike exuberance in advance of the historic 100th game ... "That's part of it. We'll try to make life moments.". Thank you, Sparty, for your spiffy No ... "I never thought it would happen because it never has happened," Alvarez said of Bielema's defection ... 1 ... ....(size: 5.7Kb)
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The Siasat Daily26 Dec 2013
December 26.. RAJA (HOPE) IN ALLAH.. Hope. it is the peaceful state of the heart which awaits what is dear to it. If the means - by which what the heart hopes for may come - are not present, then stupidity and foolishness would be a more accurate name for such a state ... For example, it would not be correct to say. I hope that the sun rises today ... I hope that it rains today ... Allah - the One free from all defects, the Most High - said.. "Say ... ? ... ....(size: 8.1Kb)
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Sacramento Bee25 Dec 2013
For the last four years, the Ministry of Defense, in conjunction with the Lowe SSP3 ad agency, has rolled out holiday campaigns to encourage rebels to defect at a time when they're homesick and vulnerable ... Defections jumped 30 percent that year versus the previous December - although there's no evidence that the uptick was directly related to the ploy....(size: 5.7Kb)