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| Tories show they’re ready for government… By carelessly losing thousands of voter records
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| Down the Warren At the Inaugural ceremonies, the opening invocation will be given by Rick Warren, evangelical author of The Purpose-Driven Life: What on Earth Am I Here For? and all-around wanker.
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China’s deployment of TD-SCDMA, its own incarnation of 3G, is well underway despite the fact that the government isn’t expected to issue any 3G licences until after it completely overhauls the industry later this year.
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So! Few months back, I had to go in this crazy "land ballot", where new blocks of land to build a house on (I'm jack of renting, you see) are dished out via lottery. I missed out. Today, another was held, and my number was drawn! So on Monday, I trudge into some government office, and have to part with a sum of m [..] |
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| Gov: UK biofuel probably made of starvation, rainforests Doesn’t matter though, we aren’t using much
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