Given the event's proximity to Windows Phone 7's launch and the recent spate of leaks, this could easily be the date and place that HTC makes its wares official.

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So if the, the best scenario would be that this conflict ends very quickly and whatever repercussions take place in Pakistan could be controlled.

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This was, and could be, a perfectly normal place - full of ordinary people trying to stand up for their rights - people prepared to defy a rebel army on an issue as seemingly trivial as number plates.

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This was a place where men could be men and get their beards trimmed with a straight razor.

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Since the second reading and the ensuing committee of the whole house are to take place on Tuesday, this could be a pretty interesting occasion, from a number of points of view.

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