"Abdullah tried all these tricks, he resigned and this and that to come into power, " the onion trader said.

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She quickly backpedalled saying the French test would only apply to people coming to Quebec after her party would come into power.

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These power savings come into sharp relief when two GTX 660 Ti cards are paired together in SLI mode, delivering performance that outpaces the competition by up to 21%.

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Although research into solar power has come a long way, sunset still poses a problem.

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Investigations, constraints on how you can leverage that market power and so on come into play.

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Here's where the power of mobile fundraising can come into play.

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But a new EU-wide directive that could come into force at the end of this year will give regulators the power to impose penalties of up to 2% of a multinational's global annual turnover.

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There is an expectation that prices will come down as turbines become cheaper and bigger companies throw their buying power into developing wind farms.

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So, it's okay to burn two units of natural gas in Qatar to make one appear in Texas, or to put 5 BTUs of coal into a power plant and have only 2 BTUs of electricity come out the other end.

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When the moderate tendencies of Funes come into conflict with the traditional FMLN agenda, it will be a measure of the power of the office of the President and the popularity of Funes against the traditional power of the FMLN machine.

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First, it does not always work: the Kremlin has come badly unstuck several times when it has stepped into regional elections, only to find itself outmanoeuvred by local power-brokers.

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Barring last-minute problems with ratification in some member nations, the new Lisbon treaty is expected to come into force around the end of this year, triggering big and unpredictable shifts in the institutional balance of power in Europe.

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