Mr. SCHWARZ: Well, there is the veterans' committee, and I believe that the veterans committee this year, I'm speaking off the top of my head, is electing - if they are electing anybody - they will announced, I think, Feb. 28th.

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He has been acting as prime minister since the election produced no winner, but he threatened to walk off the job last weekend during the debate over electing the parliamentary leaders.

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The stand-off led to the villagers ousting the existing village committee and electing new leaders.

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It had plenty of pace and bounce early on, although it had largely worn off by the time England batted, suggesting Collingwood did the right thing by electing to field first after winning the toss.

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Electing to tackle the Honduran's cross with his legs, the normally reliable Jaaskelainen - who had pulled off a fine save from Defoe only moments earlier and was again under pressure from the England man - failed to make contact and the ball rebounded in off his standing leg.

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