This is Morocco's fourth attempt to host the World Cup after failing in previous bids to stage the 1994, 1998 and 2006 finals.

BBC: SPORT | Football | African | Morocco to host Blatter

Watch out for a major skirmish over the programme motion for the Report Stage (see previous post) in which the Conservative Edward Leigh and an impressive array of cross-party allies seek to ensure their new clause on "insulting behaviour" is not kicked to the back of the queue of amendments and never debated.

BBC: Viewing guide: The coming week's highlights in Parliament

He said the introduction of two-stage A-levels meant pupils had lost their previous freedom, in the first years after GCSEs, to think and read more widely, in the knowledge that the next exams were still some time off.

BBC: Charles attacks 'shallow' education

Scientists tended to have a checklist mentality, passing a drug to the next stage if it narrowly worked in the previous test, instead of reviewing all the data to see whether the project still made sense.

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For those who may have missed hearing about the pageantry and excitement of the previous U.N. summit held in Copenhagen last year, I will recap some highlights that set the stage for this most auspicious upcoming event and underscore its urgency.

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In the last stage, however, his steering broke to wipe out all his previous gains and finish just outside the points.

BBC: SPORT | Motorsport | Rallying | Loeb makes it five wins in a row

Semenya burst on to the world stage when she ran 1.56.72 in Bambous last month, smashing her previous personal best by more than seven seconds.

BBC: Semenya told to take gender test