• British soldiers in uniform gather in front of the makeshift canteen, keeping watch, eating candy bars.

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  • Indeed, safety experts generally advise against logging in as their children, or even "friending" them as a means of keeping watch.

    BBC: Child safety measures to protect against internet threats

  • Some have suggested that the solution lies in technology - telecare with devices "keeping watch" for the unforeseen crisis or fall.

    BBC: 'Care gaps and funding gaps'

  • In Kabul he was renowned for sitting outside the ministry building, keeping watch on passing crowds to see that dress codes were adhered to.

    BBC: Asia

  • Being protectors, then, also means keeping watch over our emotions, over our hearts, because they are the seat of good and evil intentions: intentions that build up and tear down!

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  • Within the shadows keeping watch above his own.

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  • It has frayed recently over Turkey's reluctance to stop large numbers of Central Asian and Middle Eastern migrants crossing from its Aegean coast to the Greek islands despite the EU's Frontex team of helicopters and patrol boats keeping watch on illegal immigration.

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  • Currently, Papalia is keeping close watch on people who are trying the high-protein, low complex-carbohydrate carb diet popularized by Dr. Robert C.

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  • Leading a group of Marwat elders, Mr Kamal sat on a blanket with Mehsud, both sides backed up by hundreds of militiamen keeping wary watch.

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  • After suffering a punishing year because of low natural gas prices, the wind power industry is keeping close watch on the prospect that water pollution from hydraulic fracturing may lead to regulation of shale gas drilling.

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  • The daughter of founder Dave Thomas is keeping a close watch on this year's round of 16.

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  • One company that is sure to be keeping a close watch on Lin and any potential future endorsements: Li-Ning.

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  • Simon Clark from Chorley Council said it was keeping a close watch on the River Yarrow's high tide at 20:30 BST.

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  • He must check all the miners' vital signs and do daily tests as well as keeping a close watch on the men's weight.

    CNN: A day in the life of trapped Chile miners

  • Currency traders will also be keeping a close watch on the newsflow to see if the dollar's recent weakness following the sub-par data continues.

    NPR: US Economic Concerns Weigh On Markets Ahead Of ECB

  • Taylor, meanwhile, is keeping a close watch on Audi.

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  • Ben Critchley, a sales trader at IG Index, said investors would be keeping a close watch on the Congressional testimony of senior staff members of credit rating agencies in Washington on Wednesday.

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  • It remains to be seen whether his lack of familiarity with the nuts and bolts of intelligence gathering will hinder the CIA in its job of keeping a close watch on America's enemies abroad.

    ECONOMIST: Leon Panetta and the state of American intelligence

  • He was elected to the Senate in 1992, keeping a close watch on the Clinton White House as the complexities of Clinton's Whitewater land dealings in Arkansas were probed by the Banking Committee and by a succession of special prosecutors.

    CNN: Helms departure opens Senate race in N.C.

  • Following recent problems at several big Swiss insurance companies, the commission will also take charge of the insurance sector, as well as keeping a tighter watch on the performance of audit firms, some of which it feels have been getting too close to their clients.

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  • On the positive side of the ledger, millions of people have found that keeping a close watch over their money--and their spouse's--has given them an element of financial control in the midst of jobs losses, skyrocketing mortgages and rising costs for items like health care.

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  • Then there's the truly bizarre "Santa Claus" from Mexico, in which Santa has to fight off one of the devil's minions (who spends most of the movie prancing about in his red makeup and tights), while keeping a close watch on all the children of the world, using advanced spying methods, such as a disturbing eye telescope.

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  • Authorities have so far allowed workers at the Honda plants to organize and agitate for better pay, but workers say the police are keeping them under close watch.

    CNN: China grapples with growing labor discontent

  • Later, at a press conference, Day said there was "nothing new" in the U.S. dossier on Arar that would justify keeping him on a terrorist watch list.

    NPR: U.S. Denies Canada's Terror Watch-List Request

  • There are other anecdotal stories around worth keeping an eye on: Swiss watch manufacturers report a 50% increase in sales of gold watches to Greece, Portugal and Spain in May, to 42m euros worth in a single month. (Thank god it's not gold medallions I am thinking because while I love the 1970s funkadelic look I don't want to see it on my holidays).

    BBC: Tick, tock: The risks of depositor flight in Greece

  • Lord Harris, who died in 1984, could hardly have imagined how the now-ubiquitous electronic quartz watch would make time-keeping cheap, dependable and above all effortless.

    ECONOMIST: Craftmade timepieces

  • Which leaves only Rolex, an unstoppable force that holds 25% of the high-end market with basically one watch, the Oyster, while keeping the company's inner workings almost completely hidden behind a gold-clad fortress in Geneva (see "As Tight as an Oyster").

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  • Among those keeping their cable TV subscriptions, the desire to watch live news (77%), new TV shows (66%) and live sports (58%) were the main reasons given.

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  • And yet when you watch MSNBC you see that the financial markets have trouble keeping themselves as the main story.

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  • Each crew is made up from two yachtsmen or women, with the challenging task of keeping the yacht travelling as fast as possible whilst maintaining a constant watch day and night.

    BBC: Transat Jacques Vabre

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