The oil and gas money pouring into a fund against the day when the wells run dry is a tempting target, but raiding it would be risky.

ECONOMIST: Norway

But in something of a dry run for the expected debate and decision on statehood in the UN General Assembly, the UN's cultural agency, UNESCO, voted on October 31st to admit Palestine as a full member.

ECONOMIST: Israel and Palestine

Ulster Unionist MEP Jim Nicholson, the parliament's lead negotiator on the dairy package, said it would not "solve all the problems in the dairy sector", but said it was "a dry run for the parliament's involvement in upcoming reform of the Common Agricultural Policy".

BBC: EU dairy package

United Utilities project manager Jason Boyd said the company had been taking out "what we've been allowed" but water removal had caused the rivers to run dry in past summers.

BBC: River Brennand

Mr Museveni's spokespeople say he has not yet decided whether to run again, but the masses, who drape themselves in dry banana leaves to show their support, are eager for him to carry on.

ECONOMIST: Uganda

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