Nor do they set much store by a reported Haqqani-network promise to sever links with al-Qaeda.

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Its Asian network is set to grow by 70 branches, or 10%, this year.

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We enjoy a very tight network of clinics all working to standards set by our professional bodies.

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The Global Network Initiative is a set of principles agreed to by Google, Microsoft, and Yahoo!

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Through these profiles in backroom power, we mean to show how a new network operates in Washington today, and by a new set of rules.

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It has been set up by UAP Insurance of Kenya, Safaricom, Kenya's biggest mobile-network operator, and the Syngenta Foundation for Sustainable Agriculture, part of a big Swiss agribusiness group.

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At some point then, Knewton itself could open its platform to allow any user to work with or create content for the platform, too, which could unleash a set of free tools powered by the adaptive algorithm and voila, the robust facilitated network with modular content that we predicted would emerge in Disrupting Class and will make personalized learning for any student anywhere a reality.

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Rachel Wolf of the New Schools Network, which advises people seeking to set up free schools, reckons that hundreds will be open by 2015.

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The goal was to establish and encourage the adoption of a common set of standards that would bring a 3G-like end-user experience to Wi-Fi by facilitating an automatic network discovery, selection and authentication of carrier-operated Wi-Fi networks.

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