By now, you have heard that on Sunday, Jan. 8, Novartis took the extraordinary measure of voluntarily recalling some of its popular over-the-counter medicines and suspending operations at its Lincoln, Neb.

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The Kazakh government announced Monday that it was suspending operations at its Kashagan oilfield for three months because Eni, the leader of a group of oil companies including ExxonMobil, Total, Royal Dutch Shell and CononoPhillips, which have stakes in the offshore project, had violated environmental regulations.

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The Belfast Trust is suspending private operations while the Northern Trust has moved complex surgery services.

BBC: Cuts 'will not deflect from care'

Mr Uribe agreed to facilitate this by suspending military operations in the relevant area.

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On its website Nieuw Sloten said it was "deeply shocked" by Nieuwenhuizen's death, adding that it would ban for life the players found to be responsible, as well pulling its team from the league and temporarily suspending all operations as a club.

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The Belfast Health Trust said it was suspending using the private sector for operations, because of a shortage of money.

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