Egypt's new leader made the first foreign visit of his presidency to Saudi Arabia in what is seen as an effort to renew an alliance and offer assurances about his aims as the most visible symbol of the rise of political Islam in the region.

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The State Department has turned down an offer by the government of El Salvador to renew a joint drug interdiction program that allows the U.S. Navy to base P-3 maritime search aircraft at Comalpa International airport in El Salvador.

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Correa's decision to offer the Manta Base to China, refusing to renew the lease to the United States while hypocritically seeking to renew preferential trade privileges under the Andean Trade Promotion and Drug Eradication Act, or ATPDEA, ought to make the US reject the trade agreement with Quito.

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"Whilst in the short term this will only benefit non-season ticket holders, it is my intention to offer an additional one-game discount to those season ticket holders who renew for 2010 in the 'early bird' period when it is announced, " said O'Connor.

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