Only after they have worked legally for at least a12 month period, without a break of more than 30 days, can they claim social security benefits such as Jobseeker's Allowance.

BBC: One, Sunday, 24 April 2005 at 22:20 BST

Earlier Maguire had seen off seven-time world champion Stephen Hendry 4-2 without making a break of over 50.

BBC: CHOOSE A SPORT

It will, of course, be more fun for West Brom if they break a run of seven games without a win in the Premier League when they visit the JJB Stadium.

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And very few of these moves come without an accompanying tax break, at a time when cities are scrambling to find revenues.

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Co-operation would nonetheless quickly break down if individuals could enjoy the advantages of division of labour without making a contribution of their own.

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We talked about the handset's delightful zero-gap aluminum and plastic unibody and how HTC wanted to "break down that last barrier" of integrating antennae in a metal casing without making compromises.

ENGADGET

He says elected officials may be hesitant to create yet another victims fund, but without a fund, he says, battered New Orleans court system could break down under the strain of post-Katrina lawsuits.

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Hewitt, without a title since his Wimbledon win, took advantage of two double faults to close out the tie-break and the match.

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Garry Walton was on his first foreign holiday without his parents when he chose to go on a boat trip on the last day of the week-long break.

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They also said it would be a break from more than two decades of precedent, which saw three dozen disaster-aid bills passed without offsets.

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