The 30th annual meeting of the World Economic Forum is drawing to a close, not with a bang but a slobber.

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Obama will close a long and glorious chapter in world history, not with a bang but a whimper.

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Ulster Unionist MLA Michael Copeland said he understood that there was a bang and people close by found a fire which they put out with a bucket of water.

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