But HOPE is fading that he has any clue how to fix things.

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Four days after a devastating earthquake struck the Indian state of Gujarat, hope is fading of finding many more people alive in the rubble.

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That hope is now fading.

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Mr Putin realises that his hope of transforming living standards is fading: he periodically berates his ministers, ordering them to get growth numbers up and inflation down.

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