So expensive are outgoing call minutes that Beto would frequently use his phone only to receive incoming calls.

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In an interesting sidebar to the GS call, outgoing GS Global Asset Mgt.

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Apple Daily says outgoing CPPCC chairman Jia Qinglin's call for upholding the leadership of the Communist Party in his final work report "proves once again that the CPPCC is a flower pot" - an ornamental body of little substance.

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Republicans would have done better by adopting outgoing Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels's call for a "truce" on social issues.

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It also supports incoming call notifications, as well as the opportunity to initiate outgoing ones.

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Mr Papademos replaces Greece's outgoing Prime Minister George Papandreou, who was forced to step aside after a disastrous call for a referendum on the eurozone rescue package.

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Nevertheless, for those who aren't out to garner new friends with their wrist attire, the revamped W700 does smooth a few of the awkward lines found in the original rendition, and aside from syncing with your Bluetooth handset, it offers up on-screen caller ID, an OLED display, a vibration feature to alert you of an incoming call, lockable contact list, and a privacy feature to set your outgoing information to unavailable.

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"As the country awaits the Supreme Court ruling, I call upon all of us to accept the ruling and maintain peace, " said Kibaki, the outgoing president.

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