The possibility of such a victory in July is the third factor that has been protecting the prime minister and may not do so much longer.

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Mr Yushchenko's ongoing rivalry with Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko - a former ally - is another factor.

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Politics is a family business in Greece: Costas Karamanlis, the New Democracy leader, is the nephew and namesake of a respected prime minister, and even reformers seem to find that the dynastic factor still counts.

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The Boston Herald reports that Iowa first lady Christie Vilsack, a key factor in John Kerry's primary sweep and the prime time convention speaker tomorrow, derided blacks, southerners and easterners as bad speakers because she could not understand them.

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Given the relatively small form factor of most smartphones, ads that are displayed during app usage are prime candidates for accidental clicks.

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