Gordon Lishman, Director General of Age Concern, said: We are absolutely delighted by this decision which will give thousands of older women the opportunity to build up a better state pension.

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Officers said they are speaking to his close friends and family to build up a picture of his state of mind in the last days of his life.

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The Conservative answer is to offer younger people the opportunity to opt out of the state system, and to build up a fully private pension.

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Analysts said that would be the best scenario for Mr. Booker, who would have more time to raise money, build a statewide campaign and try to wrap up any unfinished business in the state's largest city.

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President Obama announced Thursday that the federal government was approving a small part of a plan by state and local officials in Louisiana to spray sand on gulf barrier islands to build them up as a defense against incoming oil.

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The project also includes a vocational job skills training program to help build up the state's workforce.

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For Wong and his Accelera yachts, the next step is to build a larger shipyard, with state-of-the-art facilities, that would allow for up to 15 yachts to be made a year.

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