- minority: She leads a minority government which relies on independents for its wafer-thin majority.
- foreign: The move comes hours after Mr Rudd, who was ousted as PM by Ms Gillard in 2010, resigned as foreign minister.
- candidate: She said she anticipated that Mr Rudd ''will also be a candidate in this ballot'', and said she expected to win.
- sick: We need a leadership ballot to settle this question once and for all ," she said, adding that " Australians are rightly sick of this ".
- ballot: Speaking to reporters, Ms Gillard said the ballot would be conducted at 10:00 AEDT on Monday ( 2300 GMT Sunday).
- issue: Mr Santorum's views on social issues- including his opposition to contraception and pre-natal testing- are expected to be challenged by CNN's debate moderators.
- bankruptcy: Meanwhile, Mr Romney defended his conservative credentials and his position on a " managed bankruptcy" of the financial and auto industries.
- debate: Mr Rom ney's strong debate performance ahead of Florida's influential primary is said to have contributed to his success in that state, while former Speaker Newt Gingrich's South Carolina showing helped him win there.
- candidate: A resurgent Mr Santorum came under fire from rival candidates early on, who challenged the former Pennsylvania senator's record on spending.
- deficit: In opening tranche, candidates locked horns over the federal deficit, earmarks and bailouts with Rick Santorum offering the opening remarks.
- argue: Many argue it is time to start spending money on bringing the country together, and building the economy, not in maintaining cumbersome separate administrations- in a country with a population smaller than that of Manhattan.
- siege: There are fears that ancient collections and artefacts- which survived the siege of Sarajevo- could be in jeopardy.
- argue: Serb writer Nedelijko Zelenovic argues it is better to keep everything separate.
- audience: I believe in Bosnia-Hercegovina and I tell my audience to believe in their country, we can change our country.
- legitimacy: Some don't even recognise the legitimacy of the country they live in.
- rapid: Tourists are increasingly keen to see a country still largely untouched by the rapid development that has changed so much of the rest of Asia.
- block: Scaffolding and cranes now pepper a skyline still largely devoid of the gleaming tower blocks which characterise other Asian cities.
- encourage: The change in mood has encouraged a wave of investor interest, reports the BBC's Rachel Harvey from Rangoon.
- evidence: Her sister pointed to Rangoon's soaring rents as evidence that more accommodation was needed.
- unique: The trick then is for Burma's new semi-civilian government to encourage the wave of investor interest without swamping Burma's unique character.
- publish: In her final report published on Sunday, she wrote of Homs: " It is a city of the cold and hungry, echoing to exploding shells and bursts of gunfire.
- accuse: The group accused Syria of using " the most violent means " to" silence journalists who witness ( government) excesses" and to enforce a " bloody" policy of censorship.
- foreign: The Syrian government does not permit foreign reporters to travel freely and has kept most of them out.
- border: Colvin and Ochlik were among group of journalists who sneaked into Syria this month by crossing the Lebanese border with the help of smugglers.
- government: The group accused Syria of using " the most violent means " to" silence journalists who witness (government) excesses" and to enforce a " bloody" policy of censorship.
- surround: He went peacefully at his home in Blackpool surrounded by his greatest fans- his extended family.
- attention: He served for three years in the Middle East in the 1950s, before his attention turned to showbusiness.
- kiss: He kissed me and said I was a wonderful man," Carson later told the Daily Mail.
- despair: He lifted spirits in times of despair and during some of the worst days of the Troubles with his sparkling wit which made him very popular in Ireland and throughout Britain.
- ascent: Following the ascent of alternative comedy in the late 1980s, the performer largely returned to his roots in stand-up, and was performing hundreds of shows a year as recently as 2008.
- liberal: Among the liberals incensed about the Vietnam war in the late 1960s and early 1970s was Stewart Mott, the black-sheep son of a wealthy Detroit car manufacturing family.
- earn: Mott's support for liberal candidates earned him a spot on Nixon's infamous enemies list.
- influence: When Edward VI ascended to the throne in 1547 at the age nine, members of the Tudor court began jockeying for position and influence.
- attain: He cared about them, and he hoped to help them attain the White House.
- candidate: Mott's support for liberal candidates earned him a spot on Nixon's infamous enemies list.
- rapid: New York Knicks basketball player Jeremy Lin has filed to trademark the term " Linsanity", used to characterize his rapid rise to NBA stardom.
- earn: He was recently named the NBA's Player of the Week, only the second Asian player to earn that honour.
- characterize: New York Knicks basketball player Jeremy Lin has filed to trademark the term " Linsanity", used to characterize his rapid rise to NBA stardom.
- firm: However, a lawyer that represents Mr Lin told Bloomberg news agency: " We're prepared to enforce his intellectual property rights," said Pamela Deese, from the law firm Arent Fox LLP.
- enforce: However, a lawyer that represents Mr Lin told Bloomberg news agency: " We're prepared to enforce his intellectual property rights," said Pamela Deese, from the law firm Arent Fox LLP.
- ministry: Syrian state TV said the information ministry had asked officials in Homs to determine the location of foreign journalists because it had learned that some may have been injured.
- inform: UK Prime Minister David Cameron told parliament:" This is a desperately sad reminder of the risks that journalists take to inform the world of what is happening, and the dreadful events in Syria.
- generation: I always saw her as the Martha of our generation: brave and beautiful.
- troops: Syrian troops have been shelling opposition-held areas of Homs for weeks.
- shell: Syrian troops have been shelling opposition-held areas of Homs for weeks.
- compatriot: His reward for beating the Australian is a match with Mark Wilson after the American saw off the challenge of compatriot Bo Van Pelt.
- compatriot: His compatriot and Ryder Cup team-mate Clarke was dominated from the start by Watney and only managed to win one hole, an eagle at the eighth.
- champion: The Korean profited from Poulter's bogeys on the 11th, 12th and 14th to set up a clash with 2011 Masters champion Charl Schwartzel.
- clash: The Korean profited from Poulter's bogeys on the 11th, 12th and 14th to set up a clash with 2011 Masters champion Charl Schwartzel.
- dominate: His compatriot and Ryder Cup team-mate Clarke was dominated from the start by Watney and only managed to win one hole, an eagle at the eighth.
- juncture: Somali Prime Minister Abdiweli Mohamed Ali, among a number of senior government figures attending the event, has warned the country is at a " critical juncture" and needs more international help.
- naval: Naval ships from the UK and other countries around the world have been sent to patrol the Indian Ocean off the Somali coast to deter pirate attacks.
- hostage: That means taking action on piracy, on hostages, to support the African Union's mission in the country, it means... working with all parts of Somalia to try and give that country a second chance.
- conference: The threat from terrorism and piracy in Somalia are among the issues that will be discussed at a conference in London on the future of the country.
- foil: They have foiled a number of kidnapping attempts in recent months but attacks continue- and have been staged further from the shore.
- confidence: It is really important to bring back confidence and create rule of law.
- resignation: It called for an investigation into the circumstances surrounding Mr Nasheed's resignation, with international participation.
- urge: The Commonwealth has urged the Maldives to hold early elections to resolve the country's political crisis.
- abeyance: It had been agreed that " in situations where a member of CMAG was under scrutiny by the Group itself, its CMAG membership should be placed in abeyance ", the statement said.
- arrest: Tensions escalated last month after the army arrested a senior judge the government accused of political bias, prompting street protests.
- arrest: BBC News- Mexico prison riot: Apodaca boss and guards arrested.
- arrest: On Monday Nuevo Leon governor Rodrigo Medina said prisons in the state had been struggling to cope with an influx of violent criminals arrested during the military-led campaign against drug cartels.
- violence: Mexico's Human Rights Commission has started its own investigation into the incident and has urged the authorities to do more to prevent violence in prison.
- prison: Mexico's Human Rights Commission has started its own investigation into the incident and has urged the authorities to do more to prevent violence in prison.
- conflict: Nuevo Leon has been the scene of a bloody conflict between the Zetas and Gulf cartels, former allies who now fight over territory and drug-smuggling routes into the US..
- foreign: A special convoy of buses was sent to bring home hundreds of Chileans who had been stranded in Tacna, Chile's foreign ministry said.
- period: Chile planted thousands of mines along its northern border in the 1970s during a period of tension with Peru.
- drainage: As well as clearing the mines, military engineers dug drainage channels to prevent a repeat of the incident.
- ministry: A special convoy of buses was sent to bring home hundreds of Chileans who had been stranded in Tacna, Chile's foreign ministry said.
- displace: More than 100 landmines were displaced by torrential rain and washed down a ravine into the vicinity of the road linking Arica in Chile and Tacna in Peru, the Chilean army said.
- incident: After previous incidents, many Afghans find it hard to understand how US forces could have allowed the Koran to have been burned, says the BBC's Andrew North, in Kabul.
- government: They also called for punishment of those responsible and asked the Afghan government to send its own delegation to Bagram to establish exactly what happened and why.
- material: It was the local workers who discovered the nature of the material and therefore stopped worse things from happening," said Brig Gen Carsten Jacobson.
- delegation: They also called for punishment of those responsible and asked the Afghan government to send its own delegation to Bagram to establish exactly what happened and why.
- susceptible: Afghanistan is a very religious country, he adds, but also one where many people are illiterate and susceptible to attempts to whip up anger.
- accept: It is disappointing that Iran did not accept our request to visit Parchin," IAEA Director General Yukiya Amano said in a statement.
- information: In November, an IAEA report- based on what it called " credible" information- indicated that Iran had built in 2000 a large explosives containment vessel at Parchin to conduct hydrodynamic experiments.
- diplomatic: There is that diplomatic track," Mr Toner said.
- request: It is disappointing that Iran did not accept our request to visit Parchin," IAEA Director General Yukiya Amano said in a statement.
- international: In Tehran, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei announced on Iranian state television that Iran's nuclear policies would not change in the face of international pressure.
- information: NYPD's demographic unit compiled information on mosques and Muslim-owned businesses in Newark in 2007, AP reported.
- information: New York City police secretly collected information on Muslim communities in nearby Newark, New Jersey, police records have shown.
- criminal: The secret police report obtained by the news agency mentions no evidence of terrorism or criminal behaviour.
- identify: Administrators at Yale and Columbia protested about the police department's activities, which the NYPD said were justified in an effort to identify possible campus radicalisation.
- legal: Earlier this month, civic groups from around the US called for a legal investigation into intelligence-gathering on Shia Muslims in New York.
- release: The resolution would have required the withdrawal of troops from Syrian cities, the release of detainees and the start of a new political process.
- attend: Russia will not attend the Tunis meeting, and China may not either.
- block: This first meeting of the grouping called the " Friends of Syria" comes after Russia and China blocked action by the U.N. Security Council.
- message: We'll send a clear message to Russia, China and others who are still unsure about how to handle the increasing violence but are up until now unfortunately making the wrong choices," she said.
- violence: We'll send a clear message to Russia, China and others who are still unsure about how to handle the increasing violence but are up until now unfortunately making the wrong choices," she said.
- release: He is entirely satisfied to have been heard,'' his lawyer Frederique Beaulieu told reporters after he was released.
- civil: Mr Strauss-Kahn returned to France in September 2011 although the hotel maid involved in the case is pursuing a civil action.
- release: The fact that he is released free is a very good thing," she said.
- candidate: Once a potential candidate for the French presidency, he was questioned about an alleged pimping operation and misuse of company funds.
- involve: Mr Strauss-Kahn returned to France in September 2011 although the hotel maid involved in the case is pursuing a civil action.
- murder: A man has been charged with murdering a vicar in South Gloucestershire and a retired teacher in Worcestershire.
- murder: BBC News- Vicar John Suddards and Betty Yates murders: Man charged.
- stab: Police said she had been stabbed and beaten with her walking stick.
- retired: A man has been charged with murdering a vicar in South Gloucestershire and a retired teacher in Worcestershire.
- stab: Mrs Yates, a retired teacher, was found stabbed to death at the bottom of the stairs at her home on the banks of the River Severn on 4 January.
- opinion: Someone who has not seen the match is wrong in their opinion if they think City have dominated the game.
- rare: The striker should have scored more, but he was cruelly denied a sublime second when his chip from 25 yards struck the crossbar and then gave a rare glimpse of his fallibility when firing wide late in the first half.
- sublime: The striker should have scored more, but he was cruelly denied a sublime second when his chip from 25 yards struck the crossbar and then gave a rare glimpse of his fallibility when firing wide late in the first half.
- complement: However, despite the physical presence of Hulk in attack, they lacked a cutting edge to complement their neat build-up play and City were able to repel whatever was thrown their way, including a series of fiercely struck but largely wayward free-kicks from the aforementioned bulky centre-forward.
- sting: After stinging Porto with his goalscoring exploits from the bench last week, the 23-year-old was a constant thorn in the Portuguese outfit's side here.
- mortality: The health inequalities in Sudan are illustrated by infant mortality rates.
- deteriorate: Since the country seceded from Sudan in July, relations have deteriorated.
- expulsion: Correspondents say the expulsion could damage South Sudan's relations with China.
- crisis: It has good relations with the Khartoum government- and was a key player in trying to get the two sides to come to an agreement over the oil crisis.
- development: Vice-President Riek Machar told the BBC that the loss of oil revenues would mean development would have to be put on hold for several years, but basic services would not suffer.
- clock: A body clock expert said the study was " beautiful".
- clock: They identified a protein called kruppel-like factor 15 (K lf15), which was controlled by the body clock and whose levels in the body went up and down during the day.
- risk: US researchers say they have identified, in mice, how the time can affect the risk of sudden cardiac death, which kills 100,000 people a year in the UK..
- insight: It provides insights into day and night variation in arrhythmia susceptibility that has been known for many years.
- cardiac: The risk of " sudden cardiac death" peaks in the morning and rises again in the evening.
- chaos: The Horn of Africa country has endured two decades of chaos and conflict since the fall of its last stable government in 1991.
- government: Al-Shabab, which is allied with al-Qaida, has tried to topple the government since 2007 and turn Somalia into a strict Islamic state.
- troops: In New York Wednesday, the U.N. Security Council authorized the African Union to increase its force in Somalia to 17,700 troops, an increase of nearly 6,000.
- troops: The AU mission in Somalia, known as AMISOM, recently pushed al-Shabab out of the capital, Mogadishu, while Ethiopian troops drove it from the central town of Beledweyne.
- conflict: The Horn of Africa country has endured two decades of chaos and conflict since the fall of its last stable government in 1991.
- award: Corden said he was under orders to silence Adele so that Blur- recipients of the outstanding contribution award- could perform a medley of their hits.
- gesture: The channel has issued a public apology to the singer, who reacted to the perceived slight by aiming a rude gesture at Brit organisers.
- exclude: If the catch-up figures are excluded, the average audience was 5.9 million.
- apology: The channel has issued a public apology to the singer, who reacted to the perceived slight by aiming a rude gesture at Brit organisers.
- perceive: The channel has issued a public apology to the singer, who reacted to the perceived slight by aiming a rude gesture at Brit organisers.
- retrieve: Officials say 32 people died in the disaster but only 17 bodies had been retrieved before the new announcement.
- wreck: The newly discovered bodies are located in the submerged part of the wreck.
- disaster: They threw roses into the water from a boat which took them within 50 metres (yards) of the Concordia, one month after the disaster.
- suspect: The new suspects are said to be four of the Concordia's other officers and three employees of Costa Crociere.
- disaster: Prosecutors are investigating seven more people over the disaster including employees of the ship's operator, Costa Crociere, Italian media report.
- impunity: They are killing with impunity here, it is sickening and anger-making.
- message: ITN's Bill Neely blogged: "On Monday I sent her a message; ' Bravo Marie.
- foreign: Tributes are pouring in for Sunday Times foreign correspondent Marie Colvin who has been killed during an attack in Homs in Syria.
- pour: Tributes are pouring in for Sunday Times foreign correspondent Marie Colvin who has been killed during an attack in Homs in Syria.
- shell: French photojournalist Remi Ochlik was also killed after shells reportedly hit a makeshift media centre in Baba Amr.
- carriage: One of the carriages was driven nearly six metres ( 20ft) into the next, he said.
- commuter: In September 2011, 11 people died when a commuter train in Buenos Aires hit a bus crossing the tracks and then hit a second train coming into a station.
- crash: A commuter train crash at a station in the Argentine capital, Buenos Aires, has killed 48 people and left hundreds injured, police say.
- remove: Local reporters say they saw bodies being removed from the wreckage, with dozens of people still trapped.
- commuter: The transportation secretary, JP Schiavi, told reporters at the station that the commuter train had hit the barrier at about 12mph ( 20km/h), destroying the front of the engine and crunching the carriages behind it.
- firm: Two workers died after January's explosion at the KS Endeavour exploration rig, owned by the US firm.
- accident: Friends of the Earth says this is the world's worst such accident in recent years.
- predict: It is going to take some time, but I cannot predict how long that is going to be- conceivably months," he said.
- leak: Chevron spokesman Lloyd Avram says, despite the fire, the situation is now under control and no oil is leaking.
- volcano: Looking on, it was like watching a volcano erupting, fire spewing in every direction.
- delay: Mr Ijaz's appearance before the judges has been delayed for weeks.
- argue: Mansoor Ijaz is giving evidence from London, having argued that returning to Pakistan would compromise his safety.
- compromise: Mansoor Ijaz is giving evidence from London, having argued that returning to Pakistan would compromise his safety.
- resign: Mr Haqqani was later forced to resign after the scandal caused an outcry among senior generals.
- commission: The businessman at the centre of Pakistan's " memogate" scandal has begun giving video link testimony to a judicial commission in Islamabad.
- corporate: Mr Obama previously called for corporate tax overhaul in his State of the Union speech.
- effective: The US currently has one of the top corporate tax rates in the world, but loopholes and other subsidies mean many companies pay a much lower effective tax rate.
- legislative: Republicans in the House of Representatives have routinely opposed Mr Obama's legislative plans since winning control of the chamber in the 2010 elections.
- reform: Correspondents say the president is using the plan to spark a debate on tax reform in an election year.
- corporate: The US currently has one of the top corporate tax rates in the world, but loopholes and other subsidies mean many companies pay a much lower effective tax rate.
- discriminate: Tibetans also accuse Beijing of deliberately overwhelming Tibetan areas with Chinese migrants who tend to discriminate against Tibetans.
- accuse: Tibetans accuse Chinese security forces of gunning down at least six peaceful protesters in recent months.
- exile: Under calmer circumstances, it would be a joyous occasion, but Tibetan exile parliament member Yeshi Phuntsok says this year, things are very different.
- further: Further north, in the Indian city of Dharamsala, members of the elected administration that say it speaks for all Tibetans held a one-day hunger strike.
- calm: Under calmer circumstances, it would be a joyous occasion, but Tibetan exile parliament member Yeshi Phuntsok says this year, things are very different.
- security: Protesters against the U.S.-Japan security treaty would take refuge from pursuing riot police in the coffee shops, listening- ironically- to jazz music from America.
- component: Goto says Japanese people seriously study jazz as a component of African-American culture.
- opportunity: The original performance was a rare opportunity for Japanese to see and hear a famous American jazz star in their own country.
- significant: Jazz historian, pianist and Hitotsubashi University professor Michael Molasky says, by the time Eagle opened, the genre in Japan had come to play a more significant role in Japanese society than it did in its country of origin.
- origin: Jazz historian, pianist and Hitotsubashi University professor Michael Molasky says, by the time Eagle opened, the genre in Japan had come to play a more significant role in Japanese society than it did in its country of origin.
- impromptu: The impromptu duet capped a celebration of the iconic American musical art form hosted by the president and his wife, Michelle.
- duet: The impromptu duet capped a celebration of the iconic American musical art form hosted by the president and his wife, Michelle.
- fan: That's why I 'm proud to have these artists here, not just as a fan but also as the president," he said.
- audience: I 've been waiting in the hall, waiting for your call, and the phone rang," Jagger sang to the audience.
- series: The concert will be broadcast next week as part of U.S. public television's " In Performance at the White House" musical series.
- debt: While Greece has reached a general agreement on elimination of more than half the debt its owes private creditors, it must now negotiate the specific terms of the writedown with individual banks and other investors.
- require: The rescue package requires Greece to make deep and unpopular spending cuts.
- coercive: Fitch said such involuntary debt cuts for the private creditors will amount to a Greek default, and called the arrangement " distressed and de facto coercive.
- credit: Fitch said Wednesday it has cut Greece two notches (from CCC to C), pushing the credit standing for the Athens government deeper into junk status.
- rescue: The rescue package requires Greece to make deep and unpopular spending cuts.
- offensive: Correspondents say the timing of the Ethiopian offensive is significant as the UK is hosting a major conference aimed at ending two decades of conflict in Somalia on Thursday.
- fierce: Witnesses say that after fierce fighting on Tuesday, al-Shabab fighters pulled out of Baidoa- which was then taken on Wednesday without a battle.
- significant: Correspondents say the timing of the Ethiopian offensive is significant as the UK is hosting a major conference aimed at ending two decades of conflict in Somalia on Thursday.
- resident: As the Ethiopians advanced, many residents fled the town on donkeys and vehicles.
- vehicle: As the Ethiopians advanced, many residents fled the town on donkeys and vehicles.
- mayor: BBC News- China complains over Japanese mayor's Nanjing comments.
- suspend: Nanjing has also suspended ties with its sister city Nagoya, whose mayor Takashi Kawamura made the remark.
- mayor: Nanjing has also suspended ties with its sister city Nagoya, whose mayor Takashi Kawamura made the remark.
- anniversary: This year marks the 40th anniversary since they resumed diplomatic relations.
- diplomatic: This year marks the 40th anniversary since they resumed diplomatic relations.
- major: KDF commanders say they are working to pacify " liberated" towns like Tabda before they resume a forward march on al-Shabab strongholds including Kismayo, a port city of 200,000 people on Som alia's east coast and a major transit point for guns and money.
- weapon: Instead of direct confrontation, they say the militants now strike in small numbers, mostly at night, firing light weapons or setting of improvised explosive devices.
- pacify: KDF commanders say they are working to pacify " liberated" towns like Tabda before they resume a forward march on al-Shabab strongholds including Kismayo, a port city of 200,000 people on Som alia's east coast and a major transit point for guns and money.
- forward: KDF commanders say they are working to pacify " liberated" towns like Tabda before they resume a forward march on al-Shabab strongholds including Kismayo, a port city of 200,000 people on Som alia's east coast and a major transit point for guns and money.
- comprise: KDF is poised to join the African Union force in Somalia (AMISOM), comprised of soldiers from Uganda, Burundi and Djibouti.
- degradation: It's another demonstration of the degradation of the situation in Syria and of a repression that is more and more intolerable.
- information: Some information for this report was provided by AP, AFP and Reuters.
- peaceful: He said the situation in Syria is worsening, and that he hopes an international meeting later this week will be a step towards a peaceful resolution of the crisis.
- activist: French photographer Remi Ochlik died Wednesday in shelling that activists say killed at least 13 other people and wounded several more journalists.
- condolence: French Foreign Minister Alain Juppe expressed condolences to the journalists ' families, calling the deaths " murder.
- donor: But, in November, it was abruptly cancelled because of a shortage of cash from donor nations.
- epidemic: MSF says HIV prevalence in Burma is relatively low, but lack of treatment makes it one of the most serious epidemics in Asia.
- patient: Doctors Without Borders says two thirds of HIV patients in Burma in need of antiretroviral therapy cannot get it.
- susceptible: That leaves 85,000 people susceptible to diseases like tuberculosis, responsible for a quarter of all AIDS-related deaths.
- prevalence: The prevalence of TB in Burma is nearly three times the global average.
- scruple: The grief was made all the more deep because you did not scruple to make the wholly false allegation that she had consensual sex with you”.
- scruple: The grief was made all the more deep because you did not scruple to make the wholly false allegation that she had consensual sex with you.
- devious: He said that having listened to his evidence he concluded that Whant was a " calculating, vain and devious " individual.
- jail: BBC News- Nikitta Grender: Carl Whant jailed for 35 years for murdering pregnant teenager.
- murder: BBC News- Nikitta Grender: Carl Whant jailed for 35 years for murdering pregnant teenager.
- treaty: Several key countries, including Germany and Denmark, have backed away from the treaty amid protests in several European cities.
- clarify: EU trade head Karel De Gucht said the court will be asked to clarify whether the treaty complied with " the EU's fundamental rights and freedoms ".
- treaty: EU trade head Karel De Gucht said the court will be asked to clarify whether the treaty complied with " the EU's fundamental rights and freedoms ".
- argue: Critics argue that it will stifle freedom of expression on the internet, and it has been likened to the controversial Stop Online Piracy Act ( Sopa).
- fundamental: Viviane Reding, the commissioner for justice, fundamental rights and citizenship, took to Twitter to outline her worries on the treaty.
- vibrant: Like the life cycle of the butterfly, from the shattered cocoon of a once-great place, a new and vibrant city can arise," Mateparae said.
- anniversary: Thousands of New Zealanders took part in an emotional ceremony Wednesday to mark the one-year anniversary of a powerful earthquake that left 185 people dead in downtown Christchurch.
- acknowledge: Christchurch Mayor Bob Parker acknowledged there is still work to be done, but called on the city to come together to finish the process.
- inhabit: It will be a city and a region inhabited by a resilient people and built on the foundations of a strong communit y.
- confident: New Zealand Governor-General Jerry Mateparae said he is confident the city can rebuild.
- commission: The commission statement on Wednesday said "this unprecedented step follows the commission's repeated warnings to Hungary, urging it to step up its efforts to end the country's excessive government deficit, and its subsequent failure to take appropriate actio n ", Reuters news agency reported.
- freeze: BBC News- EU plans to freeze Hungary funds over budget deficit.
- incentive: This decision today is to be regarded as an incentive to correct a deviation, not as a punishment.
- improve: The EU cohesion funds are designed to improve infrastructure and the environment in the EU's poorest regions.
- deficit: BBC News- EU plans to freeze Hungary funds over budget deficit.
- mayor: However, she must be endorsed by at least 500 mayors or local officials by 16 March in order to appear on the ballot paper at all.
- opinion: Meanwhile, opinion polls suggest President Nicolas Sarkozy has slashed the lead of rival Francois Hollande.
- candidate: Green candidate Eva Joly raised eyebrows by using crude language about her strained relations with former environment minister Corinne Lepage, who is also bidding to stand in the election on an environmental platform.
- ballot: However, she must be endorsed by at least 500 mayors or local officials by 16 March in order to appear on the ballot paper at all.
- reject: France's top court has rejected a bid by far right candidate Marine Le Pen to grant her supporters anonymity, in a move that threatens her election hopes.
- alliance: Alliances require both a great deal of diplomatic as well as technical skills- though more than anything, alliances require a great deal of desire to make them work.
- vehicle: London's Financial Times said the companies had been talking about developing vehicles together that would be sold under their respective brands.
- firm: GM said it routinely talks to other firms in the industry.
- require: Alliances require both a great deal of diplomatic as well as technical skills- though more than anything, alliances require a great deal of desire to make them work.
- alliance: Alliances require both a great deal of diplomatic as well as technical skills- though more than anything, alliances require a great deal of desire to make them work.
- account: The condition first appears in literature at the end of the 19th Century, at the same time as accounts of segmented sleep disappear.
- disappear: Ekirch found that references to the first and second sleep started to disappear during the late 17th Century.
- protestant: Protestants and Catholics became accustomed to holding secret services at night, during periods of persecution.
- custom: If no disease or accident there intervene, they will need no further repose than that obtained in their first sleep, which custom will have caused to terminate by itself just at the usual hour.
- insomnia: These factors could be at the root of a condition called sleep maintenance insomnia, where people wake during the night and have trouble getting back to sleep, he suggests.
- monsieur: It is not an issue for men, whose only choice is " monsieur," whether or not they are married.
- neutral: France does not offer a neutral option like the English " M s ".
- government: Under pressure from campaigners, the government has decided that women will not have to choose how to describe themselves on official documents.
- disappear: The term " mademoiselle" is about to disappear from French paperwork.
- issue: It is not an issue for men, whose only choice is " monsieur," whether or not they are married.
- award: The awards can be legitimately sold because they were presented prior to the Academy imposing a ban on their coveted gold honours being resold.
- statuette: Fifteen Oscar statuettes are to be auctioned next week in Los Angeles, two days after this year's Academy Awards.
- award: Organisers said the award- presented in March 1934- is " the earliest best picture Oscar to ever be offered in an auctio n ".
- covet: The awards can be legitimately sold because they were presented prior to the Academy imposing a ban on their coveted gold honours being resold.
- ban: The awards can be legitimately sold because they were presented prior to the Academy imposing a ban on their coveted gold honours being resold.
- original: In January ABC announced the network's plans to make a pilot saying it would follow the same formula as the British original in which two brothers " concoct outrageous, morally questionable get-rich-quick schemes in their quest to become millionaires ".
- version: The character of Del Boy was famously played by David Jason in the popular British version of the show.
- version: The US version of Ricky Gervais ' The Office has been a big success.
- version: BBC News- Leguizamo to play Del Boy in US version of show.
- quest: In January ABC announced the network's plans to make a pilot saying it would follow the same formula as the British original in which two brothers " concoct outrageous, morally questionable get-rich-quick schemes in their quest to become millionaires ".
