A crowd of 12,000 for a World Cup qualifier is not remarkable. There is hardly a rush for tickets.

The preliminary HSBC PMI survey for the sector fell to 48.3 from January's reading of 49.5. February's measure was the lowest for seven months, adding to fears about the strength of China's economy.
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The arrest on Saturday of Eric Cesari, who was known as "Sarkozy's eyes and ears" in the Union for a Popular Movement (UMP), his centre-right party, was a blow to the former president's claims to know nothing about ?18 million of alleged over-spending.
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It's Christmas day. A white Christmas it is; actually white and glassy. There is a thick mattress of snow laid out on flat surfaces and millions of crystals are growing on leafless trees, courtesy an ice storm that hit southern Ontario last Sunday. It was a freak and ferocious storm that dumped so much ice on trees and power lines that a good number of them came tumbling down. It disrupted the supply of energy that runs the technologies that in turn keep people warm and well. Half a million people were left without electricity, hot water, and freshly cooked food. In Toronto alone, nearly a hundred thousand people woke up today to the fourth day of power shutdown. It's a dark,Michael Kors Outlet, cold and gloomy Christmas for them.

"Winterized" means they are tented and/or use heat lamps when it gets chilly.