Coping with the pressure of flying the Olympic flame to the UK

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For thousands of youngsters, crucial exams are nigh. Many say the pressure on students should be minimised, but should people just accept it as a fact of life?

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Should people accept that pressure is a fact of life?

Arsenal stage an astonishing comeback to win a compelling north London derby against Tottenham and relieve the pressure on manager Arsene Wenger.

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THE QUESTION Blood pressure checks usually involve inflating and then deflating a cuff that’s wrapped around the upper part of one arm or the other. Might checking the pressure in both arms be valuable? Read full article > >

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ARAB AND WESTERN governments plan to mount a major diplomatic offensive at the United Nations on Tuesday in the hope of breaking a deadlock in the Security Council on Syria. Nabil ­el-Araby, secretary general of the Arab League, will present a plan to end the swelling violence by calling for dictator Bashar al-Assad to step down and be replaced by a coalition government that would organize elections. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and the foreign ministers of Britain and France will attend the meeting as a way of raising the pressure on Russia, which has been blocking action by the Security Council since the Syrian uprising began 10 months ago. Read full article > >

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Editorial Board: Saving Syria requires Russia’s cooperation

Northampton miss a bonus point but go third in the Premiership as Bath continue to feel the pressure with another defeat.

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CAIRO — Thousands of women, enraged by images of female protesters being dragged through the streets by soldiers during weekend protests, marched Tuesday in central Cairo to decry the Egyptian military’s recent use of force against demonstrators. The rare public outpouring by women, young and old, religious and secular, appeared to turn up the pressure on the country’s ruling military council. The generals, who had shown no remorse for the recent violence , quickly issued a statement Tuesday evening offering “sincerest apologies to the great women of Egypt for what happened” and promising that those responsible would be reprimanded. Read full article > >

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The government is to provide a £1.5m integration fund to ease the pressure on a small Hampshire town amid an influx of former Gurkha soldiers.

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This article, written by Maryam Ishani, appeared in The Majalla on 08 November 2011 President Bashar Al-Assad reneges on the Arab League arrangement Six days after agreeing to an Arab League deal that would significantly scale down the violence in Syria, President Bashar al-Assad instead turns up the pressure on Syria’s third largest city of Homs—killing dozens with no end in sight.

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Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi won a budget vote on Tuesday but the tally showed he no longer has the support of the majority, raising the pressure on him to resign.

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Silvio Berlusconi Faces Intense New Pressure to Quit Over Debt Crisis

THE UNITED STATES has pretty much exhausted direct economic sanctions, and NATO has preemptively ruled out a Libya-type military intervention. So for now, at least, the besieged people of Syria must look for relief from their neighbors. It is a shaky bet: Iraq has inclined toward the dictatorship of Bashar al-Assad, while Turkey and the rest of the Arab League have been slow to condemn its slaughter of civilians and even slower to take action. Now, however, there is a prospect that both Ankara and the Arabs will turn up the pressure on Mr. Assad. That creates a good opportunity for the back-seat leadership that the Obama administration is fond of. Read full article > >

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Can the Arab League and Turkey stop the slaughter in Syria?

A last bullfight is sold out as ban is set to begin, and the rest of Spain is feeling the pressure.

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In Catalonia, a Last Day of Bullfighting

Jenson Button hopes he and McLaren team-mate Lewis Hamilton can keep the pressure on Red Bull in next weekend’s Belgian Grand Prix.

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Lewis Hamilton believes McLaren can increase the pressure on Red Bull in Monte Carlo next weekend.

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TOKYO — Confronted with worse-than-expected damage at its battered nuclear plant, Tokyo Electric Power Co. on Tuesday revised its strategy for cooling Fukushima Daiichi’s reactors. However, the utility company reaffirmed its goal of stabilizing the facility — and ending the country’s nuclear crisis — within six to nine months. Tepco was forced to overhaul its road map after learning last week of a substantial meltdown in the unit 1 reactor at the Fukushima Daiichi plant, on Japan’s northeastern coast. Fuel pellets had collected at the bottom of the pressure vessel, burning small holes or cracks in the containment vessel that allowed coolant to leak out. Japanese authorities say they fear similar scenarios have occurred at units 2 and 3, though engineers have not entered those reactor buildings. Read full article > >

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Tepco revises plan for cooling reactors