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1) A part of Lithuanian media tends to portray HIV patients often as big-time debauchers, who engage in shameless insatiable sexual activities, relished with drugs and alcohol. (3, ‘Journalist hooked on making difference in peers’ coverage of HIV’- ‘Superstitions still big.’ Page 16, line 6)

2) Many of their experiments seem to involve coffee and IPods, and the word “branch” is rarely used. (2, ‘Coffee and IPods’ Page 9)

Russian origin:
1) An inquest for five men who died in an explosion at an illegal vodka factory has heard it was probably caused by one of them lighting a cigarette. ( 6, ‘Boston illegal vodka factory blast 'triggered by smoker ' 25 May 2012, http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lincolnshire-18154900)

2) Mikhail Gorbachev introduced many changes with his perestroika policy when he became Soviet leader in 1985 and one of the most important went under the banner of "democratization". (6, ‘First steps in Russian democracy’ 26 March 2009 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7961645.stm)

Latin origin:
1) There are all sorts of areas where this newspaper degrees with the government- its petulant attitude to Europe, its banker bashing, its failure to prize immigrants (1, ‘Crisis? What crisis?’ ‘Less pride and prejudice’ Page 16)

2) This appears to reflect a pragmatic calculation that they can win more influence and prestige through association with an independent president, even a relative liberal, than via a loyal Muslim Brother. (2, ‘Egypt’s second republic’ Page 48 )

Japanese origin:

1) They say that by eating sushi wrapped in the seaweed, people probably ingested these bacteria along with the genes coding for that digestive enzyme. (6, ‘Sushi may 'transfer genes ' to gut’ 8 April 2010, http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8607905.stm )

2) Previous sports personality of the year winners include bowls player Stuart



References: 1) ‘Europe’s Achilles heel’ The Economist, May 12th-18th 2012, London. 2) ‘The Greek run’ The Economist, May 19th-25th 2012, London. 3) The Baltic Times, May 17th-30th, Published in Riga. 4) The New York Times, May 27 2007. 5) The New York Times, September 16 1974. Sources 6) BBC news- articles- www.bbc.co.uk 7) Mail online- www.dailymail.co.uk

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