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The electricity in the Shatila camp in south Beirut, originally set up for Palestinian refugees in 1949, comes on for about two hours a day and the tap water is a salty liquid.

Gangs of former soldiers and militias who took part in the 1994 genocide in Rwanda, now supplied by Kabila's government, cause havoc and local militias, originally set up for self-defence, have taken advantage of the power vacuum to extend their territory by looting and killing.

A system that was originally set up for the political refugees of the second world war does not list women as a group of people at risk of persecution, so their cases can require complicated legal arguments, and there is often less hard evidence.

Ben Wilson, associate director of financial services for techUK, says some of the "legacy systems" at banks are 30-40 years old and were originally set up for branch banking, but "then they needed to be ATM-focussed, then there was online banking, then mobile banking".

"The school is over 300 years old and was originally set up for the education of the poor of the parish and it still maintains that ethos today".

The IRIS site was originally set up for researchers "as a big clearinghouse" for downloading seismic data, says Web master Deborah Barnes, and its 2000-plus pages "may seem a little overwhelming," acknowledges an introduction to the site.

Mr. Jean-Pierre, now a member of Parliament, was not the only voice expressing outrage at a fund originally set up to pay for secret security services.

After all, most island societies were originally set up by people desperate for a new beginning, for a chance to do everything differently.

The scheme, which has just been celebrating its 50th anniversary, was originally set up as a way for TV to repay its debt to theatre; for years, it was funded by various ITV companies, before being taken over by Channel 4 in 2000.

The new venture is being seen as the latest move in the commercialisation of motorway service areas – originally set up by the Department for Transport to provide essential fuel, break and toilet facilities for drivers on the motorway network but now notorious for their sky-high charges for food and drink.

Chris Johnson said: "Jordan originally set up the Facebook site for a joke, which he accepts was in bad taste and inappropriate, and he is remorseful".