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“winning just 20 seats in Wednesday's poll”
“the party more than doubled its number of parliamentary seats, increasing its presence from nine to 24 seats”
“The Freedom Party received a boost in local elections in March, winning seats in Almere and The Hague”
“Mr Rutte has set himself a deadline of 1 July to form a government.”
“One video reportedly posted to the site by Mr Manning shows a US Apache helicopter killing up to 12 people - including two Reuters journalists - during an attack in Baghdad in 2007.”
“In November 2009, it published what it said were 573,000 intercepted pager messages sent during the 9/11 attacks in the United States.”
“Wikileaks has established a reputation for publishing leaked material since its first appearance on the web in 2006.”
“Mr Johnson said "boroughs should focus on their duties for pest control".”
“The mayor said the councils need to "get together" and look at how they tackled pests.”
“"It's right that boroughs should focus on their duties for pest control because as romantic and cuddly as a fox is, it is also a pest," he said.”
“Labour planned to fund rural broadband via a broadband tax, which would see every household with a landline pay an extra 50p per month but this was scrapped shortly before the election.”
“It also announced that Ed Vaizey would take on the role of the UK's broadband minister and he will oversee the roll-out.”
“Baroness Thatcher, 84, is one of the first guests to be hosted in Downing Street since the coalition entered office last month.”
“She wore a light blue dress and coat for her meeting with Mr Cameron, emerging from Number 10 some 45 minutes after going into the building.”
“Labour's Gordon Brown also hosted her in Downing Street after taking office in 2007.”
“In 2005 Baroness Thatcher, prime minister from 1979 until 1990, was advised by doctors that she should not make public speeches in the wake of some minor strokes.”
“She became the first living prime minister to be honoured with a statue in the House of Commons in 2007.”
“Baroness Thatcher was last in 10 Downing Street in November last year when she attended the unveiling of her portrait.”
“We don't think we can continue with a situation where we've had to evacuate a home twice in the last five years, putting lives at risk and causing an enormous amount of disruption for families, residents and other local services.”
“The city of Santa Monica is currently re-evaluating its longstanding policy of exterminating swarms of bees and a law prohibiting the keeping of bees within city limits may be overturned.”
“He went into exile in 2008 after his allies were beaten in elections.”
“The most significant of the charges he faces has been put forward by a UN commission looking into the assassination of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto in 2007.”
“Peers backed Lord Howarth's motion by 154 to 150.”
“The Labour peer told the House that the bill was a 'hybrid' - a combination of a public and a private bill - and as such should be referred to the Examiners, for them to look at.”
“We do not anticipate any substantive delay, and the government is committed to scrapping this unnecessary and expensive unitary restructuring.”
“In the run up to the election, both the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats had said they would publish serious case reviews in full and this commitment was restated in the coalition agreement.”
“Councillor Ed Bridges, chair of Cardiff's Licensing Committee...”
“Plans for a permanent Royal Opera House (ROH) base in neighbouring Manchester, which have been in the pipeline since 2008, are currently on hold.”
“Decisions made by the finance ministers will still need to be finally agreed at a meeting of EU leaders in Brussels on 17 June.”
“The Balkan country, which only joined the EU in 2007, was also forced to put plans to join the euro on hold.”
“Health Secretary Nicola Sturgeon ordered the inquiry into the deaths last year.”
“Evidence from patients and relatives is expected to last into next week.”
“facing five charges”
“in 1986”
“dated 4 June”
“late 2009 and early 2010”
“in February”
“Three rounds of UN sanctions on Iran have not changed its policy and there is no reason to think that a fourth will be any different.”
“There are two reasons why sanctions have failed.”
“The first three rounds of sanctions (Security Council resolutions 1737, 1747 and 1803) were aimed at:”
“In April, a Washington-based monitoring group, Iran Watch, reported that the Republic of Iran Shipping Lines (IRISL) had undertaken 'a large-scale re-labeling of its ships, giving them new names, new managers, new 'owners' - in short, new …”
“the blanket trade ban the US imposed in 1995”
“The impact of sanctions was summed up by Mark Lyall Grant, the British delegate at a Security Council meeting in March”
“Zapatero has outlined plans to reduce funding to the communities by 1.2bn euros”
“Mr Aquino will be sworn into office at the end of June”
“He is set to be inaugurated as president at the end of this month”
“Mr Aquino secured more than 15 million votes, five-and-a-half million more than his nearest rival, former president Joseph Estrada”
“Mr Kan's four immediate predecessors were the sons or grandsons of prime ministers.”
“Mr Kan becomes Japan's seventh prime ministers since 2000”
“Yukio Hatoyama's eight months as prime minister”
“when it was in opposition in 2004”
“A plan to write off a £2m loan to a sports arena saw some councillors walk out of a debate in Lincolnshire.”
“If you compare Boston Borough Council with a business, the Boston Sports Initiative (BSI) has been set up as a separate entity at arm's length to Boston Borough Council to run the Princess Royal Sports Arena.”
“I feel, in that case, the directors should be held to task and give reasons why we have been asked to write off nearly two million pounds' worth of money.”
“All they've (BSI) done is try to manage a very difficult situation. I think if you look, most of the trustees are not the ones who were there at the beginning and, like this administration they've inherited the problem, they've done the be…”
“The man says in the film that the recording was made on 5 April in the city of Tucson, Arizona.”
“On Monday the clip was posted on to YouTube.”
“Responding to the allegation on Tuesday, state department spokesman Philip Crowley told reporters: 'Did the United States kidnap [Mr Amiri] from Saudi Arabia? The answer is No.'”
“The UN Security Council is due to vote on a fourth round of sanctions against Iran over its nuclear programme on Wednesday.”
“In March US news channel ABC ran a report quoting unnamed US officials that said Mr Amiri had defected and was helping the US compile intelligence on Iran's nuclear weapons programme.”
“The secret plant was revealed in September last year, just days before a meeting in Geneva between Iran and the permanent five members of the UN Security Council.”
“Shahram Amiri disappeared a year ago while on a pilgrimage to Saudi Arabia.”
“A final, formal decision by EU heads of government heads whether to accept Estonia will be made on 13 July.”
“The centre had about 40 clients before it closed”
“The centre, which had about 40 clients, was set up in 1984 by nuns known as the Penitent Sisters.”
“The St Mary's Haven Day Centre in Penzance shut in February”
“At the meeting, a vote of 63 to three called on the trustees to resign.”
“Nine jobs were lost with its closure.”
“Their protests included a sit-in by about 30 people for four hours before it was shut.”
“Richard Condon, whose three aunts helped set up St Mary's Haven”
“In March, trustees said they were planning to reopen it as a unit for dementia patients.”
“Fitch said the deficit must be reduced more quickly than set out by the former Labour government in April.”
“An unusual alliance of left and right wing members of parliament defeated the deal”
“Campaigning is already under way by the six candidates hoping to succeed Gordon Brown as Labour leader but they must get the backing of 33 Labour MPs by Wednesday to go through to the vote of party and union members in September.”
“Both the left-wing contenders - Mr McDonnell and Ms Abbott - are well short of the support required although Mr McDonnell has picked up an extra five supporters since Monday and Ms Abbott an extra two.”
“David Miliband has well over the required nominations - 71 - while his brother Ed has 54.”
“Andy Burnham has 26 MPs' support.”
“Ms Abbott has nine backers, Mr McDonnell has 15.”
“If another candidate got 32 backers, he would use it to get them on the ballot paper”
“Mr Burnham said on Sunday he was confident he would get the required 33 MPs by Wednesday.”
“Lady Thatcher, 84, is expected to visit Prime Minister David Cameron in Downing Street on Tuesday.”
“Mr McDonnell has picked up an extra five supporters since Monday and Ms Abbott an extra two.”
“Andy Burnham has 26 MPs' support. Ms Abbott has nine backers, Mr McDonnell has 15.”
“If another candidate got 32 backers, he would use it to get them on the ballot paper, he told the BBC's Andrew Marr programme.”
“Margaret Hodge, the former culture minister under the Labour government, gave the go-ahead for new parking charges in the two Royal Parks in January.”
“However, this would require an act of parliament to take place, which could be a couple of years away.”
“The mayor's office has said it would not introduce parking charges in the two south London parks during during this Mayoralty.”
“The mayor would not introduce parking charges during this Mayoralty, and would only support such a measure thereafter if it had the backing of Londoners.”
“Yes, the government does support a yes vote in that referendum”
“Prime Minister David Cameron says the vote should be held in 2011.”
“For Conservative members, there will be a free vote (on the referendum) and the party's remained neutral.”
“Mr Black, an AM since the Welsh assembly was set up in 1999”
“Mike German AM, the former Welsh Lib Dem leader, who is to leave the assembly to join the House of Lords”
“CICIG's mandate runs until September 2011.”
“Since January 2008, CICIG has carried out investigations leading to the conviction of dozens of officials.”
“China says a North Korean border guard shot and killed three people near the countries' border last week.”
“Mr Rehn said he expected finance ministers to move "fast forward on reinforcing economic governance".”
“However, any decisions made by the finance ministers will still need to be finally agreed at a meeting of EU leaders in Brussels on 17 June.”
“French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde said later that the idea was not for the actual budget details to be seen by other governments, rather the broader economic targets.”
“He was transport minister when the project was announced in the Gauteng provincial legislature in 2002.”
