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“"The local population told us 40 were killed and 10 were injured."”
“Mr Mandil told Reuters that 21 of Misseriya had been killed and 27 people from the rival Rezeigat group had died in the clashes near the settlement of Garsila in West Darfur.”
“About 600 people died in fighting in Darfur last month - the highest monthly toll since UN and AU peacekeepers were deployed in 2008.”
“On Saturday, the Chinese central bank announced it would make its exchange rate mechanism "more flexible".”
“The Chinese currency has been held at about 6.83 to the dollar since July 2008, drawing criticism that China was maintaining the currency at an artificially low level to help its exporters.”
“However, it gave no details about timing and ruled out any single large-scale revaluation of the yuan, saying there was "no basis for big fluctuations or changes".”
“"This is an important step but the test is how far and how fast they let the currency appreciate," he said.”
“In April, Mr Geithner delayed a report that could label China a currency manipulator, in what was seen as an attempt to give Beijing time to reform its currency without appearing to do so under pressure.”
“"Until there is more specific information about how quickly it will let its currency appreciate and by how much, we can have no good feeling that the Chinese will start playing by the rules," he said.”
“The issue is expected to be raised at a summit of the G20 group of industrial and developing countries next week.”
“The head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Dominique Strauss-Kahn said China's announcement was "a very welcome development".”
“The event was cancelled following the crash”
“He was Thomas Maguire, aged in his 30s, from Longwood in County Meath.”
“The accident happened just after 1500 BST on Saturday”
“The driver of the vehicle was critically injured and is being treated in hospital.”
“A memorial service will be held on Sunday morning. Competitors and club officials will attend the service at the Mount Errigal Hotel in Letterkenny at 1100 BST.”
“It was the view of everyone in the Donegal Motor Club that the remainder of this year's rally should be cancelled as a mark of respect.”
“The annual rally is in its 38th year and was expected to attract an estimated 70,000 spectators to County Donegal.”
“It is the first time a competitor has been killed in the rally.”
“In 2008, a spectator was killed”
“in 2002 two stewards were killed”
“He had joined the Royal Dragoon Guards in 2008”
“Ch Supt Lewis led a team of six on the ground in Cape Town, including men in uniform and plainclothes "spotters" looking out for potential troublemakers.”
“It began after hand-pumped wells were installed in the 1970s to tap groundwater.”
“Dartmoor's annual pony round-up and sale, the drift, is taking place on Saturday instead of in the autumn for the first time.”
“The Dartmoor Hill Pony Association said it moved the sale forward in the year because it believed June would be a much better month to trade.”
“Each year, the moor is cleared of ponies; sometimes totalling up to 3,000 animals.”
“However, restrictions on moorland grazing mean the unsold ponies cannot be put back on the moor, so they are killed.”
“Well of course in the spring they look so much better. They've got nice shiny coats and they just look much nicer.”
“Also I think that people taking on a pony in the autumn is quite difficult. "If they take one on in the spring, the grass is growing through and people have got more time in the evenings to work with them."”
“It said it hoped the move would mean as many animals as possible would be sold.”
“If successful, the drift could be moved to springtime permanently.”
“A war that has dragged on for 31 years has many epithets.”
“For the past eight years, the HD Centre and the Norwegian government have hosted the Oslo forum, an annual gathering which brings together mediators, special envoys and government officials to discuss conflict resolution around the world.”
“The former ambassador and intelligence chief, Prince Turki al-Faisal, who attended the forum, was personally involved in unsuccessful efforts to unite intransigent Afghan factions in 1993.”
“He was at the Serena Hotel in Kabul in January 2008 when it came under attack. Six people were killed, including a Norwegian journalist.”
“Her remark alluded to Taliban attacks on a recent national "peace jirga" in Kabul which called for talks with all Afghan armed opposition groups.”
“The peace jirga also called on Muslim countries like Saudi Arabia and Turkey to help.”
“Its most famous intervention was the secret peace talks which led to the Oslo Accords between Israel's government and Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) in 1993.”
“Lt Gen Nyamwasa, an outspoken critic of President Paul Kagame, fled from Kigali in February.”
“The elections will be the second presidential polls held since the 1994 genocide in which 800,000 Tutsis and moderate Hutus were killed.”
“The rider was fined £250 by race organisers the AutoCycle Union (ACU), who have not named the person involved.”
“The ACU events race direction reviewed these reports, including interviewing each of the riders reported individually, and decided that in one instance a rider did not act appropriately in a yellow flag situation. That rider has been fined…”
“The TTMA understands that certain riders have been warned and one rider fined for his transgression; this however has not been made public, therefore no one knows that anything has been done.”
“which takes place on Newcastle's Town Moor until 26 June.”
“This year marks the 128th visit of the Hoppings to the city.”
“began on Friday night.”
“Tens of thousands of people are expected to flock to the annual Hoppings, which takes place on Newcastle's Town Moor until 26 June.”
“The Hoppings, which boasts dozens of rides and other attractions, began on Friday night.”
“Thousands of people visit the fair every day and the vast majority are out to enjoy themselves.”
“None of the latest batch has yet been used, Mr Bellingham said, adding that wines from the cellar had only been served at one function since the coalition took office - a dinner for the British-American Business Council on 13 May.”
“In recent years children had been told to wear goggles to play conkers and trainee hairdressers had been banned from using scissors, he added.”
“The cases of four people who died in unusual circumstances in Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire are to be re-opened.”
“A body of a woman in a distinctive Afghan coat was discovered on the A1 in Hertfordshire in 1975.”
“The woman found on the A1 had been hit by a vehicle during the morning of 18 February 1975.”
“It is believed she was between 23 and 25. She was 5ft 4in (1.62m) and had a very slim, boyish figure and size five feet.”
“A man who lived rough in a shelter in Biggleswade was found there on 6 February, 1997.”
“He had died of lung and brain cancer and was believed to be in his 50s.”
“In a third case, the badly burned body of a man was still smouldering when it was found in a railway cutting in East Hyde, near Luton, on 19 April, 1974.”
“He is believed to have been 40 to 50 years old and was dressed in a three-piece suit and black Mohair overcoat. He was about 5ft 10in (1.77m), had thick dark frizzy hair and sideburns down to his jawline. His eyes were grey/blue and he had…”
“The fourth case involves a body of a man in blue work overalls found in Puttock Hill Wood, Lockleys Farm, Welwyn Garden City, on 27 March 1994.”
“The Northern Kites project released almost 100 of the birds of prey into the lower Derwent Valley in Gateshead between 2004 and 2006.”
“Two years ago the number of red kite chicks born in the Derwent Valley was 15. The National Trust says that figure has now risen to 20.”
“Victoria, 32, tied the knot with 36-year-old commoner Daniel Westling.”
“More than 1,200 guests, including royals from around the world, attended the lavish ceremony in Stockholm Cathedral.”
“tens of thousands of people lined the streets”
“exactly 34 years ago”
“It is Sweden's first royal wedding since 1976.”
“Guests attending the festivities include the Norwegian and Danish royal families, Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands, Prince Albert of Monaco, and the UK's Earl and Countess of Wessex.”
“As Crown Princess Victoria's husband, gym owner Mr Westling has assumed the title of Prince Daniel, Duke of Vastergotland.”
“They managed to escape the blaze in the three storey house on Commercial Road at around 0730 BST.”
“Meanwhile, a man was rescued from a kitchen fire at a flat in Tanyfron, Wrexham at 0720 BST, caused by unattended pans.”
“The fire broke out in St Albans Road and the man, 32, was found by firefighters wearing breathing apparatus.”
“More than 600 people took part in the £2m South East Dorset Transport Study leading to a list of proposals.”
“Author Hilary Mantel's novel Wolf Hall has won the inaugural £25,000 Walter Scott Prize for historical fiction.”
“The book, set in the 16th century, previously won the £50,000 2009 Man Booker Prize and was shortlisted for the Orange prize.”
“The prize, for novels set at least 60 years in the past, was awarded during the Brewin Dolphin Borders Book Festival.”
“Wolf Hall, about Henry VIII's adviser Thomas Cromwell, had been selected from a shortlist of seven, by authors including Robert Harris, Adam Foulds and Simon Mawer.”
“Ms Mantel, who was unable to attend due to illness, said 2010 was perhaps 'a turning point year' for historical fiction and praised the new award for stimulating interest in the genre.”
“The award is sponsored by the Duke and Duchess of Buccleuch, distant descendants of Scott.”
“time capsule documenting life in Medway in 2010”
“meeting on 28 June”
“construction of paths linking three towns”
“Fourteen arrests were made.”
“This was Walk the Walk's fifth MoonWalk in Edinburgh.”
“Traditionally participants, which include some men, wear decorated bras as they walk either 26.2 or 13.1 miles.”
“Accompanying Ms Robison were five women taking part in the Scottish government's Active Nation campaign to improve fitness levels ahead of the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.”
“at the end of the five-day visit by him and his elder brother William to the continent.”
“some of whom regularly walk up to 10 miles to reach their makeshift classroom.”
“Rodger Turner, who won more than 80 races before retiring in 1998”
“The 2010 Bikers' Guide to Derbyshire was also handed out, highlighting 14 routes where motorbike collisions are most common. These include the A54, A5012 Via Gellia, A615 Matlock to Alfreton and the A6 between Bakewell and Buxton. A liveri…”
“He was one of two men who were rescued by crews from Galleywood Road, Chelmsford, in the early hours. Both were taken to hospital, where one, in his 40s, died.”
“Rab Peck searched for the site of his father's burial for eight years.”
“Edward Finch Peck, who died in 1971, was one of the people buried there.”
“Mr Peck said: 'Today is really, 39 years after he died, coming to say 'hello Dad' and wishing him bon voyage.'”
“More than 300,000 people are thought to be buried at the Victorian Arnos Vale Cemetery, which opened in 1839.”
“Gunmen have attacked the headquarters of Yemen's domestic intelligence agency in the city of Aden, killing at least 10 security officers, officials say.”
“Medics told the agency that three female cleaners had also died during the raid.”
“Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), formed in 2009 by a merger between two regional offshoots of the Islamist militant network in Yemen and neighbouring Saudi Arabia, has taken advantage of the instability and established strongholds…”
“They then opened fire with rocket-propelled grenades and machine guns, before storming the central courtyard and setting free several suspected militants, the officials added. The attack came amid a flag ceremony at the Political Security …”
