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“home to an ethnic Uzbek minority of almost one million.”
“an estimated 80,000 Uzbeks have crossed into Uzbekistan from Kyrgyzstan”
“about 15,000 are waiting on the border.”
“about 75,000 people.”
“950 foreigners - mostly Russians, Pakistanis, Indians and Africans - had been evacuated”
“the worst ethnic violence in Kyrgyzstan in 20 years.”
“which has left at least 138 dead.”
“is home to an ethnic Uzbek minority of almost one million.”
“The UN refugee agency says it is providing aid to about 75,000 people.”
“Pascale Meige Wagner, from the International Committee for the Red Cross, said the death toll was an underestimate.”
“a 36-year-old man from North Wales.”
“Two women in the car, the driver and her passenger, escaped injury.”
“Two Israeli policeman were injured in the attack.”
“The Israeli human rights group B'Tselem has reported that the number of manned checkpoints in the West Bank has fallen from 63 to 44 over the last year.”
“Eighteen of these are said to be in the Hebron area.”
“last month Jewish settlers shot dead a Palestinian 16-year-old after rocks were thrown at their car near Ramallah”
“Israel has occupied the West Bank since 1967”
“settling close to 500,000 Jews in more than 100 settlements”
“There are about 2.5 million Palestinians living in the West Bank.”
“The company has not disclosed the material being used instead of copper. Network Rail said copper cable thefts between Fellgate and South Hylton cost more than £60,000 last year.”
“planned £400m extension to Nottingham's tram system”
“The new 6.2m (10km) Chilwell via Beeston route”
“The 4.6m (7.5km) Clifton route”
“Construction of NET Phase Two is due to start in the autumn of 2011.”
“If the project is allowed to continue, the two new lines should be operational by late 2014.”
“The city's two biggest bus companies are competing for the £400m project.”
“The Environment Agency has closed Castle Mill Lock near Bedford until 2 July to allow the leaking lock to be repaired.”
“We have tried to fix the leak using divers but the repair was only effective for a few weeks and the problem has recurred.”
“We understand that this closure will cause disruption during the height of the boating season, but this work is vital to ensure the lock will function correctly and allow the passage of boats along this navigation and to the Bedford River …”
“The ban dates back to a law that was introduced by the Islamic Courts Union who took control of much of Somalia for six months in 2006.”
“Al-Shabab has already banned radio stations from playing music and threatened several radio stations.”
“The government, backed by African Union peacekeepers, controls only a small area of the capital.”
“the oil disaster in the Gulf of Mexico will have the same impact on the US psyche as 9/11”
“shape how we think about the environment... for years to come”
“This is Mr Obama's fourth visit to the oil-affected area”
“He will also visit Alabama and Florida”
“It is estimated that some 40,000 barrels (1.7 million gallons) of oil a day might have been gushing out before the well was capped”
“On Tuesday, Mr Obama will address the US about the oil spill from the White House in a prime-time televised speech”
“the availability of fossil fuel is going to be diminishing; that it's going to get more expensive to recover”
“at 2230 BST”
“Three-quarters of adults in the Irish Republic believe Cardinal Sean Brady should resign because of the sex abuse scandals, a survey suggests.”
“Ulster and Connacht were most supportive of the Irish Primate with 67% saying he should resign.”
“The strongest opposition to the cardinal was found in Dublin where 83% felt he should quit the post.”
“In the rest of Leinster 75% of respondents said the cardinal should quit”
“while the figure for Munster was 74%.”
“The survey found that the most hostile voters were in the skilled working-class C2 category, where 84% wanted the cardinal to go”
“However, the older age group still favoured resignation by a margin of two to one.”
“The Irish Times /Ipsos, MRBI survey, taken over two days last week, polled 1,000 voters over 18 on the issue.”
“Of all those surveyed, 76% said the cardinal should resign, 15% said he should not, while 9% had no opinion.”
“The poll was taken on Tuesday and Wednesday in face-to-face interviews at 100 sampling points in the Republic's 43 electorial constituencies.”
“More than 10,000 fans attended the ticket-only event.”
“Eight people were hurt when the Glasgow to Oban service derailed on 6 June, after striking boulders brought down by a landslip.”
“All 60 passengers on board were safely rescued after the train derailed and part of it burst into flames.”
“A Network Rail spokesman said services on the line had returned to normal, with the track reopening at 0600BST.”
“The section of the A85, which was closed after the accident, reopened at about 2030BST on Sunday, Traffic Scotland said.”
“Rail services in Argyll, disrupted after a train came off the tracks eight days ago, have returned to normal.”
“A crane was brought in on Friday to remove one of the carriages left dangling over a 15m embankment above the A85.”
“Robert Miller, 20, and Jim Robertson, 19, who were from Orkney, were found at the Ramada Jarvis hotel in Ayr after failing to check out on Wednesday.”
“On 9 June, at around 1240 BST, the bodies of two men were found in a hotel in Ayr. At this time inquiries are continuing. However it does not appear to be suspicious. A full report will be sent to the procurator fiscal.”
“has died at the age of 81.”
“passed away at their home in Virginia in the US.”
“best-known role was as reclusive Las Vegas billionaire Willard Whyte in the 1971 James Bond movie, Diamonds Are Forever.”
“I do not pretend it will be easy... we must be ready for further casualties over the summer months as the so-called fighting season resumes and as Isaf [International Security Assistance Force] extends its activity.”
“He said he had announced £67m to double the number of counter-IED teams”
“The Saville Report was to be handed to the Northern Ireland Secretary of State on the week of the 22 March, 2010, but this was delayed first by legal checks, then the general election.”
“There is only one parent of the victims left, and many of the survivors have died.”
“She was 13 when her brother William Nash was killed.”
“About 10,000 people took part in the march, which was organised by the Northern Ireland Civil Rights Association to protest against the policy of internment without trial.”
“The previous weekend, an anti-internment march at Magilligan Strand had been halted by members of the Parachute Regiment, who fired rubber bullets and CS gas at the crowd, and there were fears that violence would erupt again on 30 January.”
“Thirteen of the marchers were killed and 17 injured.”
“Two months after Bloody Sunday, the Stormont parliament which had ruled Northern Ireland since its creation in the 1920s was suspended and direct rule from London was imposed.”
“In April, the Widgery Inquiry concluded that the Paratroopers' firing had 'bordered on the reckless'.”
“In 1998 a fresh inquiry, headed by Lord Saville, was announced.”
“Actor James Nesbitt was six-years-old on Bloody Sunday but, as a Protestant from County Londonderry, he grew up largely unaware of the events of 30 January 1972.”
“He went on to play the role of civil rights leader Ivan Cooper in the film "Bloody Sunday" in 2002”
“She'd already lost one son, and she couldn't afford to lose any more.”
“Willie McKinney's brother Willie was one of 13 people killed on 30 January 1972, Bloody Sunday. A fourteenth died later.”
“He was 17 years old when he was murdered, but still that day he asked his mother for permission to go to the march.”
“It put him in a coma for three weeks, and I remember us all kneeling around the bed praying for him.”
“She remembered nothing for five years after Michael was killed, and I thought she would be a victim of Bloody Sunday too.”
“But she became ill in 2003, and she would ask on a daily basis what was happening about Michael. She died in June 2004”
“She walked in at the front side by side with Mrs McKinney, Willie's mother, and I was so proud to see her there.”
“Everything was put in - the suit he wore that day, his textbooks, and his half-eaten Wholenut bar.”
“Two of the 14 flats were damaged and the two-storey building may have to be demolished.”
“Doncaster Council said one resident had been moved to a care home. Others were staying with friends or relatives.”
“One resident was unaccounted for but was thought to have been staying away from his flat at the time of the explosion. A later search of the building confirmed he was not inside.”
“Chapel Street, nearby side roads and the A19 High Street were closed to traffic for several hours, but reopened overnight.”
“John Logan's Red, produced by London's Donmar Warehouse, was the night's big winner with six including best play.”
“The play, which first appeared in the West End in December 2009, transferred to Broadway in March.”
“Memphis, set in the 1950s American south and featuring a score of rock, soul and gospel, won four awards including best musical.”
“La Cage Aux Folles and Fela! - based on the music of Nigerian afrobeat pioneer Fela Kuti - led the nominations with 11 each but both ended up with three.”
“Viola Davis, who co-starred in 2008 film Doubt alongside Meryl Streep, won best actress for Fences, which first appeared on Broadway in 1987 and also won best play revival.”
“Canterbury's second most iconic building after the cathedral”
“Following Sir Bobby's death last July, almost 5,000 shirts and scarves were left by fans at St James' Park.”
“Three charities - Coaches Across Continents, KitAid and the RAF's Taking Football to Africa and Beyond Appeal - have been distributing the shirts around the world.”
“It took 12 years to compile, at a cost of almost £200m.”
“The citizens of Derry, to a man and woman, want Saville to make it absolutely clear that the 27 people who were shot on that day - murdered and injured - were completely innocent people and that those people who inflicted those deaths and …”
“The Sinn Fein MP, who has admitted being an IRA commander in Derry on 30 January 1972”
“The inquiry into the killings of 13 people in 1972 is due to be published on Tuesday.”
“The harvest only lasted four or five months.”
