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“BBC Somali Service analyst Mohamed Mohamed says it is a major blow to President Ahmed, a moderate Islamist who came to power 18 months ago heading a UN-backed unity government.”
“Hundreds of thousands of people have fled their homes in two decades of conflict”
“Gen Pinochet seized power on 11 September 1973”
“The UK's trade deficit widened slightly in April, with both imports and exports affected by the volcanic eruption in Iceland that grounded flights in and out of the UK for about six days.”
“After announcing the new minimum term, the judge invited the courtroom to 'pause and remember Sarah Payne, who would now be 18 if she had not been murdered'.”
“The agency said the counterfeit Algerian national team shirts were seized at East Midlands airport.”
“The Puma kit had been sent from the Far East and was destined for an address in Glasgow.”
“The Refugee Agency UNHCR, for example, has only 10% of what it needs in Somalia”
“the nearby Royal Cornwall Show which starts on Thursday.”
“The letter was reportedly sent by North Korea's UN envoy Sin Son-ho to UN Security Council President Claude Heller”
“Seoul approved two shipments of baby food to be sent to the North... the aid, with a total value of $320,000 (£221,000)”
“UN sanctions are already in place against North Korea in the wake of its two nuclear tests in 2006 and 2009.”
“Forty years after Michael Eavis decided to stage a gathering near Glastonbury”
“four summers ago”
“17-year-old”
“About 150 friends and friends of friends descended on the house in West Wickham, Kent, to watch a flock of local bands”
“LeeFest has become an annual fixture, growing each year and moving out of the back garden in 2008.”
“Seven years ago, Simon Ford decided to get his old school band back together - and staged a festival in his garden in Chagford, Devon, for the occasion. Around 50 people were there”
“Chagstock has since taken on a life of its own, with a 5,000 capacity this year.”
“That barbecue celebrated Mr Trenchard's 21st birthday, in 2001, in the grounds of a 16th Century mansion owned by his parents near Standon, Hertfordshire.”
“By the third year, about 200 people turned up”
“Friendly Fires played in 2007, Florence and the Machine and Paloma Faith appeared in 2008”
“Mumford and Sons performed last year.”
“DLR, which acts as Germany's space agency, is using ILA2010 to highlight its activities, both at a national level and in the context of the European Space Agency (Esa) where the country is the second largest contributor currently.”
“France (18%) and Germany (17%) are the two biggest contributors to Esa' budget. Germany's national expenditure brings its total space spend to about 1.3bn euros a year.”
“Esa spending in 2010 and 2011 has been frozen. Its budget this year is about 3.7bn euros in total.”
“France (18%) and Germany (17%) are the two biggest contributors to Esa' budget.”
“I have asked the directors of Esa to implement their programmes in such a way that I do not have to ask for more money than in 2009”
“Conservationists are moving the 300 rodents away from Thurrock to the River Colne, near Colchester, 50 miles away.”
“More than 50,000 animals, including rare species like great-crested newts, have already been moved from the site.”
“They will be released at several sites, including Fordham Hall Estate, a 500-acre Woodland Trust site on the River Colne.”
“Darren Tansley, from Essex Wildlife Trust, said water vole numbers in England had declined by more than 90% in recent years as a result of habitat destruction and attacks by mink.”
“The river has been surveyed for at least two decades and we have watched water voles decline and become extinct mainly because of mink.”
“A total of about 300 voles are being moved from the site”
“More than 50,000 animals, including rare species like great‑crested newts, have already been moved from the site”
“They will be released at several sites, including Fordham Hall Estate, a 500-acre Woodland Trust site on the River Colne”
“Conservationists are moving the 300 rodents away from Thurrock to the River Colne, near Colchester, 50 miles away”
“Darren Tansley, from Essex Wildlife Trust, said water vole numbers in England had declined by more than 90% in recent years as a result of habitat destruction and attacks by mink”
“A 30ft (9m) model dinosaur which broadcaster Chris Evans had hoped to claim for his garden will be given a new home at a school.”
“Thousands of inquiries were made about Bronty the dinosaur”
“Ysgol Santes Tudful was chosen from a shortlist of five schools and charity groups.”
“A three-page email was sent to the showcaves outling why it would provide a suitable home”
“The response we have had has been absolutely fantastic, and I want to thank everyone who has contacted us to offer Bronty a new home. "Compiling the shortlist was tremendously difficult, as the cases put forward by everyone were very stron…”
“The upper Swansea valley showcaves chose Ysgol Santes Tudful in Merthyr Tydfil after thousands of inquiries.”
“That might have been cool when Nirvana did it but 5,000 bands later, it gets a little boring.”
“The band came fifth in the BBC's annual Sound of ... poll”
“When that list came out we had only been a band for about five months.”
“We've actually just celebrated our first year anniversary.”
“The band are also due to support Kings of Leon at their gigs in London's Hyde Park at the end of June, where they will perform to more than 50,000 ticketholders.”
“The band's 12 track self-titled album boasts almost as many influences, from Brit bands The Smiths and The Cure to The Beach Boys and Phil Spector.”
“Two short stories by Stieg Larsson, the author of The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo, have been found six years after his death.”
“Larsson died in 2004 aged 50, a year before the first of his Millennium trilogy crime novels was published.”
“He had originally planned to write 10 books in the series and was halfway through the fourth when he died.”
“The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, The Girl Who Played With Fire and The Girl Who Kicked The Hornet's Nest have gone on to sell more than 20 million copies worldwide.”
“Library spokesman Hakan Farje said it received the stories as part of a private donation of the magazine's archives in 2007.”
“received both the Diana Award and the inaugural Anne Frank/Miep Gies award”
“Nearly 300 British servicemen and women have died in the country since 2001.”
“During the first six months of the UK deployment to Helmand, we increased our force levels by over a third in response to the situation there.”
“Another former commander in Helmand, Brigadier Ed Butler, said planners had under-estimated the threat in the area, as attention was so focussed on Iraq at the time.”
“Terry Gou, the Taiwanese chairman of the electronics company's parent firm, has announced that an investigation by the Chinese authorities found that none of the suicides were related to working conditions at the Shenzhen plant.”
“Mr Gou says the fact that he was not detained after the investigation "proves" the company should not be blamed.”
“Three men have been charged with murdering a 17‑year‑old footballer who was stabbed to death in north London.”
“Daniel Riley, 21, from Holloway, north London; Matthew Lanihun, 20, of Finsbury Park, north London; and Koffi Osimeh, 19, also of Finsbury Park, are accused of killing him.”
“Moise Avorgah, 19, of Tottenham, north London, appeared at the Old Bailey in April, charged with murdering Godwin.”
“He was remanded in custody ahead of a hearing on 16 June.”
“Godwin Lawson, from Enfield, north London, was fatally wounded in Stamford Hill on 27 March.”
“while more than 200,000 displaced Tamil civilians had returned to their villages”
“more than 80% of their former houses were destroyed or damaged beyond repair”
“some 60,000 displaced people remain in camps”
“Tamil National Alliance leader R Sampanthan said that while more than 200,000 displaced Tamil civilians had returned to their villages, more than 80% of their former houses were destroyed or damaged beyond repair.”
“Sri Lanka's Tamils account for 12.5% of the island's 20 million population.”
“Up to 100,000 people were killed in the island's 25-year civil war, the United Nations estimates.”
“Tens of millions of ethnic Tamils live in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu.”
“The sanctions are meant to "persuade Iran to halt its nuclear programme and negotiate constructively and in earnest with the international community", America's UN ambassador Susan Rice told reporters on Tuesday, a day before the vote on t…”
“instead tabled the new sanctions resolution, the fourth in as many years.”
“There have been some concessions, but the Chinese and Russians are more strongly backing this than many would have assumed in February and March," he said.”
“Recently a group of US experts - including non-proliferation specialists and former top diplomats - issued a statement urging the Obama administration to consider the Tehran deal.”
“they said if enacted it would "represent a first step in halting Iran's progress towards nuclear weapons capability".”
“"To have Brazil and Turkey actively working to develop a different approach to Iran's nuclear situation was a huge advantage for the US," says Mr Sick.”
“"Having two mid-level powers that Iran trusted could be invaluable in making further progress, and I think that was a huge opportunity that was lost."”
“England has a huge tradition in soccer. They have good stadiums, good teams. They have one of the best national teams with a very good national trainer, he said, referring to his countryman Fabio Capello.”
“[Have] clear goals, establish the best team of people and have the best national companies to work with and have as partners in the organisation. Telecommunications companies, logistic companies, television companies.”
“The winning bids for 2018 and 2022 will be revealed on 2 December.”
“It is only the fifth one ever to be seen in the UK since ornithology records began in the 1800s and the first one ever to be seen in Wales, without doubt.”
“On Saturday there were 250 here at dawn alone.”
“Over the weekend there were several hundred people here.”
“The errors were discovered when European auditors carried out spot checks on individual subsidy claims made by farmers.”
“The audit found that, in some instances, more than one farmer was claiming subsidies on the same piece of land.”
“Unite, which represents BA cabin crew, said the legal protection granted to employees who go on strike lasts for 12 weeks and will expire on 11 June.”
“Wednesday is the 22nd day of strike action this year in the dispute.”
“It has been aiming to operate about 80% of long-haul flights from Heathrow, up from 70% and 60% during the previous two five-day strikes.”
“The percentage of short-haul flights operating from Heathrow was up to 60%, from 55% and 50% respectively, it added.”
“Unite says there has been 'huge disruption' to flights during the strike.”
“The Netherlands is the first country in the eurozone to vote since a crisis erupted earlier this year over the single European currency”
“The measures, which Labour had planned to introduce in July 2011, will apply to partners coming to the UK from areas outside the EU, such as South Asia.”
“Between January and December 2009, 59,000 people from outside the EU were granted a visa to live with their partner in the UK.”
“According to the latest figures provided by the Office for National Statistics, 503,000 people moved to the UK between September 2008 and September 2009, and 361,000 people moved out.”
“Officials estimate that the new language test will lead to 10% fewer applications overall and it is likely to most affect the UK's Indian, Pakistani and Bangladeshi communities.”
“The spousal visa allows someone to stay for two years, after which they can apply for indefinite leave to remain.”
“Applicants must then pass a further test on life and language in the UK.”
