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“Officials said they hoped to remove all the activists from the country by Friday.”
“Alexandra Lort-Phillips, 38, from Hackney, east London;”
“Transport Minister Conor Murphy said he would love to see Belfast become one of the top 10 cycling cities in the British Isles.”
“I have asked the recently established Active Travel Forum to explore the recommendations of the 2020 Vision Report in detail, as part of its work to present recommendations to me for an Active Travel Strategy for the north," Mr Murphy said.”
“The suspects are accused of trying to bribe top Liberian officials to protect large cocaine shipments "since 2007".”
“Liberia's Solicitor-General Watkins Wrights read out a government statement, saying that the seven men were from Russia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone and Ghana.”
“The men were sent from Liberia to the US between 28 May and 1 June, the government statement said.”
“The BBC's Jonathan Paye-Layleh in the Liberian capital, Monrovia, says the arrests were part of the US Drug Enforcement Administration's "Operation Relentless", in which Liberian and US authorities are working together in an effort to catc…”
“There have been large cocaine seizures in other countries in the region, including Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Senegal and Sierra Leone.”
“Nine activists died when Israeli commandos boarded the six-ship convoy on Monday”
“We are only turning off a small percentage in non-residential areas.”
“Three people have been killed and six injured trying to defuse a World War II bomb in central Germany.”
“the bomb, reportedly weighing 500kg (1,100lb), had detonated.”
“the three men who died were experienced sappers, or combat engineers, who over 20 years had defused up to 700 bombs.”
“More than 7,000 people were immediately evacuated when the 500kg bomb was found.”
“The blast happened an hour before the defusing operation was due to start.”
“In Berlin, four bombs have been found in the past two months, including one near the capital's main airport.”
“Dylan Aaron's body was recovered on Sunday afternoon”
“Dylan died in the early hours of Sunday after apparently being assaulted and disappearing into the pond off Ladies Lane, Hindley.”
“Samantha Blundell, 17, who was in the year above Dylan in school, branded the comments 'vile'”
“Mr Jobs said that Apple representatives were working with Foxconn to find out why 10 workers had killed themselves at a factory in Shenzhen, China. An eleventh worker recently died at another factory in northern China. In total, there have…”
“The deaths have shone a spotlight on working conditions at the factory, where workers - often from rural China - work up to 12 hours a day, six days a week.”
“About 5,000 barrels of oil have been pouring into the sea off the Gulf of Mexico every day.”
“The new Oil Spill Prevention and Response Advisory Group (OSPRAG) met in Aberdeen, and will do so again next month.”
“It said the North Sea industry was tightly regulated.”
“It was highly unlikely a major oil spill such as the one in the Gulf of Mexico could happen in the North Sea.”
“the number of people held for more than a year while their asylum claims were processed had nearly doubled”
“which covered the period between January and December 2009”
“in the year ending April 2010 the average length of stay per detainee was 136 days, 59 detainees had been held for six months and 20 for more than a year”
“for the 12-month period up to April 2007 no detainee was held for a year and only 30 people had been kept at the centre for six months”
“There has been little sign of progress in hastening the time taken to resolve complex cases resulting in unacceptably long periods of detention in some cases”
“Russell Bohling, from West Ella, near Hull, was last seen on 2 March and his car was later found in a car park at Bempton Cliffs, East Yorkshire.”
“He is described as white, about 5ft 8ins tall with a medium build and short, straight brown hair.”
“The work is set to be completed by January 2012, shortly before Loughborough University hosts Team GB as well as the Japanese team.”
“We are working very closely with East Midlands Trains to make sure that passengers have the best information.”
“the Taoiseach, Brian Cowen, has warned of serious consequences if harm comes to any Irish citizen”
“the reason Israel can afford to offend the rest of the world is simple - it is backed by the United States.”
“President Obama must tackle what it calls the 'Palestinian problem' or there will be more violence on sea and on land.”
“President Obama has ordered an FBI investigation into BP's actions before the rig explosion that caused the catastrophic oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.”
“there are fears that the leak could continue until August”
“the new measures, which will allow the opening up of a new building site on a farm every 10 years”
“It was bought in the 1960s for just £8,000.”
“the car has twin machine guns, revolving number plates, a smoke screen, a bullet-proof shield and tyre-shredding blades that emerge from the hubcaps.”
“The blockade began at 1500 BST leading to delays near the Strand and roads leading to and from Waterloo Bridge. [...] The hour-long protest had a knock-on effect on traffic in the run-up to rush hour.”
“Mr Badger said he had been on the 1245 train ... on 10 May 2002 as a "familiarisation" exercise.”
“The train was travelling at 98 mph when it derailed.”
“Seven people were killed in the crash near Potters Bar station, Herts.”
“two passengers tried to raise concerns about the track the night before the crash.”
“One report had been 'forgotten', another had been misinterpreted and on the third occasion a train manager had not responded to a passenger's concerns.”
“The West Anglia Great Northern train careered off the track at 98mph.”
“Six passengers in the rear carriage and a passer-by were killed.”
“Israel deported 124 foreign activists detained after Monday's raid on an aid flotilla in which nine people were killed.”
“The boat, the Rachel Corrie, which left Dundalk about three weeks ago, is still pressing ahead to breach the Israeli blockade of Gaza.”
“Ms Maguire told BBC Radio Ulster on Tuesday: "I hope that we will be able to get to Gaza and bring in humanitatian aid. The ports have been closed for over 40 years. It's not so much that we get in, it is that the people of Gaza cannot get…”
“But the United Nations has said this is less than a quarter of what is needed.”
“the boat, the Rachel Corrie, which left Dundalk about three weeks ago”
“You have 1.5m people, it's like the population of Northern Ireland totally cut off from the world by this inhumane, illegal siege of Gaza. The ports have been closed for over 40 years.”
“Demonstrations against the Israeli actions were held in Belfast and Londonderry on Monday.”
“The price of establishing an eight-strong auxiliary unit has been outlined as part of a review of emergency cover for Southerness.”
“Southerness has two holiday parks, housing more than 800 caravans.”
“In the peak summer season the population can swell from about 300 to more than 5,000.”
“There have been 50 call-outs to Southerness in the past 11 years - almost half of them false alarms - and just one caravan fire since 2003.”
“This has led to some concerns about the adequacy of fire cover from Dumfries or Dalbeattie, each more than 20 minutes away.”
“Some of the families have been living in the changing rooms for as long as 11 years, as the city's acute housing shortage, which is said to number 410,000 units, has driven desperate people to live rough in the poorer parts of Cape Town.”
“Following the closure of an AstroTurf hockey complex and the subsequent departure of non-governmental organisations (NGOs) who used the changing rooms, the current occupants divided the facility into six tiny cement-floored rooms, one for …”
“They all share two toilets and two taps.”
“They have had no electricity since the council cut off the power two years ago.”
“It certainly is not suitable to house six families - it's an undesirable situation for people to live under such conditions.”
“Yaseen Watson, 70, who lived in one of the cottages, was more fortunate than the six families since he was offered alternative accommodation across the road.”
“However, he regrets that the home in which he lived since 1966 was demolished to make way for the parking area.”
“After all, 43 years is a long time.”
“all 10 of my children were born and grew up there.”
“Armed with more than 1,000 disposable razors, 6,000 bars of soap, 6,000 toothbrushes, 4,000 tubes of toothpaste and 1,000 blankets, the city is also hoping to ensure the people are clean and well-groomed for the duration of the programme.”
“It will also create 600 temporary jobs to assist vulnerable people with the reintegration process, paying them 40 rand ($5.20, £3.60) a shift.”
“The families who comprise 24 people, half of them children, are facing eviction to make space for the parking area next to the Athlone Stadium...”
“...as the city's acute housing shortage, which is said to number 410,000 units, has driven desperate people to live rough in the poorer parts of Cape Town.”
“Some of the families have been living in the changing rooms for as long as 11 years...”
“After all, 43 years is a long time. It was very hard for me, the house has so many memories - all 10 of my children were born and grew up there.”
“In 2004 the British director's film 9 Songs made headlines after the British film censor passed its scenes of real, not simulated, sex.”
“Winterbottom's latest film The Killer Inside Me, which premiered at the Sundance film festival, has already led to walk-outs and accusations of misogyny over the violence against its female characters.”
“The film is based on the 1952 pulp novel of the same name by Jim Thompson.”
“Winterbottom's next project is The Promised Land - a political thriller set in 1930s Palestine.”
“He is also working on the film Seven Days - starring John Simm - which is being shot over a period of five years.”
“We've been filming for three years, we just did a bit more last month. ... It's out at end of 2012.”
“The Killer Inside Fe is out on 4 June.”
“there is a 70% chance of eight to 14 hurricanes, of which between three and seven could be major hurricanes with winds of more than 111mph (179km/h).”
“even a category one storm can raise the water level eight or 10 feet.”
“You have to have a very high berm to stop a 10ft storm surge,”
“created waves of 80ft (23.4m) out at sea.”
“The prediction this year for the Atlantic is for an 'active to extremely active' hurricane season, which officially began on 1 June.”
“According to the US's National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, there is a 70% chance of eight to 14 hurricanes, of which between three and seven could be major hurricanes with winds of more than 111mph (179km/h).”
“I'm of the belief that hurricanes are Mother Nature's dispersant.”
“A hurricane passing to the west of the oil slick could drive oil to the coast,”
“So far the water has been very slowly moving, almost stagnant,”
“There is potential for oil to go fairly far inland, penetrating the marshes even deeper. It makes the problem potentially a lot worse.”
“She recalls that Hurricane Ivan, a category four storm, created waves of 80ft (23.4m) out at sea.”
“One thing NOAA's experts seem clear about is that the oil leak will not have a significant effect on the formation of the hurricanes themselves.”
“Leonard Worsell and John John, both 20, were killed near the town's railway station”
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