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“which had 2.5 miles of tents and marquees”
“Seventy judges are adjudicating in the competition classes”
“Show steward Richard Lutwyche said classes for pigs were reintroduced to the show two years ago”
“The show, which takes three weeks to assemble at Stoke Park”
“About 40 firefighters tackled the blaze at its height, with some remaining at the scene on Sunday morning to damp down the fire.”
“He is expected to have a CT scan on Sunday and awaits the results of other tests, his son Michael said.”
“Biggs, 80, underwent tests at Barnet General Hospital on Saturday and remained in hospital overnight.”
“His son Michael said he expected to find out more from the hospital on Sunday afternoon.”
“Biggs was given a 30-year sentence, but escaped after 15 months and went on the run for more than 30 years, living in Australia and Brazil.”
“He returned to the UK voluntarily in 2001 in search of medical treatment.”
“Israel says it allows 15,000 tons of aid into Gaza every week.”
“The United Nations, which calls the blockade a "Medieval siege", says this is only a fraction of what is needed and less than a quarter of what was coming into Gaza before the blockade was enforced.”
“Bobby Moffett, 43, was shot in the face shortly before 1300 BST on Friday in an area that was crowded with shoppers.”
“At least two masked gunmen wearing fluorescent jackets shot Mr Moffett at the corner of Conway Street and the Shankill Road.”
“17 people dead and one injured”
“2,631 coal miners died in 1,616 mine accidents in China in 2009, down 18% from the previous year.”
“Music and dancing was continuing on Sunday afternoon at the site, which is around a mile and a half from Dale village.”
“Sound systems, some with 10ft high speakers, moved onto the grassland on Saturday and have been joined by hundreds of cars and vans.”
“Bangladesh has blocked access to Facebook after satirical images of the prophet Muhammad and the country's leaders were uploaded, say reports.”
“Officials said the ban was temporary and access to the site would be restored once the images were removed.”
“Facebook had 'hurt the religious sentiments of the country's majority Muslim population' by carrying 'offensive images' of Mohammed.”
“Some links in the site also contained obnoxious images of our leaders including the father of the nation Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, current Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and the leader of the opposition.”
“Facebook will be re-opened once we erase the pages that contain the obnoxious images.”
“Pakistan blocked all access to Facebook - along with YouTube, Wikipedia and Flickr - last week after images of Muhammad started to appear online.”
“People were invited to submit their images of him in the run-up to 'Everybody Draw Muhammad Day' held by some users of Facebook on 20 May.”
“Thousands of people joined anti-Facebook protests in Bangladesh on Friday demanding the site be blocked over the contest.”
“Pools of crude leak incessantly from 40-year-old rusty pipes, it says.”
“South Korea has accused North Korea of torpedoing the Cheonan, which sank on 26 March with the loss of 46 lives.”
“"The urgent task for the moment is to properly handle the serious impact caused by the Cheonan incident, gradually defuse tensions over it and avoid possible conflicts," he said.”
“State media said that 100,000 people attended a rally in Pyongyang on Sunday to condemn South Korea.”
“On Monday Mr Wen travels to Japan for more talks with Mr Hatoyama.”
“Japan has already said it is tightening its stringent sanctions against North Korea in response to the incident.”
“An investigation by international experts concluded earlier this month that the Cheonan had been struck by a North Korean torpedo, which split the ship in two.”
“The two Koreas remain technically at war, because a permanent peace deal was never reached after the 1950-1953 Korea War.”
“Not only has she signalled an end to a politically-motivated, 13-year losing streak for the 'big four' countries who help fund the competition”
“it was a lone 19-year-old pop singer who made the biggest impression.”
“John Gordon, told the BBC that Satellite was composed three years ago”
“UK entrant Josh Dubovie will be drowning his sorrows after taking last place, with a measly 10 points.”
“Julia Frost, who co-wrote the winning song, has a proven track record”
“Julia Frost, who co-wrote Lena's song, works for RedZone entertainment - the US company responsible for Rihanna's Umbrella and Britney Spears' Me Against The Music.”
“the first Eurovision stage invasion since 1964.”
“That Sounds Good To Me was written by Pete Waterman and Mike Stock - bankable hitmakers in their heyday, but that heyday was 20 years ago”
“The latest walkout coincides with the half-term holidays, and could be followed by more action starting on 5 June.”
“Madhav Kumar Nepal became prime minister last May”
“The parliament, or Constitutional Assembly, elected in 2008, had been due to expire on Friday, the deadline to write a new constitution.”
“The Maoists, the ruling Communists and the Nepali Congress Party agreed to extend parliament by up to a year.”
“The Maoists, who are the largest party in parliament, have been protesting against the government since their leader, Pushpa Kamal Dahal, resigned as prime minister last year.”
“In 2008-9, its services were used 8,176 times, compared to 10,162 times in 2009-10.”
“Dozens of fans of rival Greek hanball teams PAOK Salonika and AEK Athens have attacked each other with petrol bombs and knives, leaving at least 14 people hurt.”
“Three fans were taken to hospital with knife wounds, Reuters news agency reported.”
“All team sports were cancelled for two weeks in 2007 after a brawl between rival women's volleyball fans left one man dead.”
“Handball officials announced that the cup finals had been suspended indefinitely.”
“At least 13 people have died in mudslides and floods caused by tropical storm Agatha, which swept in from the Pacific Ocean.”
“There have also been three deaths in neighbouring El Salvador.”
“Parts of the country have already received their highest rainfall in more than 60 years, according to Guatemalan President Alvaro Colom.”
“More than 70,000 people have been evacuated from their homes.”
“Four children died when a mudslide buried their home in Santa Catarina Pinula, on the outskirts of Guatemala City, officials said.”
“Elsewhere in the capital, four people died when flood water swept through their homes.”
“Guatemala's main airport will remain closed for at least five days while workers clear the runways.”
“which began erupting on Thursday.”
“The worst oil spill in US history began when a drilling rig exploded and sank last month, killing 11 people.”
“An initial plan to place a 125-tonne dome over the leak failed when it became blocked with ice crystals.”
“He was last seen in public in March when he was honoured with a star on Hollywood's Walk of Fame”
“Hopper directed the 1969 counter-culture road movie Easy Rider, which he co-wrote with and starred alongside Peter Fonda. The pair were nominated for a best screenplay Academy Award”
“It took nearly 10 years for Hopper to win back starring roles”
“The world's longest running radio soap opera, The Archers, is celebrating its 60th year.”
“The world's longest running radio soap opera, The Archers, is celebrating its 60th year. Set in the fictional Midlands village of Ambridge, it has been recorded in Birmingham since 1950.”
“The milestone was reached as actors and colleagues gathered on Thursday to pay tribute to Norman Painting, best known for playing Phil Archer since 1950.”
“Another memorable episode in the BBC soap was when Phil Archer's wife, Grace, was burnt to death with 20 million listeners tuning in to find out what happened.”
“The B5056 at Fenny Bentley near Ashbourne suffered from subsidence for several months and was finally closed in August 2009 after heavy rain. [...] a £750,000 project to repair the damage.”
“The B5056 at Fenny Bentley near Ashbourne suffered from subsidence for several months and was finally closed in August 2009 after heavy rain.”
“More than 80 reinforced posts have been put in place to support the road.”
“Major work was needed to repair the road and prevent it from slipping again in the future.”
“Further work to repair a second landslip at Horsley Farm was also carried out.”
“Nearly 200 nations, signatories of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), backed plans for the meeting in 2012.”
“Some 189 nations agreed to the 28-page document following a month-long conference on strengthening the NPT, the cornerstone of global disarmament efforts.”
“In April, Mr Netanyahu pulled out of a US summit on nuclear arms after learning that Egypt and Turkey intended to raise the issue.”
“Iran has signed [the treaty], Iraq has signed it... Syria has signed it, and we see that it hasn't stopped them from seriously breaking the treaty and from trying to bypass it”
“The blonde parade began last year and was planned as a one-off but it is back by popular demand and is now a two-day festival.”
“Money collected from the event will go to Latvian charities.”
“Next year, our correspondent says, Riga's blonde ambitions are even bigger, with a blonde carnival planned - like Rio, just a little bit blonder.”
“The coastguard said the vessel blocked the channel for about three hours.”
“As the boat had Radio 2 playing in the background, the Radio 2 newsreader made the on-air appeal at the next opportunity, which was the midday news within Jonathan Ross's show.”
“The UN estimates 100,000 people were killed.”
“I think this commission holds promise and we hope and expect that it will fulfil that promise.”
“Mrs Clinton said the panel should be 'independent, impartial and competent'.”
“We expect that the mandate will enable them to fully investigate serious allegations of violations”
“If there is a need for support, then we certainly will be happy to engage in a dialogue with the United Nations.”
“One would be hard pressed to imagine a more complete failure to hold to account those who abuse human rights.”
“The owner of a hairdresser's has offered a £500 reward after their premises was damaged by smoke on 21 May when a bin was set alight.”
“He also ended curfews in 23 other provinces.”
“This replaces the previous advice, which advised against all but essential travel to Bangkok and Chiang Mai.”
“Dozens of people were killed in Bangkok earlier this month after anti-government 'Red Shirt' protesters moved into a shopping district.”
“People were also advised against all travel to the border temple area of Preah Vihear”
“and discouraged from visiting the southern provinces of Pattani, Yala, Narathiwat and Songkhla.”
“offering to sell access to the Duke of York for £500,000”
“Her flight from Los Angeles landed at Heathrow Airport just after 1130 BST”
“On Friday she recorded a public apology on the Oprah Winfrey Show. The 10-minute interview with the chat show host, filmed in Los Angeles”
“will be broadcast on Tuesday”
“Sunderland Council is to consider conferring the honorary freedom of the city on the regiment on 10 September.”
