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“At least 14 people have been killed in a mass raid by gunmen on jewellers' shops in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad.”
“Only 6.2% of members of local island kaupules are women”
“About 10 gunmen rampaged through a busy street lined with gold shops in the Bayaa district in the south-west of the city, interior ministry officials said.”
“only about 20% in senior public service and statutory boards”
“Four policemen were injured in the shootout.”
“for eight island”
“I heard an explosion and then I saw four dead bodies on the ground close to the gold shops," one witness told Reuters news agency.”
“The Department of Women held national consultations recently to promote women in decision making.”
“But after a major bank raid last year, our correspondent adds, it emerged that some of the robbers were bodyguards to one of the country's vice-presidents.”
“We have divided the action plan in three parts: that's immediate action for one year, the short term and the long term.”
“one of two lorries involved in the four-vehicle crash on Interstate 35.”
“your department has organised it with support from the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat and the UNDP Pacific centre”
“About 17 million of the insects were being carried on the lorry.”
“crushed two passenger cars between the two lorries.”
“some 50% of the local population such as Francineide are on a form of family income support, known as Bolsa Familia”
“Across the country, some 12 million families receive the benefit.”
“in recent years 20 million Brazilians have been lifted out of poverty.”
“Nearly 300 families were recently moved out of the area to brightly-painted and newly-constructed flats”
“The six-month-old female cub, nicknamed Fyne, is being cared for at a rescue centre in Fife after being found on the A82 near Glencoe village.”
“In 30 years of caring for wildlife I have only heard of one other hand-reared otter cub being rescued, so this is really rare.”
“Fyne will later be transferred to the International Otter Survival Fund (IOSF) on Skye.”
“The museum cost more than $3m to build. This was raised, according to Hezbollah, entirely from private donations.”
“Hezbollah is staging a series of events marking the 10th anniversary of the Israeli withdrawal, and what it sees as its victories since then — particularly the most recent war with Israel in 2006.”
“The museum showcases hundreds of pieces of weaponry and equipment.”
“in some of his recent speeches the group's leader, Hassan Nasrallah, has threatened to hit targets deep inside Israel.”
“Israel and Washington have recently accused Syria of transferring long range scud rockets to Hezbollah.”
“The Lebanese Prime Minister, Saad Hariri, was among those to deny the allegations that there were scud rockets in Lebanon, but Hezbollah never issued a denial.”
“I don't know what kind of rockets Hezbollah has, but what I do know is that Hassan Nasrallah does not make empty threats.”
“What we have now is a situation of quite good mutual deterrence. Nobody is going to give up or surrender to the other side. At the same time, both sides know that if they start a war, it will be ferocious and it will kill many civilians.”
“More than 200 flights in and out of Heathrow have been cancelled on the second day of strike action by British Airways cabin crew.”
“Nearly 200 short-haul flights and around 28 long-haul flights scheduled for Tuesday have been cancelled, departure boards suggest.”
“Unite, calling the strike 'well supported', said that a total of 473 long-haul cabin crew did not turn up to work on Monday.”
“A total of 361 did show up, the union said, though these included temporary crew, international crew not on strike and what they termed 'strike-breakers'.”
“On short-haul routes, 274 staff did not report to work, Unite also said.”
“Unite's joint general secretary Tony Woodley called on BA's chief executive Willie Walsh to 'waste no further time or resources' on fighting the strike and instead return to the negotiating table.”
“Earlier talks broke down, with the reinstatement of travel perks for workers involved in previous strikes still the biggest sticking point.”
“Mr Walsh has blamed Bassa, the branch of Unite representing cabin crew, for scuppering a deal that has broadly been agreed with Unite's leadership.”
“Speaking to the BBC, the secretary of Bassa, Duncan Holley, said his branch had the final say over any agreement between Unite and BA.”
“He said the latest deal had been rejected because of the mistrust of Willie Walsh from within Bassa.”
“The relationship between us and Willie Walsh is so bad that we need clarification on every minor detail,' Mr Holley said.”
“'Everyone sees Willie Walsh as the problem.'”
“Mr Holley, who was sacked by BA three weeks ago, said that Bassa were not negotiating directly with BA, but had complete faith in Unite's leadership.”
“'Tony Woodley has given us the final say on whether we accept the deal or not,' he said.”
“No talks between Mr Woodley and BA's chief executive Willie Walsh are currently taking place, though a meeting is expected to be planned for later this week.”
“The relationship between us and Willie Walsh is so bad that we need clarification on every minor detail, Mr Holley said.”
“Tony Woodley has given us the final say on whether we accept the deal or not, he said.”
“Sir Paul McCartney will perform at the White House next week as he picks up an award from President Barack Obama, it has been confirmed.”
“Paul Simon won the inaugural prize followed by Wonder last year.”
“The concert, which will be broadcast on US TV on 28 July, include country singers Emmylou Harris and Faith Hill, and British singer-songwriter Elvis Costello.”
“The former Beatle, 67, will play as part of a concert in his honour when he is presented with the third annual Gershwin Prize for Popular Song.”
“The last episode of the hit US drama Lost attracted 13.5m viewers in the US, network ABC said.”
“In the UK Sky1 screened the show at 0500 BST to coincide with the US, and 584,000 viewers tuned in.”
“The episode was later broadcast at 2100 BST and an average of 2.5 million people tuned in.”
“which won 58 awards, including Golden Globes and Emmys.”
“Matthew Fox and Evangeline Lilly were among the stars of the series, which won 58 awards, including Golden Globes and Emmys.”
“Some 3,500 refugees have crossed into northern Togo from Ghana, Togo's security minister says.”
“He told the BBC's Focus on Africa programme that the violence occurred two weeks ago and that far fewer than 3,500 had fled their homes.”
“In 1994-95, land disputes in northern Ghana erupted into ethnic violence, resulting in the deaths of 1,000 people and the displacement of a further 150,000.”
“they promised to double their aid to Africa by 2010”
“an increase in official development assistance to Africa of $25bn [£17bn] a year by 2010, more than doubling aid to Africa compared to 2004”
“The best estimate is that by the end of this year the G7 nations (Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, UK and US) will have provided just 61% of this planned increase.”
“development aid actually falling by $235m (£163m) since 2004”
“The album will be released digitally on 8 June.”
“The couple worked on the album for more than two years between Spector's first trial - which ended in a mistrial in 2007 - and his second, which resulted in a conviction last year.”
“They face up to 12 years in jail.”
“Pirates attempted more than 200 attacks off the Somali coast in 2009.”
“Worldwide, there were an estimated 400 pirate attacks.”
“This trial is expected to last five days”
“Muse is the only surviving attacker of the Maersk Alabama merchant ship off Somalia's coast in April 2009.”
“Sixteen people have been killed in a coach crash in Turkey's Mediterranean province of Antalya, Turkish and Russian officials say.”
“Twenty-five people were also injured.”
“Turkey's roads have a much higher accident rate than the rest of Europe, our correspondent says, with about 7,000 people killed every year.”
“on five new Powys walks”
“for the last 5,000 years”
“range from one to eight miles”
“archaeologists discovered the remains of at least 15 people dating back to 3500 BC”
“The 8.2% reduction in Wales mirrors a downtrend across the UK, where rail crime has fallen for the sixth consecutive year.”
“An estimated 2,000 tonnes of crude oil are leaking into the sea.”
“The collision caused a 10-metre (yard) tear in the left side of the tanker and 2,000 metric tonnes of crude oil has spilled into the sea where the collision occurred,”
“killing 158 people.”
“Eight survivors are being treated in hospital for burns and other injuries.”
“DNA samples from 21 bodies are to be sent for testing after they remained unidentified or had multiple claimants, reports say.”
“after three days of searching.”
“The country's last major crash happened in the city of Patna in July 2000, killing at least 50 people.”
“Two teams of US investigators, one from the National Transportation Safety Board and the other from aircraft manufacturer Boeing, have been dispatched to help with the crash investigation.”
“On Sunday, investigators recovered the cockpit voice recorder.”
“Nine people have died after falling off buildings at the factory this year.”
“Two others were seriously injured.”
“the company has admitted it stopped a further 30 people trying to throw themselves off high buildings in a three-week period earlier this year.”
“Swing - billed as the first full-length theatrical response to the election”
“No Expense Spared is at the Jermyn Street Theatre 25 May - 26 June”
“Swing is at the Cock Tavern Theatre 22 May - 12 June”
“During last month's election campaign, Laura Wade's Posh opened at the Royal Court”
“And on at Chichester is a stage version of TV comedy Yes, Prime Minister - updated to take in a coalition government”
“Lysette Anthony says the script has been 'sharpened' to take in post-election events”
“More than 100 oils, water colours and traditional Korean ink paintings, dating from the 1960s to the present day, have been brought from Pyongyang to Vienna's MAK Museum for Applied Arts and Contemporary Art for the show, called Flowers fo…”
“but that he hopes the exhibit, which took four years to get off the ground, will lead to a better mutual understanding.”
“"There is no freedom for the arts" in North Korea, he says, and "no freedom to do a show or to decide what you take in that show or what not".”
“All the artists represented are state employees, whose task is to communicate the "correct attitudes and values".”
“Iceland's entry finish first with a cover version of Dancing Queen”
