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Tonight at 10.00, the Taliban launch Tonight at 10.00, the Taliban launch

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a sustained attack on the British Council in Kabul. 12 people are

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Suicide attackers stormed the Suicide attackers stormed the

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cultural centre as some staff take refuge in a panic room. It will not

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stop the British Council and our whole effort in Afghanistan to

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bring greater stability and peace to that country. We will be looking at

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what this assault means for the security of Afghanistan as

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troops prepare to leave. Also tonight:

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The prison population Wales hits a record high following

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hundreds of convictions riots.

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Rebels on Libya's western front closer to the capital. We

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from the front line. Up to now, the rebels have been

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using small arms, mortars rocket-propelled grenades but now

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they brought up an old T55 Russian made tank and they are firing

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the street. On the eastern front,

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casualties mount as the continues.

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Another day of turmoil stock markets, ending a week

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further big losses for investors. That will do! And a double century

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from Bell and Pietersen as England put in a vintage performance against

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India at the Oval. I will be here with Sportsday later

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in the hour on the BBC News Channel, including Andy Murray. He is still

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going strong in Cincinnati but there's a surprise waiting for

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Good evening. Gunmen in Afghanistan Good evening. Gunmen in Afghanistan

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have launched a sustained eight-hour attack on the British Council in

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Kabul, killing at least 12 people. The assault came on the anniversary

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of Afghanistan's independence from Britain in 1919. The Taliban said it

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was a signal that invading forces are doomed to destruction.

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The attackers set off a car bomb and fought a gun battle with police

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security guards. Stunned staff took shelter in a panic room while the

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assault was uppedway. The Prime Minister, David Cameron, condemned

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the attack as vicious and cowardly. rocket-propelled grenades, the

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Taliban came armed for a long fight. SIREN.

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This was they wouldn't survive. Most of the

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six attackers wore suicide vests. Using a car bomb, they blew a

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in a wall and swarmed into the compound. But Gurkhas and Afghan

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security guards kept the at bay. We heard more than three

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explosions, strongly believing that two of them were suicide bombers.

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They had blown themselves up but one of them is still hiding in

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the areas in the building. It was New Zealand Special Forces and

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Afghan commandos that finally the fight, killing all

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insurgents. The assault came in the west of the

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city, near the intercontinental Hotel. Dozens were killed there in

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June. When it began, staff, including two female teachers,

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headed to an underground safe room. There they stayed, terrified, as the

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gun battle raged around them. The siege of the British Council lasted

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eight hours. As the clear-up at the site began,

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it emerged that the all-male attackers had disguised

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in burqas, allowing them to evade checkpoints. The British

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staff who were in the compound, who essentially were in the safe

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for most of the day and we were in contact with them, have been

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extracted safely. They are now in the Embassy, obviously shaken, but

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Today Afghanistan celebrated the Today Afghanistan celebrated the

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Today Afghanistan celebrated the freedom from British rule

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freedom from British rule freedom from British rule

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Today Afghanistan celebrated anniversary. The British Council

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exists to promote Britain and British culture overseas. It's an

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example of soft power. The saw it as a soft target. This is a

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particularly vicious and cowardly attack, but it's an attack that

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This was an attack against British This was an attack against British

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interests but it was also an attack against the Afghan government.

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British and American troops are preparing to leave here.

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Increasingly, the Afghans will have to take care of security on their

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own. In the future, when they face attacks from the Taliban, they will

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The insurgents have again shown that The insurgents have again shown that

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they can strike even in the most heavily protected parts of

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country. Tonight the city remains on high alert and in fear that there

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may be more attacks to come. We can speak to Quentin who is in

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Kabul now. What questions does this raise about the security situation

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there, with British Forces preparing to leave? Well, the question it

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raises is who replaces those British Forces and American forces? The

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answer according to NATO is Afghan security forces. They are clearly

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not ready yet but NATO Generals tell us they still have a few years

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before their troops leave and hopefully the Afghans will be ready

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by then. The pressure that NATO is putting on the Taliban, pushing them

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back in Kandahar and Helmand, NATO hopes that will force the Taliban to

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the negotiating table, to seek a political settlement. So far though,

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the Taliban haven't shown any indication that they want anything

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other than a violent settlement this conflict. Thanks very much.

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The prison population in England and The prison population in England and

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Wales has reached a record high following last week's riots. Tonight

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there are fewer than 1200 places left and the Prison Service says

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it's drawing up contingency plans to deal with what it calls an

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unprecedented situation. Our home affairs correspondent has

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Ursula Nevin, expected to spend Ursula Nevin, expected to spend

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months behind bars. One of hundreds filling up the prisons following the

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riots; but she didn't take part in the unrest. She simply accepted

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pair of looted shorts. So today she was freed on appeal. But

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have been jailing 100 people a day, from the man given 16 months for

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stealing doughnuts, to the pair sentenced to four years after

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inciting a riot on Facebook. In general, the government wants

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criminals rehabilitated, not incarcerated, but today it released

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new figures showing 1375 people have now appeared in court, in

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with the riots. and the result: the prison

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population of England and Wales has reached a record high. Over 86,000.

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There are fewer than 1200 free places left.

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We need a certain margin of spaces We need a certain margin of spaces

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just to enable the Prison Service to work. Indeed that sort of slack in

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the system to make things work. If we start eating into that, it

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becomes more and more difficult for governors to manage the situation.

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Attempts are made to keep prisoners in the cities where they live, so

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London London rioters may well end up in

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feltham but the Prison Service also has a new facility for

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offenders over in East London. has spaces. This is not yet an

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overcrowding crisis, but the pressure is on.

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So the government is also looking So the government is also looking

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for unused space in the prisons it has, opening early a refurbished

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wing at Lewis, Sussex perhaps, or bringing back into service sections

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of Doncaster prison, damaged last year in a riot. But prison

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campaigners continue to argue severe sentencing is to blame, a

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they predict the courts will yet have to rectify. The court system

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is already struggling the weight of cases, and in fact in a rush to

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out hasty and perhaps overly punitive sentences we see these

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cases rebounding back into the system on appeal, then we are

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to see a major logjam. New keep coming. Today a court dealt

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with a robbery of a student robbed as he stood bleeding from an attack.

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place in Libya as rebels battle forces who are loyal to Colonel

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Gaddafi. To the east of the capital, rebels are claiming a significant

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victory. They say they have now taken control of Zlitan. To the

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west, rebels have been fighting street battles in the centre of

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Zawiya. In a moment the latest from the eastern front; first though this

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report from inside Zawiya. This afternoon, the assault to clear

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Gaddafi's forces from Zawiya began. High on adrenaline, the rebels

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celebrate as if each shot is taking them a step closer to Tripoli. Up to

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now, the rebels have been small arms, mortars

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rocket-propelled grenades, but now they brought up an old T55

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Russian-made tank and they are firing down the street, into the

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square where Gaddafi's forces still holding out.

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Let's go. The problem for the Let's go. The problem for the

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rebels and for us are snipers many rebels and for us are snipers

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rebels and for us are snipers. We are taken up into the one hole

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building the rebels now control. It's their single vantage point

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overlooking the square. Their own sniper's nest. Out of the window the

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green flags show just how close we are to Gaddafi's positions. Even up

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here, the threat from sniper fire is constant. Just as it is for the

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fighters down on the streets below. REPORTER: What's the situation

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there in the square? The situation is very dangerous for us because you

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can't move free. There's many shooting, in the square, and the

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Gunners are on the high roofs. Gaddafi's forces continued to return

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fire all afternoon. They are not running away. But the rebels know,

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if they can win here in Zawiya then the road to Tripoli will be open.

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The casualties kept coming, rushed The casualties kept coming, rushed

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to a field hospital near the front line. By mid-afternoon, the death

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toll was more than 30. The rebels blamed their light weapons for their

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heavy losses. But they vowed fight on, determined to

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towards Tripoli. TRANSLATION: We will chase Gaddafi from one hole to

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another. Well, another casualty is now being taken away, being brought

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into the hospital in Misrata for further treatment. Wounded have been

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arriving here steadily over the few hours. A lot of heavily wounded

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fighters have been brought in. Doctors say this is one of the worst

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Nearby, this father whose only son Nearby, this father whose only son

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Nearby, this father whose only son was lost today in the battle for

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was lost today in the battle for was lost today in the battle for

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Nearby, this father Zlitan. But for other families this

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was a day of reunions, a day freedom finally came. Hundreds of

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civilians who had been trapped in Zlitan were bussed to safety by the

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rebels. This family were stranded for five months after fleeing the

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shelling in Misrata. "Words can't express my happiness", she said. "I

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hope the same will happen in Tripoli." Then it was into the car,

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to head for home. They have been dreaming of victory for months. Now

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they and many others here they can smell it. CHANTING.

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There have been further clashes in There have been further clashes in

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Syria as thousands joined street protests after Friday prayers.

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Despite assurances from President Assad earlier this week that

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military operations against demonstrators had stopped,

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rights activists sent new pictures of military and militia on the

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street. They say at least 22 people were killed today when security

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Relatives of the victims shot dead Relatives of the victims shot dead

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by a lone gunman last month on the Norwegian island of Utoeya have been

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visiting the scene for the first time. 69 people died on the island.

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Family members were accompanied by psychologists, priests and

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investigators. Meanwhile, a court in Oslo has ruled that the man who

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admitted to carrying out the killings, Anders Breivik, will

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remain in solitary confinement further month.

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A woman and her best friend from Newry, Co Down, have been stabbed to

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death in Turkey. The Marion Elizabeth Graham and Kathy

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Dinsmore, both in their 50s, were found in woods near the port city of

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Izmir. A teenage waiter has been arrested in connection with the

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Conservatives deaths. - in connection with the deaths.

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A sunshine holiday which ended in tragedy, the double murder of two

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friends who went to Turkey for a summer break. Marion Elizabeth

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Graham and Kathy Dinsmore were from Northern Ireland, killed far

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away from home in a remote Turkish forest. They were together when they

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died, both stabbed to death. They were staying in a resort on the West

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Coast of Turkey, which is with holidaymakers, but they

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killed elsewhere, near the port Izmir. Police have arrested a

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17-year-old waiter. He was the boyfriend of Marion Elizabeth

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Graham's daughter. She is only 15, but it is being reported that the

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Turkish teenager wanted to marry her and was upset when her mother

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objected. It was also reported in Turkey that

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he confessed to the police involvement in the double killing.

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He isn't the only person to be arrested. The police are also

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questioning a taxi driver and the young waiter's father. It is a

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Back here in Co Down, Northern Back here in Co Down, Northern

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Back here in Co Down, Northern Ireland, there's shock. Marion

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Ireland, there's shock. Marion Ireland, there's shock. Marion

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Back here in Elizabeth Graham and Kathy Dinsmore

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were well-known and popular. One friend described them as two bubbly

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Co Down girls. They lived in Newry, and people here tonight remembered

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their love of life and their positive attitude. They didn't let

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life get them down, that much I do know, and had formed a great

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know, and had formed a relationship over a period of

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and unfortunately now they are found lying butchered in a forest in

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Turkey somewhere. It's unreal. The Turkish police are still gathering

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evidence and the 17-year-old waiter is due to appear in court. At

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same time, arrangements are being made to fly home the bodies of the

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Coming up on tonight's programme: Coming up on tonight's programme:

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A royal visit for the residents and the emergency workers caught up in

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There has been continuing turmoil on There has been continuing turmoil on

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the markets, with worries about the health of the European banking

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system and the possibility major economies could head back into

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recession. London's FTSE ended day down by just over 1% with

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markets in France and Germany also seeing falls. Here is our chief

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It has been another nerve-wracking It has been another nerve-wracking

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day on world markets, prices plunging first thing and then

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recovering some of the lost ground. The mood remains fragile. Nerves are

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still on edge. Across Europe Stock Exchanges, shares have fallen

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sharply over the week with frustrated by what they see as a

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failure by eurozone leaders to tackle financial problems. Trust has

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evaporated. Trust in politicians has evaporated and if markets can't have

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trust in politicians, what else they going to do? They are going

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take flight. Markets have highly volatile. There hasn't always

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been a lot of logic in what has been going on, but there is one

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thread in recent days, and that is mounting concern amongst many

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investors that the world's leading industrialised nations are heading

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for another recession. So have the UK's leading shares fallen?

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It looks like they've gone down lot but they are still well above

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where they were during the banking crisis nearly three years ago.

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Experts say things aren't as bad now Experts say things aren't as bad now

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but nobody can be complacent. The worry is that we are headed back

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toward that precipice again and absolutely we must not go there and

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the question is: are the policy makers in charge now capable of

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preventing that from happening and it's not clear to me that they are.

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Many in the markets are worried about the health of Europe's banks.

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Their shares have plummeted in recent weeks. But there are

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optimists who think global will save the day. We think that by

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the end of the year world growth is going to be rather stronger than we

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currently think and growth in advanced economies, including the

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UK, will be picking up from are seeing at the moment. Some

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investments are shining. The price has hit a record high as

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people look for somewhere safe put their money, because it's not

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just wealthy investors. One shopping centre has installed a gold vending

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machine. Put in get this. It's another sign of these

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uncertain times. Shares may bounce back, but further falls next week

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could see the London market clock up one of its worst months since the

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As America struggles to control its As America struggles to control its

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debt, no country is watching more closely than China. The Chinese

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major investors in the economy and the single largest

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holder of US Treasury debt. Today the US Vice-President Joe Biden,

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is visiting the country, said Chinese had nothing to worry about,

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but as we report there are fears that China may not be immune if

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Like the giant ships that throng its Like the giant ships that throng its

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ports, China seems to be steaming ever onwards, churning out its

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exports. Selling to the world has swelled China's economy into

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but also left it vulnerable to what happens overseas. So with Europe and

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America mired in crisis, is China really unstoppable? This is the

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workshop. We are being shown what was just wheat fields a decade ago.

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Today 10% of the world's solar panels are made here. Governments in

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the west have been subsidising switch to renewable energy. Now

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sales are slipping but it is said to be well-placed to survive any new

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downturn. Since the last crisis in 2008 we have

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improving our products, becoming more efficient and improving our

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service for our customers in Europe and America. This is how China

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responded to that last crisis. Massive building programmes, new

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railways and roads, spending billions

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billions to keep the economy almost 10% a year, so now Chinese

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economists feel confident enough lecture those in the West. They have

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to wake up to the reality that today's world economy is

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from what it was 20 years ago. Today you are facing newcomers in China

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and Brazil so that your system has to be reformed. You

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cannot simply rely upon your past experience, past success.

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All across China, vast new cities All across China, vast new cities

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are being built with stimulus money. This is a new town, complete with

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opera house, art museum, 60-storey hotel. Space for 1.5 million people

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but only 300,000 have moved in, so the traffic lights aren't even on

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yet. The money spent on every new building like this adds just a

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little bit more to China's GDP, so the economy is booming, but these

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are also debts that must one day paid off, and if they can't be

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filled and made profitable well then some fear China is storing up

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The worst Chinese provinces may be The worst Chinese provinces may be

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as indebted as Greece. Instead of relying on exports and building

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booms, China needs to develop its domestic consumer economy. If it

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can't, the Chinese miracle may turn out to be a mirage many

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turn out to be a mirage turn out to be a mirage.

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A Scotland Yard detective working on A Scotland Yard detective working on

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the News of the World phone hacking inquiry has been arrested and

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suspended by his own force. It's alleged that he had leaked

:21:33.:21:36.

information to journalists during the investigation. In a separate

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development, one of the paper's development, one of the

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former feature writers, Dan Evans, was questioned on suspicion of

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intercepting voicemails. A man caught trying to smother his

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dying father in a Sussex hospital has been sent to prison for

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a half years. Lewes Crown Court heard that Joseph Peachy, 49, was

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distraught after learning that father Albert had no chance of

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recovery and would not be allowed die at his home in Eastbourne.

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The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have been in Birmingham today

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thank those who helped restore following last week's riots.

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William and Kate met emergency workers and local residents at a

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community centre in Winson Green, close to where three men were killed

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Meeting, greeting and thanking those Meeting, greeting and thanking those

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who had been on the front line during Birmingham's nights of

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rioting. They were happy to pose for family

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snapshots with some of those affected and told many of the guests

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how strongly they had felt about coming here. The Duke and Duchess

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had begun by meeting the families of the three men who

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died when they were hit by nearby. Haroon

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and Abdul Musavir were yesterday.

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came here to listen, to hear the stories of the bereaved families and

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to learn more about the wider impact on Birmingham's local communities.

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Some of those they left behind there's much more to be done to stop

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further trouble. We, as on the ground, will have to harass -

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and I use the term "harass" - central government and the local

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authority to make sure they keep a lid on this. This footage is a

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reminder of how bad it got. The owner of this shop dubbed it a

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tsunami of looting. This afternoon, Ajay Bhatia got the chance to tell

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his tale directly to William Kate. After having six or seven

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sleepless nights, there's to cheer about today. I feel so

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happy and delighted that they have chosen my shop and come here. A

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sentiment echoed by those outside. I think the fact that they take time

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out to come here show that is they actually do give a damn and it

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should be appreciated. It was appreciated by those waving off the

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royal couple. Their tour seen most people here as a welcome sign

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Sport now and in cricket it was Sport now and in cricket it was

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another dominant day for England on the second day of the

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against India. Batsmen Kevin Pietersen and Ian Bell both hit

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centuries. By the close England had reached 457-3. From the Oval here

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Joe Wilson. Absurd as it may seem, India had a

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brilliant morning at the Oval. Two wickets fell by midday. They only

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had to wait 6.75 hours one.

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Kevin Pietersen really started to enjoy himself. Ian Bell is more

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classical in technique, a conventional nudge towards the

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boundary and Sachin Tendulkar was in pursuit. Straightforward? Nothing is

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anymore for India. The great with the very humble fumble. No one

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really wants to see this, but course everyone wants to enjoy

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England's vintage summer, a reshuffle in the stands for

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Prime Minister who hoped no one would begrudge

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the cricket. He arrived in Ian Bell's fifth century of the

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year. The fans have rarely had it so good. Kevin Pietersen weighed in

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with his 100 right after tea. India are currently expert at making

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game look impossible. Next ball, Pietersen should have gone.

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has dropped it! If it's painful to play like this, it's almost worse

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watch and what could display England's dominance

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classic Pietersen to take the total past 400? In passing, it should be

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mentioned Pietersen was out for 175. Indian morale had been

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Remember n the last Test England Remember n the last Test England

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scored more than 700 and what's stop them doing the same again?

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