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The liberation of Libya. Tens of thousands gather to hear their

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nation declared free after 42 years of Gaddafi's rule.

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TRANSLATION: Today, we are one flesh, one national flesh and we

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have become a united brothers as we have not been in the past and we

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love each other. David Cameron joins European

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leaders as they talk up the chances of more money for ailing euro

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economies. A silent prayer as worshippers are

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locked out of St Paul's Cathedral by the anti-capitalism protests.

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And, red faces for United as they're thumped 6-1 at home in the

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Good Evening. There are celebrations across Libya tonight

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as the country has been officially liberated. Addressing a crowd of

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tens of thousands, Libya's National Transitional Council leader,

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Mustafa Abdul Jalil, said the nation must now unite and put its

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faith in God. He thanked the UN and the nations who had supported the

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lib wran people in their struggle to overcome Colonel Gaddafi's

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regime. -- Libyan. Ben Brown is in Tripoli for us this evening. Ben.

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Emily, this really is a moment of history for Libya. Many people here

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are saying this is an unforgettable day, a day they'll always remember,

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the best day of their lives. This official declaration of liberation

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only made possible really by the death of Colonel Gaddafi last week,

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the fall of his stronghold of Sirte. It marks the end of eight months of

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Civil War and 42 years of dictatorship. The ceremony was held

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this afternoon in the eastern city of Benghazi. The cradle of the

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uprising where it all began in February. From there, Jonathan Head

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reports. This was the moment a nation

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announced its rebirth. Libyans of all ages and from all across the

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country came to the place where it all started to hear the official

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announcement that the war is over. The former judge who now leads the

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country said, ours will be a rosy future, we must put our trust in

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God. Eurged people to show tolerance and embrace

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reconciliation after eight months of bitter fighting against Colonel

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Gaddafi and his many loyalists. TRANSLATION: My Libyan people, all

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you have to do is believe in God, put your trust in God, seek unity.

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Today, we are one national flesh, we have become a united force,

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brothers, as we have not been in the past, and we love each other.

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They chose Benghazi for the celebration, as a tribute to its

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role in igniting and sustaining this rev lues. Once this is over,

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the spotlight will move from here to Tripoli in the west where the

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new government will sit -- revolution. The task that awaits

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them to build a fair and democratic system is daunting. But today, they

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put that aside to relish their liberation.

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Amid all this jubilation and all the uncertainty about what lies

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ahead for this country, it's worth stopping for a moment and

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reflecting on what they've achieved. They started with no guns, no

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experience against an entrenched dictatorship using all its force

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against them and they won. And that is quite a feat.

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How do you feel today? I'm very happy. Very happy. I

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brought my daughters. I came from my small village 450 kilometres

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from here. The cost has been very high, thousands dead and thousands

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more horribly wounded. Yet, the determination to win never flagged.

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It's not often you witness courage on this scale.

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Well, watching that liberation ceremony and announcement in

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Benghazi was our Middle East Editor, Jeremy Bowen. What were your

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impressions? Well, there was a lot of joy there,

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extraordinary outpouring of emotion when the announcement was made and

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a lot of future about the opt mifl even though they have some very

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serious challenges here -- optimism. Challenges of reconciliation,

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mentioned in Jalil's speech and he thought it necessary to bring it up,

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which is significant. One of the biggest challenges is building a

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new society from the bottom up because nothing is left over of the

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old system. They have advantages though, what

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they have is the fact that they have oil money, they have as well

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as many foreign friends as they need and they have, as we could see

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today out in that old parade ground on the outskirts of Benghazi which

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they've renamed Victory Square, they have an extraordinary sense of

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ownership of the revolution, even though they couldn't have done it

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without foreign help. The fact is, they believe they did all the heavy

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lifting, they accepted the danger, made the sacrifices and what

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everybody there was saying to me is, we are not going to waste this

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opportunity. We'll see. Thank you very much indeed. They're

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partying here in Tripoli and in Benghazi and in many other towns

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and cities right across Libya. This day marks the end of a long, dark

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chapter in Libyan history and hopefully the beginning of a bright,

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new one. Back to you.

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Thanks. Across the brder from Libya in

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Tunisia where the country where the Arab Spring began, the first

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election since the uprisings have been taking place. The President of

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23 years, Zine Al-Abidine Ben Ali, stepped down in January and made a

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wave of protests. Today's pole will elect an assembly that will prepare

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the country for future elections. From the capital, Tunis, Alan

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Little sent this report. The right to vote is most precious

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to those who've long been denied it and have it now for the first time.

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So they stood in the sun for hours, quietly, patiently, to stake their

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claim to a democratic future to take charge of their own destiny.

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It's the biggest day ever. The first time in our life, we have a

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true and clear election and we don't know the outcome. This is the

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beauty of it. And it might show the other Arabic countries to way to do

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it. I asked one man who he thought would win the election.

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TRANSLATION: We will all win, whatever the result, because we

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voted democratically and clearly and that's the real victory.

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More than 100 new political parties, 9,000 polling stations, millions of

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votes. It's a huge undertaking achieved from a standing start in

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just nine months. But there is a huge popular will

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among Tunisians to get this right. This is a young democracy still

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very much in the making. But already, everybody here knows what

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a heavy burden it can carries. For what is happening here today has

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the potential to change the nature of the state in the Arab world. Yes,

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a lot can still go wrong. But right here, right now, this feels like a

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moment of real consequence. The Islamist party is likely to

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emerge as the biggest single group. Do they want an Islamic state in

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far from it, they say. We've said clearly that we need a democratic

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state, a civil state that is open to all citizens, that is where

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there is no discrimination on the basis of colour, race, gender or

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faith. That is open to all Tunisians of all faiths and no

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faith. In ten months, Tunisians have built something new and of

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great prom nice the Arab world. They led to Arab Spring. They're

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leading it still. Hundreds of people are feared dead

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in an earthquake in South East earn Turkey. The quake with a magnitude

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of 7.2 struck the province of Van causing around 40 buildings to

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collapse. Rescuers are continuing to search the rubble for survivors.

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David Cameron has spent the afternoon in Brussels taking part

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in talks on the eurozone crisis. Mr Cameron said he had confidence that

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a stronger rescue package was in sight. Our Europe editor Gavin

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Hewitt is in Brussels following proceedings. Has Mr Cameron been

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able to achieve much there? Well, he said on the way in that

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the eurozone crisis was having a chilling impact on the British

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economy. I think he spies some progress, but certainly no

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breakthrough yet and some of the key issues haven't even been

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discussed. He did get involved in a two-hour tussle with President

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Sarkozy over his insistence that on Wednesday when key decisions were

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being taken, the British and others who weren't in the eurozone should

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be part of it. That means he will be back here again on Wednesday

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postponing his travel plans. And Europe is raising its head on

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the domestic political front for Mr Cameron too? Absolutely. He faces a

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difficult vote in the Commons tomorrow with some of his

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backbenchers pushing for a referendum on Britain's position in

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Europe, something that David Cameron is really opposed to. But

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today, it was announced here that there would be some kind of treaty

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change on Europe, three times David Cameron said "this gave Britain an

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opportunity to fight for its national interests" and that was

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clearly sending a signal to his backbenchers that there were

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opportunities here, apart from fighting for a referendum.

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Thank you very much. Clergy at St Paul's Cathedral have

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been holding private church services because the building

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remains closed to the public. A demonstration by anti-capitalist

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protestors camped outside has been going on since last weekend. Our

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religious affairs correspondent, Robert Pigott, reports.

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Not since the blitz has St Paul's been closed to Sunday worshippers.

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Inside, services did take place today, but outside the great west

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door, the devout were left with their own thoughts, as part of the

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established or state church, the cathedral is legally obliged to

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perform daily services, so a handful of clergy recited morning

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and early evening prayer behind closed doors. It's very

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disappointing. We have come so far, 7,000 miles, and we are not sure on

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this trip if it will be open again. St Paul's says potential obstacles

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forced the cathedral to close. The protestors are taking elaborate

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measures in an effort to show they pose no threat to health and safety.

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When the Fire Service asked us to reorganise the way the tents were

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set up and put up safety gates over there, we've done this and now we

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want to clarify any other outstanding health and safety

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concerns they have. The land surrounding St Paul's

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belongs, not just to the Cathedral, but to the corporation of London,

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and the Crown, some of it is common land belonging to the public. It's

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divided into an intricate patch wok of seven plots. It means if

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protestors can persuade the authorities that the camp doesn't

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pose a hazard, any case to move them on could be legally extremely

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complicated. We are acting in trust and I hope that in trust, the

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protestors will find they've been heard and will then move on. Some

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campaigners say they're ready to stay for months. They might not be

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affecting any banks, but they know they've captured a trophy of

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Worldwide stature. Now a look at the sport with Ollie

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Foster. What is going on today?! I don't know, very strange indeed. We

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expected a one-sided result at the Rugby World Cup today, not Old

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Trafford where Sir Alex Ferguson described Manchester United's 6-1

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defeat to Manchester City as their worst ever day.

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Patrick gearry reports. An occasion as big as the Manchester Derby is

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made for a character as big as Mario Balotelli. Sure enough he had

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says say - his say. Whatever his pleas, Balotelli can't avoid

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attention, Jonny Evans gave him rather too much in the second half

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resulting in his dismissal. City were underlining their

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dominance. Milner picked out Balotelli, the unlikely hero.

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Rarely, if ever, are United outclassed like this in their own

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back yard, but City kept the ball with ease, Aguero wouldn't even

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release it when he scored. When United got hold of it, Darren

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Fletcher had time for the finest of consolations, excellent but

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irrelevant as City weren't finished. Deco added a fourth. The champions

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were being chastened. Deep into injury time, Dzeko's second meant

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it was the worst defeat in Old Trafford history.

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In the Scottish Premier League, Rangers are now nine points clear

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at the top of the table after beating Hearts 2-0 at Tynecastle.

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Naysmith and Jelavic got the goals either side of half time. Celtic

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beat Aberdeen but stay third in the table.

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The Rugby Union World Cup now, and they had to work really hard for it,

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but New Zealand are champions again. France who knocked England and

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Wales out pushed the hosts all the way, but the All Blacks edged a

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compelling final by 8-7. Here is Dan Rowan.

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24 years they waited for this. Now at last, New Zealanders were back

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on top of the rugby world, the biggest party in the country's

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history could begin. Yeah, boys! Earlier, a surge of confidence had

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accompanied the All Blacks as they arrived at edn Park for their date

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with destiny. -- Eden Park. This was the first act of defiance

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in a remarkable performance. Driven on by the desperation of an

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expectant nation, Tony Wood cock gave the host the lead. They had to

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wait until the second half to extend the lead. The All Blacks'

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fourth choice fly half Stephen Donald making a name for himself

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after coming on. This was far from the walkover many predicted. France

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were unrecognisable from previous performances and a try from the

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inspired Francois Trinh-Duc stunned Eden Park. Having been written off,

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dudenly somehow France were threatening a shock. They had a

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chance to win but the points couldn't be taken. New Zealand

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forced to defend as if their lives depended on it refused to yield and

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by the narrowest of margins, victory was there. Failures to twin

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Webb Ellis trophy have defined the All Blacks but this was World Cup

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redemption. It was a great feeling. This thing was about winning and

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the guys have won the World Cup. That is outstanding.

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I felt sick for the last 20 minutes. Sick the whole game. It's

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absolutely everything. It's been a long time coming and it was

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unbearably tense, but finally the country most in love with the sport

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