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Up to 150 people are now feared dead in Nigeria after a series of

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attacks by Islamist militants. They launched a wave of bombings and

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shootings in the northern city of Kano. Our correspondent is there.

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have spoken to mortuary attendants who say they are struggling to cope

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with the number of bodies. It is terrible N there, one of them told

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Italian divers searching the rest of the Costa Cruise Liner find

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another body. The Irish Republican cleared of murdering two British

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soldiers' claims evidence against him was planted. We stayed quite

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categorically here that I had no involvement in what happened at

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Massereene. -- we stayed. No And Murray hits the spot to reach

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Hello, good evening. Almost 150 people are feared to have been

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killed in a way of co-ordinated bomb attacks in northern Nigeria. A

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militant Islamist group said it carried out the killings. Hospitals

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in the city of Kano, Nigeria's second largest city, have been

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struggling to cope with the number of dead and wounded. Our

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correspondent Mark Doyle has travelled to Kano, and his report

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contains distressing injuries -- images.

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Bombs were... Across the city, and fires burned late into the night. -

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- bombs went off. By morning, the extent of the devastation was clear,

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no surprise to residents who heard a series of huge explosions and

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numerous gun battles. The sounds of explosions, four of them before I

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came out. On my way out, I saw a dead body, a young man lying dead.

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No-one knows for certain how many died. That is hardly surprising.

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The police force, the key organ of the state, was the deliberate main

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target. Sow confusion reigned. But from what I learned at the main

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city mortuary, where anxious families gathered, and from other

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sources, the figure must be well over 100 dead. I have spoken to

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mortuary attendant to say they are struggling to cope with the number

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of dead bodies. It is terrible in there, one of them told me,

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absolutely terrible. There are police officers, said police

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officers still in their uniforms. - - Dead police of us are still in

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their uniforms. A senior official told the death toll was likely to

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rise. The number of attacks are multiple, and there are so many

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buildings that were involved, so many people will be buried under

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the debris. So the Red Cross and other agencies are working hard to

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unearth some of the victims. radical Islamist group known as

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Boko Haram said it carried out the attacks. It is one of the most

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devastating onslaughts in the Nigerian state for years. Boko

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Haram wants to end democracy year and bring in a strict Islamic state.

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-- here. It all adds up to a massive problem for the

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democratically elected and Christiane President of Nigeria,

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Goodluck Jonathan. Nigerian politics always reflects the

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tensions between the mainly Christian south and the

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predominantly Muslim north. Many Nigerians say it is no coincidence

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that Boko Haram is causing mayhem during a time when Nigeria as a

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A woman's body has been recovered from the wreck of the Italian

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cruise liner, Costa Concordia. She was found wearing a lifejacket in a

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submerged part of the ship. It brings the confirmed a number of

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dead to 12, while 20 other people are still unaccounted for. Luisa

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Baldini reports from the island of Giglio.

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Landing on top of the Concordia, Italian firefighters are winched

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down to continue their search of the dry parts of the ship. At sea

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level, divers who had been preparing since Dawn used explosive

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devices to blast holes into the side of the ship on the 5th deck.

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We carried out some controlled explosions to break down these big

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windows. Bruno, a navy commander, showed me where the divers had been

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working. The ship that we had searched his full of water, no air

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inside at this moment. The search operation has been stopping and

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starting over the last few days, and that has prompted questions

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about how long exactly it is going to last. The Italian coastguard

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says they will continue until they are confident every part of the

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But scouring this colossal steel carcass is taking time, so the

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authorities are now considering the possibility of beginning to pump

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oil out of the Concordia while the search continues. More than 2000

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tonnes of fuel are still on board, prompting fears of an environmental

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disaster. Already there has been a slight leak of engine oil, as

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opposed to heavy fuel oil, but it has been contained. The authorities

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are not taking any chances, and an Italian navy ship which specialises

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in oil spills has been moored nearby as a precaution. It is a

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floating device which basically will attract the oil and separate

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it from the water, and then we can use our Shipbourne equipment to

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pump this oil into power storage An unmanned submarine is monitoring

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the ledge on which the Concordia is resting. Debris from the shed and

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passengers' belongings are strewn across the sheet -- sea bed. On the

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surface, relatives of some of those still missing through flowers today

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near the wreck. Many are waiting here on Giglio for the search to be

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completed. Tonight, it has been confirmed that divers have

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recovered a safe from their captain's Qazvin. Once opened, the

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contents will be handed to prosecutors in their investigation.

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A prominent Irish Republican who was cleared yesterday of murdering

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two British soldiers in 2009 is claiming his DNA was planted in the

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getaway car. Colin Duffy was acquitted of killing Royal

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Engineers Patrick Azimkar and Mark Quinsey in a gun attack by

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dissident republicans. Ireland correspondent Mark Simpson reports.

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Colin Duffy spent almost three years in jail awaiting trial. He

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walked from court yesterday a free man. He has always denied killing

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sappers Patrick Azimkar and Mark Quinsey. Today he spoke in public

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about the murders for the first time. We state quite categorically

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here that I had no involvement in what happened at Massereene, no

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involvement whatsoever. So how can he explain his DNA being found in

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the getaway car? My DNA was, in my opinion, planted. In the past two

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decades, Colin Duffy has been accused of five murders. In 1993,

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he was jailed for the murder of a retired soldier. Seen here on the

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left inside the Maze prison on a Sportsday, his conviction was later

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overturned and he was released. In 1997, he was accused of murdering

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two policemen, but the charges were later dropped. He was arrested

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again in 2009 over the debts of the two soldiers in Antrim, but

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yesterday he was acquitted. -- deaths. One man has been convicted

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of the murders, 46-year-old Brian Shivers, but the police say the

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investigation will continue. Detectives believe up to six people

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were involved in the killings, and next week they are expected to

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appeal for more information from the public in Northern Ireland to

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help bring them to justice. Voting has begun in the US state of

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South Carolina as Republican candidates continue their battle

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for presidential nomination. Opinion polls suggest it will be a

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tight race between Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich. For the very latest,

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we can cross to North America editor Mark Mardell. Not long now

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until the polls close, how important his South Carolina?

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People here are seeing this as very important indeed, because ever

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since these contests began in 1980, whichever Republican won South

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Carolina has gone on to win their party's nomination. But a word of

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warning, that is a historical fact, not some sort of iron rule that it

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must happen. More important is that the whole picture of this race is

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that Mitt Romney has been out in front, everyone has assumed he will

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be the guy in the end he faces the President Obama in the battle for

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the White House in November, but Conservatives are not keen on him.

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They think he is too moderate, and this is their best chance of

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puncturing that sense of inevitable victory, and the opinion polls do

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indeed indicate that Newt Gingrich could win tonight. If that happens,

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it is not all over by any means, and in fact the race will go on

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longer, the tight and tricky as it moves on to Florida and other

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states. -- the tight and trickier. Officials tried to find the source

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of a bacteria that killed three babies at their hospital in Belfast

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have been carrying out a deep clean in the affected area. A total of

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six babies are confirmed to have been affected by the outbreak at

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the neonatal unit at the Royal Maternity Hospital. Authorities say

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they are doing everything they can to eradicate the bacteria.

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British officials are preparing to fly home the body of the hostage

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Alan McMenemy after it was handed over to the UK embassy in Baghdad

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yesterday. Mr McMenemy, a security guard, was one of five men taken by

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shed militants in 2007. Frank Gardner has this report. -- Shi'ite

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militants. Alan McMenemy speaking from

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captivity before being killed some time ago by Iraqi militants. Five

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years after he was kidnapped, they have handed over his body. He is

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the last of five British hostages to be returned from Iraq, ending

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Britain's longest running kidnap crisis for a generation. It began

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here in Iraq's finance ministry, where a British IT specialist was

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working in these offices, protected by four bodyguards. Someone tipped

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off a well-armed Shi'ite militia. In broad daylight, the five Britons

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were snatched from the Ministry. Dozens of gunmen arrived in

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vehicles, dressed as policemen, and drove them towards a Shi'ites

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district. They were beaten, stripped and eventually separated.

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Their captors, a Shi'ite militia, demanded a prisoner swap. They

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wanted the release of their own leaders government says it does not

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give in to kidnappers' demands, but it mobilised huge resources to try

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to free the men. Now that all five of these hostages in Iraq are

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accounted for, the question remains, did the British government and

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specifically the Foreign Office to the best job it could be in trying

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to get them out alive? It insisted that the time on minimal publicity,

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yet four out of five of the men died in captivity. Peter Moore was

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the only survivor. We asked him if he thought the government did

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enough. I believe that what the Foreign Office did at the time was

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well-intentioned, but it was a bad result. That is all that I can save.

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Really, I suppose they need to review it and sort of not do

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whatever they did with the next hostage case, try to get a better

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result. Other kidnap cases in Iraq have turned out better. Peace

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activist Norman Kember was rescued by British special forces. But

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charity worker Margaret Hassan was killed in 2004. The cappers

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complained the British government would not negotiate. -- their

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captors. And Ken Bickley was killed by Al-Qaeda. In both cases, their

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bodies have never been returned, driving -- depriving their families

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of final closure. Now, at today's board with Amanda

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Davies. -- Today's sport. John McEnroe is

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renowned for being hard to please, but he gave Andy Murray an A-plus

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for his third-round performance at the Australian Open. He booked his

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place in the second week with victory over Michael Llodra or to

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continue his quest for a first Grand Slam title. Tim Franks was

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watching. Andy Murray is a Scot who seems to

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feel at home in Australia. He is now gunning for his third

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consecutive final there. In his way today, Michael Llodra, defenceless

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early against Murray's deadly pirouette. The Frenchman had

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earlier questioned whether Murray might be too passive. The world

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number four's riposte was an intentionally painful. The

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Frenchman was no fall-guy, though. As the angles grew more acute, he

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pushed a winner around the net. To top that, try settling the second

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set with a last-ditch hot dog followed by a backwards somersault.

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Les Dennis, more circus. The Frenchman was spent and could only

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stare in weary or as Murray swept the third set to love with a

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perfect lob. The Scot is through to the last 16 and, whisper it quietly,

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playing very, very well. With four of the top five in the

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Premier League playing tomorrow, today was the chance for Chelsea

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and Liverpool to make up ground. Match Of The Day follows the news

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here on BBC One, so close your ears and look away if you do not want me

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to spoil the surprise. Struggling Bolton sprang a surprise

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with a 3-1 win over Liverpool to move out of the relegation zone,

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leaving Liverpool with just one win from six Premier League games.

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Clint Dempsey scored his second hat-trick in two matches to help

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Rangers lost ground on leaders Celtic in the SPL title race after

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being held 281-1 draw with Aberdeen. They are now four points behind the

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hoops after Sultan recorded a 2-0 win over St Mirren. -- Celtic. We

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were told to expect the unexpected and the African Cup of Nations with

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big teams like Egypt, Nigeria and Cameroon failing to qualify. Co-

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hosts Equatorial Guinea have made a great start on their tournament

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debut, beating Libya in the opening game thanks to a late winner from

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former Real Madrid striker Javier Angel Balboa. It means these Watt

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will receive $1 million on their present's son as a reward. -- the

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Clermont Auvergne beat Ulster 19-15 and they took home advantage in the

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quarter-finals. Winger Simon Zebo scored a second half hat-trick as

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Munster beat Northampton 51-36. It was a result that ended the Saints'

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hopes of making it through and ensured the Irish side qualified

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unbeaten. That is it, back to you, Ben.

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