12/02/2012 BBC Weekend News


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The Parliament was told it had to pass another austerity package

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containing 3.3 billion euros of cuts in public sector jobs,

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pensions and the minimum wage. Greece needs money the 4th 20 much

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to meet debt repayments of up 14 billion euros. Greece is already

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deep in recession with little hope of recovery. Frustration is quickly

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boiling over. Once again, the Greek Parliament it is under siege. This

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is what it takes to get unpopular laws passed in an age of austerity.

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Every time this happens, it feels like this country is being pushed a

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little closer to the edge. The social fabric is collapsing under

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the weight of economic pain, and the eurozone a strategy for its own

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economic survival is feeling the full force of public anger.

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We can speak to Chris Morris in Athens now. What are the next

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steps? The eurozone still wants written assurances from party

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leaders no one will change their mind on this deal after elections

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take place. Then in three days in Brussels, those ministers should

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sign this bail-out agreement. Then there is what happens here. As we

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have seen, passing laws is not necessarily the same as

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implementing them. There will be a big debate on how severely the

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viewer's own monitors what happens in Greece. Even though there has

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been this extraordinary attention on this very small country, that

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will continue. Things have improved, there's less panic across the

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eurozone, no one can be quite sure if Greece goes down it won't pull

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other countries down with it. Arab League has issued a statement

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in Cairo, agreeing, for the first time, to begin contact with Syria's

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opposition movement. The organisation has also suggested the

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setting up of a joint peace keeping mission with the UN Security

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Council to try to stop the ongoing bloodshed in Syria. Our Middle East

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editor Jeremy Bowen sent this For the in Homs, the shelling

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continues. The regime says what it is doing is

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a legitimate operation against terrorists who want to destroy the

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country. Many countries have condemned the killing, and the Arab

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League says it holds the Syrian government responsible for what

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could be crimes against civilians. In Cairo, the Saudi foreign

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minister asked how long they would have to look at these pictures. His

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fellow of Arab foreign ministers said they would ask the United

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Nations to organise a peace keeping force, and deepen its ties with the

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opposition. Representatives of the disunited Syrian opposition also

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here in Cairo claimed the regime out would lead still strong is

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collapsing within. First of all, the past three weeks, there were so

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many arrests. The people, they were released after 24 hours. It means a

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lot of the security apparatus is not with the regime 100%. In Syria,

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the regime is showing of captured weapons, it may be relieved by the

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public declaration of support by Al-Qaeda. This is the toughest

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language used so far by the Arab League about the regime in Damascus.

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There is a question about how much will turn into concrete action,

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which depends on the Security Council. Everything that has

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happened today is a sign of how isolated and increasingly

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beleaguered President Bashar al- Assad has become.

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America's leading music stars have been paying tribute to the singer

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Whitney Houston who died last night at a Los Angeles hotel. She was 48.

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It was a voice which inspired a generation of stars, that made a

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one of the world's best selling artists. But a career with 170

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million records, and countless awards choirs unravelled by her

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addiction to drugs and alcohol. Today, a small tribute was left in

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her memory outside their hotel in Beverly Hills where she died.

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Paramedics were there within minutes of the alarm being raised

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but could not revive her. It is not known what caused her death, some

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speculate she was found in the bath. As yet there have been no details

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from the coroner or her family. It was midnight when her body was

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taken from the hotel. A last image of her -- of another icon, Michael

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Jackson. She had been due to attend a party here last night, hosted by

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Clive Davis, the man who made her name. By now, sadly, you have

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learned of the tragic news of our beloved Whitney Houston's passing.

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Whitney Houston was last seen leaving a nightclub on the night

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she died. Recently it had become obvious how her drug addiction was

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affecting her, even destroying her voice. She admitted she was her own

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enemy. Alcohol? Is it cocaine? Is it pills? It has been, at times.

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the Grammys were getting under way, the programme was being changed, to

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pay tribute to an icon of a The Prime Minister has backed the

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Health Secretary Andrew Lansley over his controversial plans to

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reform the National Health Service in England. David Cameron said he

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was "at one" with Mr Lansley over the government's Health and Social

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Care Bill. However, a senior Liberal Democrat has said it would

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be better if Mr Lansley was moved on from his post. Our political

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correspondent Carole Walker has the details.

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The Prime Minister is making it plain there is no question of him

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walking away from his beleaguered Health Secretary, after the grass

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roots Conservative Home website claimed three Cabinet ministers had

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raised concerns about the controversial changes to the NHS.

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Far from washing his hands of it all, David Cameron told the Sunday

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Other ministers voiced their support too.

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I am not aware of any Cabinet minister that has expressed

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reservations. You just said the Cabinet is united, that is not what

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Conservative Home says. I am not aware of the workings of

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Conservative Home, but I am aware of discussions around the Cabinet

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table which have been very supportive of Andrew. Mr Lansley

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was heckled in Scotland last week. Some Conservatives say he has

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failed to explain his plans, and a senior Liberal Democrat said he

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should be moved from his post. political judgment is, in the

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second half of Parliament, it would be better to move on from the

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battles over the bill. Have a different Health Secretary? Plans

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to introduce more competition into the NHS and give GPs more control

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over health care are opposed by many health bodies. The opposition

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says the legislation should be dropped altogether.

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overwhelming consensus of opinion among doctors, nurses, NHS staff,

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also the sensible members of Mr Cameron's Cabinet, is it is better

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for the NHS now to abandon this reorganisation and work back

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through the existing structures of the NHS. The government faces

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further battles to get its bills through the House of Lords. But

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Downing Street say the Prime Minster is ready to take on his

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critics, and challenged them to say how they would secure the future of

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the NHS. Now, with all the sport's news,

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here's Celina Hinchcliffe. The Liverpool footballer Luis

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Suarez has apologised for not shaking hands yesterday with

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Patrice Evra, the Manchester United player he was banned for racially

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abusing. He said he realised that he had "got things wrong", but

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under pressure from the American owners, Liverpool's managing

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director said the club were "extremely disappointed" with his

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actions, as Andy Swiss reports. It was supposed to be the moment of

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reconciliation, it was anything but. Luis Suarez's snub of Patrice Evra

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prompted shock, anger and, 24 hours later, an apology. In a statement,

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Just as significant is a statement from Liverpool: The club have

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always defended Suarez. But today, they said they were extremely

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disappointed with him, that he had misled them by saying beforehand he

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would shake hands. He has not only let himself down, they say, but

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Kenny Dalglish, his team-mates and the club. His behaviour was not

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acceptable. Dalglish himself also apologised for his post match

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interview. You are bang out of order to blame Luis Suarez for

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anything that happened to you today. A new spirit of contrition at

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Anfield, and by Suarez in particular, was welcomed by the

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fans. It is fair that he now apologised to the club, Liverpool,

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and all the fans. I think it shouldn't have happened in the

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first place. He should have shaken hands, end of story. Liverpool's

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image has been dented. After four months of acrimony, the sport hopes

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lessons have been learned. This isn't just Liverpool. We have to

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make sure all senior people, players, at clubs, owners, really

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buy into what we are trying to do. Manchester United said they

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accepted the apology, and now wanted to move on. So will football,

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after one of the sports ugliest sagas.

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Manchester City are back at the top of the Premier League this evening.

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A goal from Joleon Lescott was enough to give them a 1-0 victory

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away at Aston Villa. They now lead their rivals Manchester United by

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two points. In the day's only other game, West Brom thrashed Wolves 5-1.

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In the past hour, Zambia have won the Africa Cup of Nations beating

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Ivory Coast on penalties. Zambia were considered outsiders before

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the tournament began. It comes 19 years after a plane crash killed 18

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players in the same city. Wales's Six Nations campaign remains on

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track, after they beat Scotland 27- 13 at the Millenium Stadium in

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Cardiff. It was just 3-3 at the break. But the Welsh took the game

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with three tries in 14 minutes early in the second half. Leigh

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Halfpenny scoring two of them, and getting 22 points in all. Alex

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Cuthbert scored the other try. Wales join England at the top of

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the Six Nations, both with two wins. The silent film The Artist has won

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seven awards at tonight's BAFTAS, including best film, best director

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and best actor. Meryl Streep was named best actress for her role as

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Margaret Thatcher in The Iron Lady. And Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy was

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named as outstanding British film. This report by our arts editor Will

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Gompertz contains some flash photography. End of as evening

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falls, the stars come out. Brightening up London's chilly

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Covent Garden. The British film industry is all dressed up for its

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big night out. Do for there is a timelessness to

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the glamour of the red carpet. A host of movies is taking eggs

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nostalgic look back at the past. Last year it was the kings speech.

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This year, a French film with no speech. The BAFTA for best film

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goes to The Artist. The BAFTA goes to The Artist. Thank you again. I

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am so proud. The BAFTA goes to Dujardin.

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As Buster Keaton would say... even won Best screenplay. I am very

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surprised. So many people thought there was no script because there

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was no dialogue! So, English people are very clever! Congratulations to

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you. When it came to the Battle of the blondes, Michelle Williams lost

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out to Meryl Streep. And then lost her shoe. Colin Firth was a Prince

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charming. Half of meat is Meryl Streep, the other half is will

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concern from Lincolnshire. I can't believe this, that you so much I am

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very grateful. Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy 1

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outstanding British film. John Hurt who starred in the movie was

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honoured for his outstanding contribution to cinema. Martin

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Scorsese took his fellowship. We now move on to the grand finale and

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