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• Ian Henderson: ‘In Turkey I didn’t get paid. I was acting as my own lawyer’

  17-02-2018 23:30 via theguardian.com
  Bad luck and instability almost led Rochdale’s captain to quit football. Now he has found a happy place and has Spurs in his sightsIan Henderson had reached a crossroads in his life when the invitation came to train with Rochdale five years ago. He had just been released by Colchester United and the realities of life as a professional footballer were not turning out to be what he had envisaged when he was coming through the youth system at Norwich City. Being offered bags of cash by person
  
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• London’s Labour leaders in new row over Walthamstow regeneration plans

  17-02-2018 23:12 via theguardian.com
  Council leader and local MP Stella Creasy under fire over housing proposals where just 20% of homes will be ‘affordable’A new controversy over the use of public-private housing schemes has erupted in one of Labour’s north London strongholds, closely mirroring the row in neighbouring Haringey that resulted in the resignation last month of the party’s most senior woman in local government.Divisions over a flagship regeneration scheme in Walthamstow – now a magnet for
  
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• Swansea Earthquake: Best Reactions After Tremors Felt Across UK

  17-02-2018 23:09
  A 4.4 magnitude earthquake hit south Wales on Saturday, causing tremors to be felt across western Britain.
  
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• Troy: Fall of a City recap – series one, episode one: Black Blood

  17-02-2018 23:00 via theguardian.com
  Homer’s epic of cruel gods, vanished wives and the destructive power of love gets a fresh take that promises an entertaining eight weeksHello, everyone, and welcome to the recaps for the original swords-and-sandals epic. First, let’s get the dragon in the room out of the way. Although people are going to make comparisons with Game of Thrones, I feel that the two dramas have little in common beyond a shared willingness to unveil flesh and hints of blood and gore to come. The world of
  
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• Eddie Jones enforces ‘never stand still’ credo in brutal week for England

  17-02-2018 23:00 via theguardian.com
  Squad were put through an intense week of scrum, lineout and fitness work in preparation for the Calcutta Cup match in ScotlandThe England squad’s reward for two victories in the opening rounds of the Six Nations was a brutal training week, starting with set-piece sessions against scrum-savouring Georgia and finishing with a high-intensity run-out at Twickenham in front of 10,000 spectators.“Never stand still” is the motto of the head coach, Eddie Jones, and while summoning Geo
  
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• Exclusive: shock figures reveal state of UK’s brutal prisons

  17-02-2018 22:31
  HMP Liverpool showed signs of overcrowding, as did Bristol, Guys Marsh, Nottingham and Wormwood Scrubs prisons.The scale of the crisis engulfing Britain’s prisons can be revealed, after an Observer investigation found that two-thirds are providing inmates with inadequate conditions or unacceptable treatment.Rory Stewart, the prisons minister, described the state of some jails as “deeply disturbing”.
  
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• Tracy Brabin calls for self-employed to be able to share parental pay

  17-02-2018 22:25 via theguardian.com
  Former actress wins cross-party support for her bill to give ‘gig’ workers the same rights as staffActors, performers and workers of the gig economy unite! An increasing number of Britons are living the precarious, job-to-job existence already familiar to performers.In response to this widespread change to patterns of employment, Tracy Brabin, the actress-turned-Labour MP, is to introduce a bill on Wednesday to bring in shared parental pay for people living the kind of insecure worki
  
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• Neil Kinnock warns Jeremy Corbyn: ‘Stop Brexit to save the NHS’

  17-02-2018 22:01
  Neil Kinnock has expressed anger at Boris Johnson’s talk of money saved from the EU going to the NHS.Jeremy Corbyn has come under intense pressure to shift Labour’s position on Brexit after 20,000 members demanded a say over the issue and former leader Neil Kinnock backed halting Britain’s EU exit altogether.It is understood that the Labour leader will also be confronted by some in his shadow cabinet this week who want him to back remaining in the single market and customs unio
  
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• Ramaphosa set to purge cabinet of Zuma cronies in war on corruption

  17-02-2018 22:00 via theguardian.com
  New president calls on South Africa to unite as police step up hunt forformer leader’s son and missing Gupta brotherCyril Ramaphosa, the new president of South Africa, is expected to move within days to purge his cabinet of ministers tainted by allegations of corruption, and to intensify efforts to bring to trial high-profile businessmen alleged to have made millions under his predecessor, Jacob Zuma.Ramaphosa, 65, hailed a “new dawn” in South Africa in his first major speech o
  
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• Post-Columbine generation demands action on guns: 'We don't deserve this'

  17-02-2018 22:00 via theguardian.com
  Survivors of the Florida attack have grown up in a world where school shooting are the norm, and they want a different futureUnsure whether he would be a victim or survivor of the mass shooting taking place outside his Florida classroom, 14-year-old Aidan Minoff sent an eight-word tweet. “I am in a school shooting right now ... ” Aidan said, before the world knew the day would end with 17 students and teachers dead.Continue reading...
  
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• Breakthrough as scientists grow sheep embryos containing human cells

  17-02-2018 22:00 via theguardian.com
  Advance brings us closer to growing transplant organs inside animals or being able to genetically tailor compatible organs, say researchersGrowing human organs inside other animals has taken another step away from science-fiction, with researchers announcing they have grown sheep embryos containing human cells.Scientists say growing human organs inside animals could not only increase supply, but also offer the possibility of genetically tailoring the organs to be compatible with the immune syste
  
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• Senior Trump adviser says Russian election meddling 'beyond dispute'

  17-02-2018 21:42 via theguardian.com
  HR McMaster calls evidence incontrovertible in wake of latest US indictments against more than a dozen Russians Mueller charges 13 Russians with interfering in US election to help TrumpDonald Trump’s national security adviser, HR McMaster, said on Saturday that Russian meddling in the 2016 election is “incontrovertible” and “beyond dispute” in the wake of new US indictments.McMaster spoke after Robert Mueller, the special counsel in the Russia investigation, reveale
  
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• A student impersonated their professor and tried to cancel an exam, inspiring Twitter

  17-02-2018 21:36
  An incredibly audacious move.
  
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• Mexico’s Zapatista rebels, 24 years on and defiant in mountain strongholds

  17-02-2018 21:30 via theguardian.com
  The peasant rebels took up arms in 1994, and now number 300,000 in centres with their own doctors, teachers and currency, but rarely answer questions – until nowDiners in the Tierradentro cafe in the southern Mexican town of San Cristóbal de las Casas can choose between a variety of omelettes. The “Liberty” has the most ingredients, the “Democracy” looks the best, but the “Justice” costs the most – possibly because it comes with cheese.The r
  
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• Canadian actor's suit against Weinstein and assistant must proceed, judge rules

  17-02-2018 21:28 via theguardian.com
  Judge dismisses former assistant’s challenge to lawsuit, which claims she knew of Weinstein’s predation and helped facilitate attacksA Canadian judge has rejected a bid to dismiss an anonymous actor’s $4m sexual assault lawsuit against Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein, his former assistant and two entertainment companies. In a ruling released on Friday, the Toronto judge Patrick Monohan dismissed a challenge to the actor’s lawsuit filed by Weinstein’s former assi
  
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• Huddersfield Town 0-2 Manchester United

  17-02-2018 21:10 via bbc.co.uk
  Romelu Lukaku scores twice as Manchester United win 2-0 at Huddersfield Town to progress to the FA Cup quarter-finals.
  
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• FA Cup quarter-final draw - Leicester to face Chelsea, Man Utd draw Brighton

  17-02-2018 21:10 via theguardian.com
  Leicester will host Chelsea in the last eight of the FA Cup, while Brighton will face Manchester United and Sheffield Wednesday could host Tottenham 8.10pm GMT If everything goes with the form book then we should be looking at Chelsea, Manchester United, Manchester City and Spurs in the semi-final. The FA Cup is rarely that simple, so we should end up with an upset or two, if we are lucky.We do get a repeat of the 1983 FA Cup final when Manchester United host Brighton but other than that it look
  
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• Who Is Gerard Batten? MEP Who Called Islam A 'Death Cult' Appointed As Ukip's Interim Leader

  17-02-2018 20:52
  Ukip’s interim leader, who called Islam a “death cult” and proposed that Muslims sign a special code of conduct rejecting violence, has been described as a “disaster” for the party’s political future.
  
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• UKIP members vote to sack embattled leader Henry Bolton

  17-02-2018 20:37 via bbc.co.uk
  The party is looking for its fifth leader in 18 months after members vote to remove Henry Bolton.
  
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• Huddersfield Town v Manchester United: FA Cup – as it happened

  17-02-2018 20:35 via theguardian.com
  Romelu Lukaku scored twice for Manchester United as they beat Huddersfield, despite a Juan Mata goal being disallowed in a confusing VAR moment 7.34pm GMT VAR was a distraction here, and I hope that the confusion that surrounded the end of the first half doesn’t unfairly occupy the headlines. It was a mess, without a doubt, but it seems the decision was ultimately correct and the big problem seems to have been the wiggly lines that somehow made their way to the broadcasters. Let’s co
  
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• Manchester United’s Romelu Lukaku sinks Huddersfield despite VAR chaos

  17-02-2018 20:34 via theguardian.com
  Paul Pogba missed this game through illness, leaving Manchester United to book their place in the last eight of the FA Cup without him. Thanks to Romelu Lukaku’s 20th and 21st goals of the season they managed it comfortably enough, the striker showing the value of possessing an accomplished goalscorer when chances are few and far between.Huddersfield could have done with a similarly potent spearhead, since for all their attacking intent they came up short in front of goal. With the benefit
  
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• Britain reacts to an 'underwhelming' earthquake

  17-02-2018 20:09 via bbc.co.uk
  The earth shook on Saturday in England and Wales but most people took it in their stride.
  
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• Man charged with murder after woman stabbed to death in Manchester

  17-02-2018 20:06
  A man has appeared in court charged with the murder of a 24-year-old woman found stabbed to death at a flat in Manchester.Michael Marler, 37, appeared on crutches, wearing a body brace around his torso and over his grey tracksuit as he stood in the dock at the city's magistrates' court.Marler, from Oldham, is accused of killing Danielle Richardson, 24, whose body was discovered at a flat in Ancoats in Manchester city centre early on Tuesday.
  
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• Four Israeli soldiers injured, two seriously, in border blast

  17-02-2018 19:57 via theguardian.com
  Tanks retaliate against look-out post in Gaza, with no casualties, say Palestinian authoritiesFour IDF soldiers have been wounded, two seriously, in an explosion on Saturday along Israel’s border with Gaza, the Israeli military said. All four were evacuated for medical treatment.In response, the military said, one of its tanks struck an observation post in the southern Gaza Strip. Palestinian officials said the target belonged to the Islamic Jihad group and that there were no casualties on
  
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• London firefighters douse blaze at building containing gas cylinders

  17-02-2018 19:54
  Firefighters brought a blaze at a building in central London under control on Saturday, the fire service said, and said there were no injuries in the incident.London Fire Brigade said more than 50 firefighters and 10 engines attended the fire at a building under refurbishment on Great Portland Street, just north of London's busy shopping and entertainment district Soho.Emergency services set up an exclusion zone around the site due to the presence of gas cylinders that risked exploding.
  
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• Small earthquake hits Britain, strongest for 10 years

  17-02-2018 19:46
  Britain was hit by its biggest earthquake in a decade on Saturday, the British Geological Survey (BGS) said on Saturday, with tremors felt across parts of Wales and southwest England but no notable damage reported.The BGS said the quake was of magnitude 4.4, with an epicentre 20 km (12.5 miles) north of the Welsh city of Swansea, adding that it was the biggest quake in the Britain since 2008.Earthquakes are not common in Britain and are rarely powerful.
  
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• British film industry at a defining point in its history

  17-02-2018 19:29
  As the British film industry prepares for its biggest celebration of the year, it finds itself at a defining point in its history according to some of the leading voices in UK movie-making.For another, some huge blockbuster series have made their homes in the UK - James Bond, Harry Potter and now Star Wars.
  
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• Anti-EU party UKIP votes to sack leader Bolton

  17-02-2018 19:29
  British eurosceptic party UKIP was thrown into turmoil again on Saturday when its members removed leader Henry Bolton after less than five months in charge following criticism of his leadership and a scandal about racist comments made by his lover.The anti-EU United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP) was an influential force in bringing about a referendum on Britain's membership of the European Union in 2016, but has struggled to maintain its relevance since the country voted to leave the Europea
  
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• Barns Green: Boy and granddad die as train hits car

  17-02-2018 19:09 via bbc.co.uk
  A 15-year-old boy and his grandfather, 72, are killed on a level crossing in Horsham.
  
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• Barns Green: Boy and grandad die as train hits car

  17-02-2018 19:09 via bbc.co.uk
  A 15-year-old boy and his grandfather, 72, are killed on a level crossing in Horsham.
  
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• Man and teen killed in Horsham level crossing crash

  17-02-2018 19:08
  A 72-year-old man and a 15-year-old boy from the same family have died after a train struck their car at a level crossing in Horsham, West Sussex.British Transport Police said officers were called to the scene near Barns Green village at 8.47am on Saturday, and the victims' relatives are being supported by family liaison officers.Detective Inspector Brett Walker said: "This is an extremely tragic incident and our thoughts are with the family at this difficult time.
  
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• Plentiful, decent places to live should be the priority, not home ownership | Rowan Moore

  17-02-2018 19:02 via theguardian.com
  As a new study shows that the housing ladder is now out of reach for many, it’s time for a rethink on rentingThe news that home ownership among younger people is “collapsing” will count as one of the least surprising stories of the week. Most people under 40, or those who know someone of that age, understands that the fabled housing ladder is now something held far aloft, as if by spiteful angels, its first rung attainable only by a miraculous leap. Or with the help of parents&
  
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• Tara Westover: ‘I was 13 when I first went to another child’s house’

  17-02-2018 19:00 via theguardian.com
  Education was the author’s escape from an abusive childhood with survivalist Mormon parents, described in her extraordinary memoirTara Westover grew up preparing for the End of Days in rural Idaho with radical survivalist Mormon parents. She didn’t get a birth certificate until she was nine, had no medical records because her father did not believe in doctors, and neither she nor her six older siblings went to school. Instead, they worked in her father’s junkyard. As she grew o
  
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• One to watch: The Orielles

  17-02-2018 19:00 via theguardian.com
  This film-loving indie trio find their inspiration in the 80s – just don’t talk to them about loveThere may eventually be a day when young bands stop making jangly, melodic surf pop with girl-boy vocals, a DIY aesthetic and slightly surreal lyrics, but that time is not yet nigh. Enter the Orielles. A few years ago in their native Halifax, sisters Esmé Dee and Sidonie B Hand-Halford met guitarist Henry Carlyle Wade at a house party, clicked, and formed a band the following day.
  
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• Ben Stokes will not be risked too early, says England’s Eoin Morgan

  17-02-2018 19:00 via theguardian.com
  • ‘He’s been bowling indoors – it’s not the same,’ captain says
  • Stokes back in old routine, ‘chipping golf balls and talking crap’Ben Stokes was back on a cricket field alongside his England team-mates, for the first time since 24 September, in a light training run at Hamilton on Saturday. He did not bowl or do much else with vigour on his return to the international fold but Eoin Morgan believes the all-rounder could be fit for the first ODI
  
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• UKIP members vote to sack leader Henry Bolton

  17-02-2018 18:56
  UKIP leader Henry Bolton has been sacked after losing a no confidence motion at an extraordinary general meeting of party members.
  
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• Matt Toomua’s try turns game Leicester’s way against Harlequins

  17-02-2018 18:46 via theguardian.com
  • Leicester 33-18 Harlequins
  • Toomua sprinted 25 metres to line after a dummyIt was the 20th anniversary of the sacking of Bob Dwyer as Leicester’s director of rugby and there was a point in the second half when it seemed his compatriot Matt O’Connor was in danger of suffering the same fate. The Tigers were heading for their 11th defeat in 12 league and European Cup matches when another Australian, Matt Toomua, who started at outside-half, transformed the match.Little went
  
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• Oxfam admits it knew about abuse report 10 years ago

  17-02-2018 18:44
  Oxfam has admitted it knew about a Save the Children report from a decade ago that suggested "significant" abuse was being carried out by aid workers overseas.The 2008 report surfaced on Friday following a series of allegations this month where Oxfam's workers have been accused of using prostitutes in Haiti in the aftermath of the 2010 earthquake.The Save The Children report did not implicate any specific organisation by name.
  
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• Bolton 'not finished with politics'

  17-02-2018 18:40
  Henry Bolton has not ruled out running again for the UKIP leadership after he lost a vote of no confidence and was sacked by his party.
  
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• UKIP members voted to sack embattled leader Henry Bolton

  17-02-2018 18:35 via bbc.co.uk
  UKIP members vote to sack party leader Henry Bolton after controversy over racist messages sent by his partner
  
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• Jürgen Locadia scores on debut in Brighton stroll against Coventry

  17-02-2018 18:24 via theguardian.com
  For Brighton this win brought a quarter-final place for the first time since 1986 and the suggestion Chris Hughton finally has the depth at his disposal to combine a tilt at the FA Cup and a successful relegation fight.For Coventry the battle remains yet more profound; Mark Robins’s League Two side were well beaten but it must be hoped that, as a minimum, such an engaging run has propelled a famous, deeply troubled old name back into the national consciousness for good. Continue reading...
  
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• Rallies held across UK to celebrate migrants' role in society

  17-02-2018 18:21 via theguardian.com
  One Day Without Us events aim ‘to stand against hatred, xenophobia and intolerance’People have gathered in Parliament Square in support of migrants in the UK as part of a wider day of action. The One Day Without Us campaign set up rallies and events across the country, from London to Edinburgh to Birmingham.Continue reading...
  
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• Eurosceptic party UKIP votes to remove leader Henry Bolton

  17-02-2018 18:19
  British eurosceptic party UKIP was thrown into turmoil again on Saturday when its members removed leader Henry Bolton after less than five months in charge following criticism of his leadership and a scandal about racist comments made by his lover.The anti-EU United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP) was an influential force in bringing about a referendum on Britain's membership of the European Union in 2016, but has struggled to maintain its relevance since the country voted to leave the Europea
  
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• Southampton’s Hoedt and Tadic ensure rough ride for West Brom

  17-02-2018 18:14 via theguardian.com
  ‘Taxi for Alan Pardew’ might be a premature call but despite the beleaguered West Brom head coach claiming his players’ second-half rally proved they were behind him, his future appears in jeopardy after this latest setback.Jonny Evans lost the captaincy but kept his place as Pardew gambled on his team responding to “one crazy evening” in Barcelona by reaching the FA Cup quarter-finals. Continue reading...
  
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• UK hit by biggest earthquake for a decade

  17-02-2018 18:08
  Parts of Britain have been struck by the country's biggest earthquake for 10 years.The British Geological Survey said the tremor had a 4.4 magnitude, with a depth of 7.4km, and the epicentre was about 20km north of Swansea.A spokesperson told Sky News it was "reasonably-sized" and that the effects had been felt as far afield as Devon and Birmingham.
  
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• Mexico earthquake: helicopter carrying officials crashes, killing 13 people

  17-02-2018 18:08 via theguardian.com
  Military aircraft had interior minister and state governor on board when it crashedA military helicopter carrying officials assessing the damage caused by a powerful earthquake has crashed in southern Mexico, killing 13 people and injuring 15. The Oaxaca state prosecutor’s office said five women, four men and three children were killed at the crash site and another person died later at the hospital. All of the casualties were on the ground. Continue reading...
  
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• Urban landscapes reimagined – in pictures

  17-02-2018 18:00 via theguardian.com
  For Serbian photographer Nikola Olic, the built environment is a canvas for his inventive compositions. Using only a single camera and minimal Photoshopping, Olic creates abstract images that present the metropolis in a new light: “Instead of just taking a photograph, I move around a building and slightly change and adjust the composition,” he says. “The object is manipulated by walking, zooming, checking sun angles, climbing garages…” Now based in Texas, Olic has
  
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• Labour is dreaming if it believes Britain wants socialism

  17-02-2018 18:00
  Older voters want policies that protect their standard of living.At this stage of the Brexit talks there seem to be few barriers to the Tory party dominating the outcome.It’s not the string of opinion polls showing Theresa May either ahead, neck and neck or only marginally behind Labour, all of which are stunningly positive survey results for a government in such disarray.
  
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