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Massive boost for Crystal Palace for Manchester City test
Crystal Palace will be desperate for at least a point to get them up and running but to do that, they're going to have to score, which has proved impossible for them so far. "It will mean he will not be playing in the next game - I can be sure of that - which we could do without at this time ". "I thought I was beginning to see the light at half-time, but the lights went out in the second half", said Hodgson.
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Thomas takes joint lead after eagle on 18
Playing the hard East Lake Golf Club, Thomas joined Webb Simpson (67) and Paul Casey (67) atop the leaderboard at seven under through the first two rounds. But two holes later he was projected to finish ninth on the overall standings - just one place higher than his starting position. A combination of factors conspired to see him reel off three straight bogeys and tumble back down a packed leaderboard as those ahead made moves.
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Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov urges diplomatic solution to N. Korea crisis
Calling the exchange of threats "quite bad", Lavrov said "it is unacceptable to simply sit back and to look at the nuclear and military gambles of North Korea, but it is also unacceptable to start war on the peninsula". "The latest developments have shown that the adoption of the resolution to impose new sanctions on DPRK has all but exhausted the potential of this instrument", Gatilov told Russia's TASS news agency the previous day.
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Kenya's Supreme Court explains why it nullified presidential polls
But he later started to criticize the court. "We will and we shall not participate in any election where it turns out to be a ritual and you end up with computer-generated leaders", said Moses Wetangula, a top official for the opposition party, National Super Alliance (NASA).
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French far-left leader rallies Macron critics to streets
The decrees also make it easier for companies to fire workers. Melenchon's "France Unbowed" party said in flyers distributed at a rally in Paris , according to Reuters. The measures chip into worker protections that have always been sacrosanct in France, frustrating reform-minded governments whether on the left or the right.
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Earthquake Detected in North Korea
Addressing the annual gathering in NY he continued: "Through such a prolonged and arduous struggle, now we are finally only a few steps away from the final gate of completion of the state nuclear force". Tensions have continued to rise around the Korean peninsula since Pyongyang carried out its sixth nuclear test, prompting a new round of United Nations sanctions.