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A parent of a promising 11-year-old tennis player.
Notable Quotes
"In this case, we all knew that there was something brewing in the Middle East. It was a matter of when - not if."View Story →
"When I came through, all the planes which had arrived in the hours before had all their suitcases unloaded from the carousel, left stacked on the concourse floor. There were several elderly people in those queues and, as you can imagine at this time, lots of children. Our government must do something about this."View Story →
"it had been 'hanging around' his house for decades, but he had no idea how it ended up in his home."View Story →
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