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1 A German Foreign Ministry spokesperson reported that a meeting of EC representatives in Lisbon on April 2 had approved a German proposal for a formal EC protest to the Turkish government over the recent military action against civilians [ see pp. 38833-34 ; for resignation of German Defence Minister over sale of vehicles to Turkey see p. 38822 ] .
2 Spurs chairman Alan Sugar admitted contempt of court after allegations he tried to interfere with a witness in the High Court row over control of the soccer club .
3 Even so , faced with a possible back bench rebellion over privatization of railways , the latest increases are embarrassing .
4 Flown in by AVM John Allison , this aircraft — in John 's hands — led the 16-ship Phantom formation flypast over London on June 13 to celebrate HM The Queen 's Official Birthday .
5 Judge rethink : The Marquess of Blandford 's 112 day sentence over non-payment of maintenance to his wife may be cut by the judge who committed him to Pentonville on Tuesday .
6 SKIPPER Hugh Morris led Glamorgan to a crushing 10 wicket victory over Surrey at The Oval .
7 WIDNES stepped up their challenge for the Cheshire County League championship with a comprehensive 10-wicket home victory over Stalybridge with Zimbabwe Test star Grant Flower their key man .
8 ‘ … while there 's a slight question mark over Shine On 's ability to stay this distance and of course it 's a big test for his rider Kitty Connor , who 's having her first ride in a listed race .
9 He flew Willi Messerschmitt 's masterpiece , the 109 , in the Norwegian campaign , and over France , Belgium and Holland , while fitting in some high-level photo reconnaissance over England in a modified 110 .
10 Because of the considerable government control over ownership of farms a proven degree of technical and management ability had to be demonstrated before young farmers could become farmers in their own right .
11 If not now , it soon will be capable of achieving complete air superiority over south of the 38th Parallel , and of materially assisting the North Korean ground forces should they attempt to move into South Korea .
12 The various regional associations which were formed at various times in Eastern and Western Europe , in Africa , in the Middle East or in Latin America , rested either upon the predominance of one nation state over others in the region , or upon a limited agreement about a framework within which national economic interests could be more effectively pursued ; and they all showed themselves largely incapable of controlling the vigorous expression of such interests in periods of crisis .
13 Gloucestershire are soldering on without Syd … in the sunday league they made it two wins in a row with a five wicket victory over Lancashire at Old Trafford
14 Quins fly-half David Pears dummies to Simon Halliday before carving a path to the line in Harlequins ' 15–9 semi-final victory over Leicester at The Stoop .
15 Owers helped Sunderland beat Port Vale at the beginning of their Cup run , but was substituted and then aggravated his groin trouble in the following 6–2 home win over Millwall in mid January .
16 The beating was made worse by two crazy own goals , Mark Carlisle putting the first past his own keeper in the fourth minute and Stephen Young looping a spectacular back header over Grant in the second half .
17 The highly cautious approach to purity demands undercuts any simple notion of more active state intervention over sexuality in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century .
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