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He said that when he first found it he thought it was a "normal stone".
BBC: Charlie Naysmith with the ambergris
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Having found little of the first three, he apparently thought it amusing to invent a few islands en route.
WSJ: Lost in Our Maps: A History of Cartographic Catastrophes
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But at club level he found it hard to break into the City first team and was loaned to Bolton in January, making 13 top-flight appearances.
BBC: Man City's Weiss joins Gers as Jelavic deal nears end
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Seven-year-old Yaseen's death at his home in Cardiff in July 2010 was believed to be a tragic accident in a fire at first, and it was only later that investigators found he was dead before the blaze began.
BBC: Yaseen Ali Ege
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"The detectorist found a spearhead first but rather than dig it all up he reported it to Katie Hinds from the Portable Antiquities Scheme, " he said.
BBC: Bronze Age hoard found in Wiltshire field
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But surrounded by people who believed making a horse subservient meant establishing physical dominance over it, at first he was unable to say he thought he had found a better way to tame horses.
BBC: News | Entertainment | The real horse-whisperer speaks out
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For the first three days after the operation, he was in agony, and it was eventually found that an epidural had been put in the wrong place and the only pain relief he had had was paracetamol.
BBC: Stafford Hospital: The victims
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At first it was said he had suffered a heart attack, but a second post-mortem examination found that he had died of an abdominal haemorrhage.
BBC: Police chiefs defend G20 tactics
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Saha, who scored his first Premier League goal for 11 months on Wednesday, made it two in two games when he found space and drilled into the bottom corner.
BBC: Scunthorpe 1-5 Everton
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His first thought of his wife when he saw a picture of the pendant Rubinstein found, but he didn't recognize it as a piece that belonged to her.
WSJ: Man hunting for pythons finds mysterious jewelry
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He said existing homeowners had found it slightly easier to repay their mortgages in the last quarter of 2007 - the first improvement since early 2006 - thanks to stable interest rates and wage increases.
BBC: NEWS | Business | Mortgage approvals drop further