Blackburn probed away without creating a clear-cut chance but Arsenal always looked a threat on the break - and so it proved on 80 minutes when Eboue's run was brought to an end by Stephen Warnock's sliding tackle in the box.

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Van Persie doubled the lead at the end of the first half, beating the offside trap and rounding keeper Tim Howard before sliding in a shot that Everton defender Johnny Heitinga could only help into the net.

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Unfortunately for the smugglers, their old-time slingshot-and-cable infrastructure might end up getting them catapulted over the moat and into the dungeon because border officials spotted the contraband sliding down a zip line from Hong Kong to Zhenzhen.

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With the firm seemingly sliding towards bankruptcy, its boss, Jeff Peek, said on October 13th that he would step down at the end of the year.

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