Mentored by her grandmother, a tiny woman in wire-framed glasses and a tight perm, Liu trained rigorously as a performer, and developed the shrewd business skills that have lifted her family from poverty to prosperity.

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Another of the seated protesters spoke up, the group's one woman, in her early seventies maybe, little curls of a faded blond perm peeking from beneath a knit pink wooly cap.

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Zamora and Johnson remained a thorn in Perm's side as the Russian club looked to have brought their poor mid-season domestic form with them to London.

BBC: Fulham 3-1 Amkar Perm

His opposite number Sergey Narubin was the busier and the Perm keeper pushed a decent shot from Johnson away before Dempsey's follow-up was cleared over the bar.

BBC: Fulham 3-1 Amkar Perm

But substitute Grishin kept Perm in it with a fine volley.

BBC: Fulham 3-1 Amkar Perm

Sitting bolt upright on a nearby high-backed chair was the outgoing Perm, Sir Jon Shortridge.

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In 2009, a fire in a packed nightclub in the Ural Mountains city of Perm killed more than 100 people, leading to widespread checks of safety-rules by fire inspection teams around Russia.

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Meanwhile, Fulham lost 1-0 at Russian side Amkar Perm, for whom Martin Kushev headed home a late winner, but they still progressed 3-2 on aggregate.

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Perm dominated against the visitors, missing four injured players, and were rewarded with a last-minute headed winner by captain Martin Kushev.

BBC: Amkar Perm 1-0 Fulham (agg 2-3)