We were absolutely dead sure it would be the same for us.

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Apart from the day before it all starts and the day afterwards the town is absolutely dead and the roads are quieter than on a wet Sunday morning.

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And many will, surely, agree that the best way to honour the memory of those 13 dead soldiers is to make absolutely sure that South Africa finds out the truth about the military deployment in CAR.

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But The Atlanta Journal-Constitution finds Dead Man's Chest, absolutely irresistible, and The Chicago Tribune cheers, The most satisfying big-screen excuse for overpriced popcorn, so far this summer.

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Prime Minister Tony Blair, speaking from Brussels on Friday, hailed the bravery of the dead soldiers and said securing peace in Iraq was "absolutely crucial".

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