But instead, the bear attack was turned away four straight times.

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What appears to be a concerted bear attack is working.

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The parents of a schoolboy injured in an attack by a polar bear in the Arctic which left one other pupil dead, are at his hospital bedside.

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His words, hours after the attack, will have to bear scrutiny in the days, weeks and years to come.

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Both sides were relying on the counter attack in a cagey tactical affair and just after the half hour mark a classic Russian break saw Arshavin bear down on the Dutch goal to send in a low curler which Edwin van der Sar tipped around the post.

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