Ian Black tested keeper Mark Howard from distance but the closest the visitors came was when Dougie Imrie's cross forced a save.

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It will make its closest approach to the Sun - at a distance of not much more than a million km from the Sun's surface - on 28 November.

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The council says it allocated places to children living closest to the school, up to a maximum distance of 0.685 miles.

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However, at a meet in the Belgian city of Heusden-Zolder in July, the reigning African champion over the distance clocked 1:41.51 - the closest anyone had got to Kipketer's record.

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Long accustomed to a "special relationship" with the United States, they are trying to figure out why the latter's likeable new president would be going to such lengths to distance himself from the country that has for generations been America's closest ally.

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An asteroid as large as an Olympic swimming pool has raced past the Earth at a distance of just 27, 700km (17, 200mi) - the closest ever predicted for an object of that size.

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As you'd imagine, the aim is to give family, friends and lovers the closest they'll get to a hug (or the occasional frustration) when the distance is just too great for an in-person visit.

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Scientists have played down suggestions that there is any link between the event in the Urals and 2012 DA14, an asteroid which raced past the Earth later on Friday at a distance of just 27, 700km (17, 200 miles) - the closest ever for an object of that size.

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