With some justice, Mr Turabi can claim credit for having maintained this veil of civility in a traumatised society.

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The seven-time Tour de France winner asked the court for action against the USADA for a host of reasons, having maintained he's never tested positive for performance-enhancing drugs and accusing the USADA and its CEO, Travis Tygart, of being out to get a "big fish" to justify the agency's existence.

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The Seagair, built in 1985, was described by the brokers as having been "maintained in excellent condition" and "in great condition for her age".

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Fittingly, Shakib picked up the final wicket, when Steven Finn attempted a mow to leg, as Worcestershire maintained their record of not having lost a County Championship away match to Middlesex since 1985.

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Catalans' victory maintained the sequence of teams doing the double in this fixture, having won 32-22 on Welsh territory in March.

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Investigators said the businessman from Alcamo, in western Sicily, had ''maintained constant relations with members of Cosa Nostra'' in Sicily, as well as having contacts with the 'Ndrangheta mafia in Calabria, on the Italian mainland.

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What the IMF was supposed to do was strictly this: provide loans to countries whose currencies were having trouble staying at a fixed rate of exchange to the dollar, so that that rate would be maintained.

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