Allowed to respond, Huckabee acknowledged that he raised gasoline taxes to build roads and help his state's education system, which he refused to apologize for.

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But the settlers uprooted his crops and the police refused to help him, he said.

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In the past he has refused to take donations from supporters keen to help with the fine.

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Mr Speight, 42, refused all offers of help before saying he "needed to leave" when he was approached in Chamberlayne Road, north-west London, on Monday.

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Sir Tim refused to be specific about which items of data he would help make public, but said he was interested in suggestions from bloggers about what they would like to see.

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