They were thoroughly miserable when they toured here two years ago - I still have vivid memories of Chris Gayle standing at Chester-le-Street, frozen to the spot at first slip with his hands thrust deep into his pockets.

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"I think that after the disappointing Paul le Guen era - and it was disappointing for him too - we have been able to regroup and rebuild the club in quite a short period of time, " he told rangers.co.uk.

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"I give up, " he wrote in an agonized page-one story in Le Monde.

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For Le Coq d'Or, I went back to Belsky, the librettist for Rimsky-Korsakov.

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"On the basis of inquiry results presented to me this morning, I have decided to restore the licence for ready-meals, minced meat and sausages, " Agriculture Minister Stephane Le Foll said on Monday.

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