Separately, Ms Diallo's lawyer in France launched a suit this week against one of Mr Strauss-Kahn's political friends for trying to suborn a witness in the Paris suburb where he was once mayor.

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The witness lives in the apartment complex where the shooting occurred and saw the incident through her window.

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There are very few moments in our lives where we have the privilege to witness history taking place.

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We see it every day and we witness it getting worse in our rivers too, where rich furrows of algae now bloom beneath the water.

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Both today and during the time she was in office, we have been witness to instance after instance where Livni's strategic rationale was proven wrong.

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Kramer manages to damage the plane's controls in mid-flight and they're forced to land in the conservative small town of Latham, Massachusetts, where they witness a carjacking.

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Holwell, Anil Kumar, the McKinsey consultant, walked to the witness stand, where he stood for a moment, in a dark suit and tie, and bowed his head, his hands clasped before him.

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Giving evidence by videolink, Witness M told the court in Belfast on Wednesday that he saw Mr McConville standing close to where the prosecution claims the gun was fired 30 minutes later.

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Lawyers for the defendants disputed evidence given in a previous hearing by a secret witness, who claimed to have seen the men near the place where the women's bodies were found.

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But it was still painful to witness the fading of Rahul Dravid, VVS Laxman and to a lesser extent Sachin Tendulkar in a Test series where India capitulated without a resemblance of a fight.

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