Some stories do tear you apart, usually those where the violence is joined to some emphatically opposite quality, such as peace or tenderness.
On the other hand if Welsh-speaking north Pembs is joined to Ceredigion, shouldn't the seat be called Ceredigion a Gogledd Penfro, rather than Ceredigion and North Pembrokeshire?
The local airport is being joined to the high-speed rail network.
Seven-time champion Michael Schumacher is returning to F1 with Mercedes this year after a three-year retirement, and is joined by German Nico Rosberg, who is yet to win a race but is highly rated by the car manufacturer's hierarchy.
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The Kenyan party is likely to be joined by runners from Ethiopia and Eritrea during a stopover in Djibouti.
The 20-year-old winger is expected to be joined at Ibrox by Rapid Vienna's Nikica Jelavic, who will undergo a medical with Rangers on Friday.
Ms Lagwinowicz is said to have joined Mr Dmytryszyn in dumping Miss Wells-Burr's body in her red Ford Focus before setting fire to the car at about 06:00.
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The versatile Finnish international became Sunderland manager Roy Keane's first summer signing on Wednesday, but is set to be joined at the north-east club by Pascal Chimbonda, Steed Malbranque and Younes Kaboul.
The Cinesa Diagonal Mar Screen 9 is the first commercial cinema screen in Europe to be equipped to show content in Dolby Atmos and it is expected to be joined in the coming months by a number of premium locations around Europe, including the Empire Leicester Square in London.
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Poverty rates have also dropped dramatically and 40 million people are said to have joined a burgeoning new middle class that is still flocking to shopping centres around the country, despite a moderate drop in consumption levels.
One is a Jamaican who joined British troops to fight Hitler but finds life difficult out of uniform when he settles in London.
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Powell is one of the Warriors' longest-serving players, having joined from Harlequins in 2003, and is set to stay at Sixways until 2010.
Nick Clegg has said delaying changes to Commons constituency boundaries is "perfectly reasonable" after Lib Dem peers joined with Labour to oppose their introduction in 2015.
With so little biographical material to go on (even the fabled portrait of Gannibal turns out to be that of a white man when it is restored), the dots have inevitably to be joined up with a degree of speculation.
Laos, Myanmar and Vietnam knew what they were signing on to when they joined last year, but faster liberalization amid the Crisis is likely to raise the challenge of keeping up membership.
Gen Shalal was due to retire soon and joined the uprising to "play hero", the source is quoted as saying.
He obviously participated in a very long process four years ago, and he looks forward to the time when there is a nominee from the other party and for that debate to be joined.
Mr Cartes is a newcomer to politics, who only joined the Colorado Party in 2009.
Government sources say Justice Sonia Sotomayor, who joined the bench in 2009, is expected to be there.
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Guy Manos is joined by his brother Greg in an attempt to bring a computer-sim approach to adventure-movie scenes.
Gibbs has re-joined Glamorgan determined to prove he is still a five-day asset.
Yet for a general retailer, the transition to the internet is by no means easy, says Bill Bass, who joined Sears from Lands' End to help run its online businesses.
The centre-back, who has been an ever-present in the league since Coyle joined Bolton in January 2010, is scheduled to have a scan and could be out for a couple of weeks.
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The Samoan, 31, joined Saints in 2006 and his contract is coming to an end.
He is joined by Sally Ride, the first American woman to go into space.
"Scotland is very joined up in terms of helping businesses wanting to invest and develop, " he added.
It is impossible to know exactly how many Americans have joined this trend.
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Joe Ledley joined Celtic on Monday and McGinn is looking forward to lining up with the former Cardiff City midfielder.
In his move to engage Syria, Obama is enthusiastically joined by France and the rest of Europe as well as by Saudi Arabia and Egypt.
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