The photos spread faster, farther and wider than the British Empire during its heyday, leading to some pity for a 27-year-old who seems to have difficulty steering clear of social media scandals.

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Which is a pity, given that the reality of Philadelphia and its suburbs is rather more encouraging than the reputation.

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Pity Bahrain, or at least its autocratic rulers, for their 2013 bounty is a billion dollars less in the latest IMF figuring.

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Today, looking out from his church opposite the Omagh army base and its 20ft high security walls, that is a conversation he still wants to have with people he has come to pity rather than hate.

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