On Friday, police arrested six people for allegedly running the influence-peddling ring selling government permits to businesses in return for bribes.

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His owner only allowed him to appear in a style of bullfighting called recortes in which members of the public jump into the ring and try and dodge the bull by running around a series of obstacles.

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An inquiry into one of France's most egregious recent miscarriages of justice the imprisonment of 13 people wrongfully accused of running a paedophile ring in Outreau said one cause was the fact that the investigating judge was working entirely alone.

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We went to the left-hand side of the ring where there was a zip-like line running up the eight-foot high construction.

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If I had to bet, she'll still be running for the gold in 2012 rather than the presidential brass ring.

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Mr Venizelos threw his hat into the ring at the last moment, after running a whispering campaign against Mr Papademos.

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Last week, federal prosecutors in Manhattan filed conspiracy charges against four people, accusing them of running a prostitution ring that allegedly charged wealthy clients in Europe and the U.S. thousands of dollars for prostitutes.

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