The town, once inhibited by about 15, 000 people, is now a very sad scene.

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The whole scene, the sad story that had brought them together, was framed for her for a moment as if from some far-off future perspective, and her rage against Yvonne washed out of her.

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It was a sad end for Wilkinson at the scene of his 2007 World Cup quarter-final triumph over Australia, but there is much more to come from him and his Toulon team-mates next season.

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Local bed and breakfast and lighthouse owner Frank Sheahan, who was one of the first on the scene, said the whale's end was sad, but he could understand why so many people had been to "a very rare event".

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"It's really sad what we've seen here, " said a Pan-African Parliament election observer who visited the scene and asked that his name not be used for security reasons.

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