Andrews feel this way, choosing it as their kindred sister town.

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She and her sister, who lives across town, used to get their children together a couple of times a week.

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Back across town, Nahla's sister and mother are also pessimistic.

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Local police chief Proloy Chisim confirmed that Shakib's mother and sister were inside the three-storey house in the western district town of Magura when several motor-cycle riders stopped outside and threw stones.

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Watson was born and raised in the Queensland town of Ipswich, which is 30 kilometres west of Brisbane, and his parents and sister still live in the area.

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But Antigua and its tiny sister island, Barbuda, with their combined population of 65, 000, about that of a medium-sized town in Europe, were allowed to go it alone, bequeathed with a British-style parliament and a decent cricket ground.

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