The book, which reveals for the first time Mr Blair's feelings about his successor as prime minister, Gordon Brown, threatened an untimely refocusing of attention on old party divisions.

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It seems only a matter of time before the willful Sita develops romantic feelings for Radha and the two women fall into each other's arms.

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In an open letter published online over the weekend, Salman Al-Oadah described a rising tide of anger in the deeply conservative kingdom, writing that "negative feelings have been accumulating for a long time" in Saudi Arabia.

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While Fritzl might like to say he changed his plea after hearing his daughter's emotional evidence - that for the first time he was able to understand his daughter's feelings - from what I know of similar offenders, I would be extremely sceptical.

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