The 40-year-old filmmaker said that Saberi was planning to leave the country, but he kept her from leaving until his latest film -- which will be shown at this year's Cannes film festival -- was completed.

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Austrian lawyer Helmut Sohmen took charge of the shipping side of the business, while Peter Woo ran Wharf until leaving to devote his time to public service.

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Her frustration with him and his intransigence welled up and she was thinking of leaving, letting him lie in his own mess until the orderly arrived, when she noticed that his eyes were not simply closed but squeezed shut, like those of a child playing hide-and-seek.

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But Holland lasted just 16 months before leaving his position in November 2008, following which Gradi resumed caretaker control until Thordarson took charge in early January.

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They saved every scrap that ever entered their lives, until 1947, when Langley was crushed and killed by a pile of newspapers, leaving his brother trapped and left to starve.

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Until Tuesday, he planned to bring the Labor Party led by Ehud Barak into his government while leaving Kadima out in the cold.

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Mr Kane, who served with the Parachute Regiment until 10 years ago, said he had gone to the house of his friend Ryan Black in the afternoon, leaving his grandmother watching television.

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