The ECB announced the decision to go ahead with the tour after a two-hour meeting on Sunday, before which it was revealed both Andrew Flintoff and Steve Harmison were harbouring doubts about the tour.

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After the show, which both School Reporters enjoyed, it was back into reporting mode as they tracked down world light-welterweight champion Amir Khan and world heptathlon champion Jessica Ennis for further interviews.

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And that's ultimately what I believe both peoples want -- which is why I think -- I think it was very interesting that in my speech in Jerusalem, some of the strongest applause came when I addressed the Israeli people and I said, you have to think about these Palestinian children like your own children.

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Also noteworthy was the new P2 chassis Alienware employed for this model, which improves on older cases both aesthetically -- it sports a glossier paint job and more configurable lights to play with -- as well as functionally, with the shorter-but-deeper design intended to support extra-long graphics cards.

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It is the fourth amendment to Hungary's new basic law since it came into force just 14 months ago - a fact which helps underpin criticism that the new constitution was both hurried and flawed, the BBC's Nick Thorpe in Budapest reports.

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This circumstance was pretty unique in that Secretary Bryson was alone, was not with a security detail, was on private time, which is common for certain members of the Cabinet, and it resulted in him being -- both having a seizure and ending up in the hospital.

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