Gary Wilson was next best with 46 while fellow opener William Porterfield added 32 as Ireland posted 285-4.

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British Foreign Minister William Hague added his nation won't provide safe passage for Assange, and that the UK had "painstakingly" assured the Ecuadorians that his human rights would be protected.

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"We've also got some of the earliest examples of printing in the world, from the 1400s, from Gutenberg and from Caxton and a rare edition of the complete works printed by Kelmscott Press by William Morris, " he added.

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"I have been told he might die and our son William is only 16-months-old, " she added.

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"William Hague is thrashing round like an increasingly desperate man", he added.

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Newt Gingrich added to the genre with a series of novels he co-wrote with William R.

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Our correspondent added that government sources had indicated the changes were very unlikely to affect Prince William's position.

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But William Hague told the BBC the government had not properly realised the full implications of devolution and added that further constitutional changes needed to be made.

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"In the end I think William Hague's career will survive" but "serious questions have been raised about his judgement, " he added.

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