In September, 1986, after several months of sharing a cell with another hostage, Anderson was, for no apparent reason, returned to solitary confinement, this time in a six-by-six-foot cell, with no windows, and light from only a flickering fluorescent lamp in an outside corridor.

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The discussion about Mr Mitchell lasted about half an hour - leaving Chancellor George Osborne, who was the main speaker, to wait outside in corridor.

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"It's just sore, not pain, sore and stiffness, " Anthony said in a crowded corridor outside New York's locker room.

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