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The Iranian government yesterday

admitted for the first time that

half a dozen of the al-Qaida terrorists behind the September 11

attacks on New York and Washington  had passed through Iran.

Iran rejects US claim of al-Qaida link,
G,
19.7.2004,
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2004/jul/19/s
eptember11.iran 

Half of all smokers will die

because of their habit

Headline, I, 23.6.2004,
http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/health_medical/story.jsp?story=534274

‘Half the people who moan about press intrusion

create their own scandal by behaving like idiots’.

From Basildon to Broadway, ES, p. 30, 14-3-2002.

Popular activism:

demonstrators in the Place de la Bastille

during  protests against Jean-Marie Le Pen

in Paris yesterday.

Police estimated that half a million people took part.

Anti-fascist slogans unite the crowds in Paris, picture caption,
DT, p. 17, 2-5-2002.

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