One resident, Jan Ali, told Associated Press that Thursday's blast at the snooker hall was "a scene like hell on Earth".

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" In his blog, he says: "The ideas industry ... oft seems hell-bent on turning each and every human on planet Earth into either a breathless 'pundit' or a zombified 'consumer.

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