The odds that you may be robbed depend on a number of variables, but mostly on how easy you make it for a thief.

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We will be robbed of the life we wanted for our children when we came here and there will be nothing to hand onto future generations.

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Watson levelled confidently from the spot and it appeared that Palace had rescued themselves and City would be left feeling robbed.

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President Carolos Papoulias, a soft-spoken leftist whose office is meant to be above politics, reacted to the austerity plan with a one-sentence call for people who robbed the state coffers to be punished.

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There is much less theft on trains, and, even if you are robbed, you can be wired money that will arrive in less than two hours.

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Earlier this month, a Buddhist was robbed in Edinburgh after giving jewellery and money to three fellow Chinese women to be blessed.

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"If one or several member states don't play the game the sanctions are robbed of meaning, " Mr Santer said, announcing that the commission would be investigating the matter at talks next week.

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Apart from a farcical finish to the final and regulations which robbed many matches of a true Caribbean atmosphere, the real cost of the whole fiasco can be seen now.

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