Prosecutors originally charged all six black students accused of being involved in beating Barker with second-degree attempted murder and conspiracy.

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The FAW issued its statement as attention continued to focus on last Wednesday's incident, which to some degree overshadowed Swansea's success in reaching their first major cup final by beating European champions Chelsea on aggregate over two legs.

BBC: Wales

The two-goal cushion gave Newcastle a degree of comfort after the break as they looked to secure their first away win since beating Pompey on 14 December.

BBC: West Brom 2-3 Newcastle

Whether or not Gordon Brown's Treasury had an excessively optimistic view of the budget deficit, he certainly severely underestimated the degree to which Her Majesty's Government would be on the hook if Britain's world-beating financial system got into trouble: The financial sector bailouts account for eight percentage points of the overshoot in our debt.

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