And in case you thought the US intervention means there will be an outbreak of peace and harmony in the disputed waters of the South China Sea, the official Xinhua news agency issued a new broadside on Monday, directed at the Philippines.

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Livni's most recent broadside came on Wednesday at the Knesset.

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"Whenever those right-fronts go, they always hit hard because you don't broadside, you hit more straight on, " said Patrick, who finished 39th.

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"This team does not deserve to be the No 1 side in the world, " it headlined on the front page in an uncharacteristic broadside and called India's performance a "craven surrender".

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So in 2009 the Finnish firm launched its patent broadside, accusing Apple of trying to get a free ride on its innovation with the iPhone.

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On the one hand, they will consider the UN Human Rights Council's latest broadside against Israel, which comes this week in the form of the UNHRC's 575-page report of its probe of Israel's behavior in its military campaign against the Hamas terror regime in Gaza this past December and January.

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