Thomas' agent has been in discussions with Cheltenham manager Mark Yates about a new deal, and Baker says the club will do all they can to persuade him to stay.

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Another doctor contacted the MPS for advice about a patient who had been diagnosed HIV positive, and who was adamant in his refusal to inform his wife, despite the doctor's best efforts to persuade him to do so.

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Knowing Kim Jong-il as you do, is there anything to persuade him to come back to six-party talks?

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In any event, I hope God finds a way to persuade CBS to let Jones out of his contract before Satan makes him do publicity for February sweeps.

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"I asked him a number of times to do the right thing and I was able, over the course of that conversation, to persuade him to take me to where Sian was, " he said.

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