An ugly hand-to-hand fight ensued.

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But even as Bush asked Dick Cheney to head a transition team and named Andrew Card his chief of staff, the Democratic faithful were primed to fight on--especially after Harris decided to leave out the results of the hand count Palm Beach canvassers stayed up all night to produce.

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Froch is back to full fitness after fracturing his hand in his last fight, an 11th-round knockout win over Brian Magee.

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He said Aamir's father, who desperately tried to fight off his sons killers, said he had grabbed the attacker's left hand - the hand the knife was in.

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