Half-dead already, his cancer comes as a sort of salvation, a chance at a new life even if it is a brief one.
Mohammed Rahman left Jasmin Chowdhury, 32, in a "half-dead state" after the attack at their home in the Isle of Dogs, south-east London, last December.
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The citizens of Boston and its suburbs allowed massively armed SWAT teams to enter their homes, order residents out and eventually find the bullet-riddled Dzhokhar Tsarnaev lying half-dead in a boat.
Dogs express their love and trust in many ways -- some lap at your face, knock you down with kisses as you come home, leave a half-dead animal on your pillow, or sit on your lap and sigh with contentment.
Oct 2, 2012 -- Valve, creators of best-selling game franchises (such as Counter-Strike, Half-Life, Left 4 Dead, Portal, and Team Fortress) and leading technologies (such as Steam and Source), today announced the first Software titles have launched via Steam, marking a major expansion to the platform known as a leading destination for PC and Mac games.
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Stephen Jones' kick-off epitomised the Scarlets' season thus far - off kilter as the ball ran dead, bringing a scrum on half-way at which the Wales fly-half must have been relieved to see a free kick awarded against Ulster.
The flags at the CIA headquarters in Langley, Virginia, were to be flown at half-mast in honour of the dead, he added.
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While Apple maintained the top spot for the ninth time in a row through US customers' happiness with the hardware design and ease of use, most of its major competitors made big strides in reliability, speed and camera quality in the past half-year -- to the point where there was a virtual dead heat for second place between HTC, Motorola, Nokia and Samsung.
The 47-year-old car driver, from Grimsby, was confirmed dead at the scene of the automated half-barrier crossing on Woad Lane, while the other, a 40-year-old man from Cleethorpes, died on the way to hospital, BTP said.
Derby manager Nigel Clough was also upbeat after his side's late fightback that saw them put United under pressure after looking dead and buried at half-time.
But sometimes the whole experience just seems rather half-hearted and pointless, as is the case with Red Dead Redemption and Uncharted.
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In the first days after the tsunami, the company estimated that 40 stores were entirely or half destroyed and that perhaps 16 franchise owners of Seven-Eleven franchises were dead or missing.
However, on both occasions when it looked like the tourists would be walked over and left for dead - they always came storming back in the second half to deny any major thumping.
Perhaps due to her separate story-line, the writers of The Walking Dead have subjected us to nearly one half of the entire season devoted entirely to the most irritating character in the show.
The 5-bedroom, 5-bath home sits on over half an acre of land overlooking the Stone Canyon Reservoir at the end of a gated dead-end drive but is only minutes from Sunset Strip and the rest of Beverly Hills.
More than half of the original study group had moved out of the favelas, suggesting they are not the dead-end that many people suppose.
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Leeds also lost Hall with a dead leg, while Bulls stand-off Ben Jeffries was helped off in the second half after taking a heavy blow to the head but, in an ill-tempered West Yorkshire derby, tensions again boiled over at the end when punches were traded between both sets of players.
In other words, stocks would have been dead money (with no return except for dividends) for six-and-a-half years.
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Hull, bidding for a first away win over Wigan for six years, looked on course when England winger Briscoe touched down Horne's kick just inches from the dead-ball line on 17 minutes, Tickle's conversion making it 10-4 at half-time.
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