"The President thought it was a major stab in the back, " says a White House adviser.

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He said staff had coped with new working practices, shifts and the demands of a digital project and the job cuts were a "stab in the back".

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Another stab in the back came from his Nationalist Action partners in the coalition, who called for elections to be held on November 3rd, nearly 18 months ahead of schedule.

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One wounded woman had a hole in her throat, one had a hole in her cheek and another victim had a stab wound in the back of his head, Maida said.

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All that will then be needed to make the virtual office indistinguishable from a real one are virtual daggers to allow the avatars to stab one another in the back.

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Labour said the Conservative campaign in the constituency was "in chaos", while the Lib Dems said some Conservatives were so intent on disrupting the coalition's green agenda they were "prepared to stab their own candidates in the back to do it".

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But the Israel international scuffed his back-pass and Cousin had the presence of mind to nip in and deftly stab the ball past the advancing Hart.

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