Numerous requests by writers from Gizmodo and Gawker to get on the guest list were met with shrugs from Rubenstein, the PR firm handling the event.

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The event comes after a damning report into the handling of the crowd crush at Hillsborough Stadium, which led to an apology from Prime Minister David Cameron and the quashing of the 96 inquest verdicts of accidental death by the attorney general.

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Because of the 2012 Summer Olympics, the country will be well-versed and experienced by 2018 in handling a modern-day, large scale event.

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In any event, I do think that there are other ways of handling Darfur.

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The arrangement will see the BP chartered anchor handling vessel "Grampian Frontier" being drafted in to help in the event of a marine pollution incident.

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