An MP who dismissed rival cities' bids to become the UK's City of Culture has been challenged to sample the cultural delights of one of those he condemned.

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Republican Eric Cantor, a Jewish lawmaker who is one of the party's most powerful members of Congress, quickly condemned it.

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Kenya's Muslim religious body, the Council of Imams and Preachers of Kenya (CIPK), also condemned TV stations for showing the one-minute-long advert.

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He also condemned the suggestion parents were "freeloading on the state" if one of them chooses to stay at home.

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McSheffrey took on the responsibility from 12 yards out and made no mistake, and Birmingham held on for the remainder of the match for what could prove to be a priceless win - and one which condemned Derby to relegation.

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One of the most harrowing final scenes in all of opera is the ending of Poulenc's "Dialogues of the Carmelites, " when the nuns condemned by the French Revolution walk one by one to the scaffold, singing a gradually thinning chorus punctuated by the slashing sounds of a guillotine.

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No one claimed responsibility but Islamist militant group Boko Haram, a sect which has condemned the use of Western medicine, has been blamed for carrying out a spate of assaults on security forces in the city in recent weeks.

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One risk for Mr Sarkozy, however, is that Mr Chirac will be condemned to yet another period of cohabitation after the 2002 parliamentary election.

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