Many less fit and able men perished, while thousands more lived in appalling conditions in overcrowded camps back in Valdez, unable to go on to the diggings or afford the extortionate passage back home.

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The home side had secured their own passage to the last four only 72 hours earlier, courtesy of a bruising 3-1 victory over Serbia and England caught the hosts napping after just a minute.

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Carmarthen almost found an immediate reply as Cardiff went to sleep at the back, but Forde was on hand again to frustrate the home side and secure the Bluebirds' passage into the semi-finals.

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Fellow Italians Lazio sealed their passage into the last 16 after a comfortable 2-0 home win over Germany's Borussia Monchengladbach .

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The nexus was this: Ruthie's passage into death revealed a way of life that showed me the way home.

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FoE welcomed this passage, but said it wanted to see "a clear Government strategy on how it will act at home and in the EU to achieve this shift".

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