The tourists, perhaps surprising India by ending their innings a little earlier than expected, then nipped out two big wickets before lunch.

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The company said that comparative sales in its flagship stores in Europe, Canada and Japan all came in negative for the third quarter ending October 29, surprising many estimates.

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But the ending of the siege was even more surprising than the siege itself.

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Though surprising when it appears, Mr Vann's ending is, on reflection, so obvious as to make the reader wonder why he never saw it coming.

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Most surprising of all, he manages somehow to contrive a happy ending.

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