Talks on how to break-up what remains of the protest camp are continuing between police, the Home Office and officials from both Westminster City Council and the Greater London Authority.

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Many within his camp want him to quit now, to break the association with Mr Chirac, though Mr Sarkozy has said that he will stay for the time being.

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So while the Spanish teams went back to work in early January, the Bundesliga players were just rousing from a long Christmas break to head to a restorative in-season training camp, away from the distractions of home and domestic competition.

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He spent three years in a prisoner of war camp and after several attempts to escape, he finally managed to break out and get to Poland.

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