But they have also been rubbished by many in her party.
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Huawei has rubbished the allegations, saying Washington had a "loser's attitude".
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Although Malthus is still admired by some, the green revolution rubbished his hypothesis.
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In July the tribunal rubbished China's territorial claims and criticised its construction of artificial islands.
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Ramaphosa's allies, including ANC economics chief Enoch Godongwana and Finance Minister Tito Mboweni, rubbished Magashule's remarks.
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White House aides have rubbished the CBO and promise that Mr Trump's dealmaking skills will save the day.
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Amazon and Deliveroo rubbished claims that an investment tie-up would reduce competition in UK food delivery sector.
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Gonzalez rubbished any concerns the country would need any IMF assistance to step out of its current economic calamity.
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Never mind that the Isle of Man is neither in Britain nor the EU and that his claim was quickly rubbished.
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The claims have been rubbished by her father and the famous pair were spotted in recent days holding hands in New York.
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Trump's current attorney, Rudy Giuliani, rubbished the reports and attacked Cohen, a top Trump Organization attorney for a decade, as lacking credibility.
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But Froome has rubbished suggestions he has no rivals for the title ahead of what he described as four "very tricky" days.
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Locals are worried about rumored health hazards linked to the system's radar — though the South Korean defense ministry has rubbished such notions.
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Amazon and UK food delivery startup Deliveroo have rubbished claims that an investment tie-up between the two firms would reduce competition.
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The solid performance in last month's election by Jeremy Corbyn, who had been rubbished by most of the mainstream press, reinforced that view.
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Both ruling Conservative and opposition Labour lawmakers rubbished May's Withdrawal Agreement Bill, or WAB, legislation which implements the terms of Britain's twice-delayed departure.
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The Indian government rubbished the report, calling it "fallacious, tendentious and motivated," a compilation of "largely unverified information" meant to build a false narrative.
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Jio, headed by India's richest man Mukesh Ambani, rubbished the website's claims and said its subscriber data was safe and maintained with the highest security.
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Nizam Uddin, local leader of the Awami League's student wing, rubbished Ahmed's allegations, saying instead that his own members had been attacked by BNP workers.
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Yet in November 2016 Zuckerberg publicly rubbished the idea that fake news spread via Facebook could influence political views — calling it a "pretty crazy idea".
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The prime minister's team are reportedly reluctant to put forward a written proposal for fear it will be rejected out of hand or publicly rubbished.
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MPs on different sides of the Brexit debate have rubbished claims that Labour MPs could help Boris Johnson get a revised Brexit deal through Parliament.
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For good measure, the president rubbished Mrs May's handling of Brexit ("What a mess she and her representatives have created") and looked forward to her replacement.
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In July China reacted with fury when an international tribunal upheld a complaint from the Philippines and rubbished China's territorial claims in the South China Sea.
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Some local intellectuals compared the entire endeavor to colonialism—former Greek finance minister Yanis Varoufakis rubbished it as "crisis tourism"—but it's difficult to imagine an alternative.
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Nissan has vigorously denied any suggestion of a plot, while both the Japanese firm and Renault have rubbished suggestions their 20-year-old partnership is falling apart.
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Team Trump has rubbished norms instead of buttressing institutions and attacked the European Union and Japan over trade rather than working with them to press China to change.
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In comparison, RCEP was rubbished as a low-grade treaty, with big carve-outs limiting its coverage and offering only a gradual reduction or elimination of import tariffs.
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Cohen also rubbished Zuckerberg's recent speech at Georgetown University in which the Facebook founder sought to appropriate the mantle of "free speech" to argue against social media regulation.
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UIDAI rubbished the reports, baselessly claiming that there was "no truth to this story" in a series of tweets from its official Twitter account, despite evidence to the contrary.
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India's previous death toll estimates have been rubbished by Pakistan, which says the operation was a failure that saw Indian jets bomb a largely empty hillside without hurting anyone.
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President Trump has given the Department of Defense 30 days to produce a strategy to defeat ISIS and has reportedly rubbished an Obama plan to capture ISIS's capital, Raqqa.
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The maritime hubbub is an attempt to push back against China's claim to the entire South China Sea, which other littoral states dispute and which a UN tribunal has rubbished.
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One documentary is in competition: "Beuys" about German conceptual artist Joseph Beuys whose work was rubbished in Germany but celebrated in an exhibition at the Guggenheim Museum in New York.
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Party grandees, sure that Theresa May, the prime minister, would secure a big majority, rubbished the prediction—as did officials from the opposition Labour Party, convinced they were heading for defeat.
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Each side has rubbished the other's plans to catch up with domestic rival Mercadona and German discounter Lidl, which have stolen a march on DIA by investing heavily in their stores.
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The grieving mother of one of the four Americans killed by militants in Benghazi in 2012 blamed Mrs Clinton for their deaths—an allegation rubbished by nine official investigations so far.
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He has not been accused of any crimes in Brazil and rubbished any chance of taking a plea bargain and cooperating with U.S. authorities, as some other former FIFA officials have done.
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Multiple top US officials interviewed as part of the impeachment probe have rubbished the Ukraine interference theory, but in an interview with Fox News in November Trump again gain credence to the conspiracy.
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Fox rubbished that claim on Sunday, however, telling the BBC that if the U.K. leaves the EU without a deal (known formally as the "Withdrawal Agreement") in place there will be no transition period.
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Farage rubbished Johnson's deal at the Brexit Party's campaign launch on Friday, saying it was "not Brexit" and accusing the prime minister was "trying to sell a second-hand motor" to the British people.
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The US was once again left alienated from its European allies at the world's biggest security conference as they rubbished President Donald Trump's "America First" approach and painted a picture of an isolated country.
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Critics have rubbished the NRA's argument in the wake of the latest shooting, the fourth deadliest at a U.S. school in modern history, and the deadliest since 17 were killed in Parkland, Florida, in February.
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LONDON (Reuters) - Uber Technologies Inc welcomed on Monday the British government's response to a review into workplace rights, which looks set to preserve the business models of gig economy companies, but unions rubbished the business ministry's plans.
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Even though May has stuck to her Chequers plan and on Sunday won at least the outward support of most of her ministers, the EU rubbished some of her proposals at a summit in Austria this month.
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And in another incident earlier in 2016, when authorities initially rubbished opposition reports of a massacre of miners in the jungle, it was Ortega who then provided a stream of information confirming 17 bodies had been discovered.
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These proposals were immediately rubbished, not just by the left but also by Tories who had been persuaded by Mrs May's argument that if capitalism's friends do not reform the system, its enemies will do it for them.
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The U.S.'s former top intelligence official has rubbished President Donald Trump's claims that foreign actors outside of Russia may have been involved in the alleged hacking of the 2016 U.S. presidential election, saying that they are unsubstantiated.
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HONG KONG (Reuters) - China's Huawei Technologies called on Washington to drop the "loser's attitude" and once again rubbished U.S. allegations its gear could be used by Beijing for spying, as its network business weakened amid mounting global scrutiny.
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Throughout the campaign, Mr Trump rubbished the 12-member trade pact as a bad deal for America—partly because he thinks America has more negotiating clout in bilateral deals, partly because he wants to do down his predecessor, who had championed it.
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Earlier this year, he told Business Insider that there might eventually be a public inquiry into how politicians handled Britain&aposs exit from the EU.He also rubbished talk of a "clean break" Brexit, and said the UK would be in negotiations for years.
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He rubbished President Thabo Mbeki, Nelson Mandela's successor, for his lethal failure to tackle HIV/AIDS and excoriated President Jacob Zuma's government and the ruling African National Congress for corruption, describing them as a "tender-ocracy" after the state contracts dished out to their friends.
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"We do want to get it right, if we just put out a piece of speculation that can easily be rubbished we won't have achieved our end, and the next time we put forward something then people won't listen to it that much," he said.
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For good measure, he rubbished the way Britain's prime minister had handled Brexit ("What a mess she and her representatives have created"), and looked forward to her imminent replacement ("The good news for the wonderful United Kingdom is that they will soon have a new Prime Minister").
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The hiatus imposed by unfortunate injury had led fans to question how much CM Punk really wanted to fight in the UFC now he'd signed on the dotted line of a lucrative contract—questions which have been continually rubbished by both CM Punk and the UFC brass.
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But something about the trajectory of his career in the UK—the lingering smell of post-dubstep that haunted his early days, before being rubbished as a genre—and the frail and delicate emotion in his sound, has often seen him viewed as, well, "a bit wet".
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For good measure the president also rubbished the way Britain's prime minister, Theresa May, had handled Brexit ("What a mess she and her representatives have created"), and looked forward to her imminent replacement ("The good news for the wonderful United Kingdom is that they will soon have a new Prime Minister").
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Some hardline Brexiteers, including Boris Johnson and Jacob Rees-Mogg, who have long rubbished Mrs May's deal, now see that the most likely alternative is something cooked up by Parliament which would keep Britain closer to the EU. Her promise to resign gives them an excuse to make their screeching U-turn.
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In one example earlier this month he rubbished actress Meryl Streep after she made critical comments about him in an award acceptance speech — dubbing her "one of the most over-rated actresses in Hollywood"… Meryl Streep, one of the most over-rated actresses in Hollywood, doesn't know me but attacked last night at the Golden Globes.
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The RSS, too, has rubbished the allegations. The Indian Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde seems to believe the report.
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In the 1960s, Simpson "rubbished the then-nascent science of exobiology, which concerned itself with life on places other than Earth, as a science without a subject". He was raised as a Christian but later became an agnostic.
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Initially, Hansika Motwani was reported to be roped in to dance for that item song. However, after returning from the US, Hansika rubbished these reports. Finally Shweta Bhardwaj was roped in to perform the item number in the film.
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The producer rubbished the rumors claiming that the film would be a romantic comedy. The producers initially readied themselves to release the film on April 14, 2000 but pushed dates back to accommodate the release of bigger budget ventures such as Mani Ratnam's Alaipayuthey and Rajiv Menon's Kandukondain Kandukondain.
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Following the leak, Aujla announced the release of the original song and its music video. Some of the regional Punjabi channels accused Karan Aujla's co-artist Deep Jandu of leaking the song. However, Aujla and Jandu both rubbished the news, and stated it was false. Jandu is also credited as a co-composer on Gaana.
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On December 5, 2009, Baruah along with the outfit's chairman Arabinda Rajkhowa and Rajkhowa's bodyguard Raja Baruah were produced before the chief judicial magistrate, Kamrup. He with Rajkhowa rubbished police's claim that they had surrendered. They emerged as heroes among the crowd for the denial of surrender. They got the biggest boost when public encouraged them not to surrender shouting - "Surrender nokoribaw" (Do not surrender).
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The same night, Hamza visits Ali Latheef (Mohamed Rasheed) a police in-charge and revealed news of the supposed murder of Shahaana by Sharim. Upon sharing the news with them, Ahmed (Lufshan Shakeeb), a lawyer, rubbished the rumor. Seeing a photograph of Hamza on the wall, Latheef assured Hamza is alive, distressing Shahana. Sharim disclosed to Latheef that he has been missing for six months and is assumed to be dead.
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Rumours that Collins rubbished as "paper talk". A candidate for Player of the Year, he instead picked up Chairman's Player of the Year and Players' Player of the Year awards, as well as the award for Best Assist "following his storming run from inside his own half to set up Marc Richards against Hereford at Vale Park". Collins was keen to extend his contract beyond its conclusion in the summer of 2011.
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The Tablighi Jamaat congregation in Delhi and the resulting hotspot triggered Islamophobic reactions and increased communal tension. Islamophobic hashtags began circulating shortly after the news broke in late March. Rajasthan Congress MLA Bharat Singh Kundanpur in a letter to Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot claimed that "when coronavirus can be removed by washing hands with alcohol, then drinking alcohol will surely remove virus from the throat." His claim was rubbished by several health experts and doctors.
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He offered new evidence to support Squires' alibi and rubbished Canning's description of her prison, before questioning her account of her escape. He concluded with Virtue Hall's recantation of her earlier testimony. Willes was the next to speak, picking over the discrepancies between the various accounts offered by Canning of her disappearance. A contemporary sketch of the loft in which it was supposed Canning was held Canning's defence began with opening statements from Williams and Morton.
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On 18 June 2011, Marveaux agreed and signed a five-year deal with Premier League club Newcastle United. He had reportedly been very close to joining Liverpool under the management of Kenny Dalglish. Marveaux rubbished claims he failed a medical at Anfield, confirming he could not agree terms. He made his first competitive start in the Football League Cup second round in an away win at Scunthorpe United playing the full 120 minutes that included extra time.
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Lütjens favoured beaching the ships on the Varne Bank to act as a gun-fire platform. He thought they could best act as strong points to deny passage through the Strait of Dover to the British. Raeder agreed but the plan was rubbished by technical experts who argued the old ships were too prone to capsizing and their stationary posture was too vulnerable and their armament too weak to do the job effectively.Ansel 1960, pp. 242–243.
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Leweni spoke out on 13 October to endorse Police Commissioner Hughes's condemnation of hate speeches by certain politicians. Leweni said that the Military was monitoring such speeches, and said that ordinary people were being "misled." In addition he rubbished claims that Fiji would not be ready for a nonindigenous Prime Minister for another twenty years. The Bavadra and Chaudhry governments had not been put to the full test, he said, and should not have been judged on racial grounds.
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In 2009, he blamed the defacement on a vulnerability in the servers of his webhost net4india. Independent security experts contested his claim, stating that the problem was a loophole in his own website's code, His website was hacked by an Indian hacker Himanshu Sharma, where he accepted the challenge from Ankit Fadia. In 2012, his website was defaced twice by hackers. In the first instance, the hackers rubbished his claims and stated that he was fooling people.
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These reports were later rubbished by Martins himself, and Roeder stated that although he was interested in signing a Chelsea player, he would not allow Martins to leave Newcastle. On 14 January, in a 2–3 away win against Tottenham Hotspur, Martins' 20-yard shot rocketed into the net. This strike was clocked by Sky Sports at a speed of 84 mph (135 km/h), making it unofficially the ninth hardest shot ever recorded in football according to the Guardian website.
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Despite his mediocre performance in the Superleague Greece, he scored repeatedly in UEFA Europa League. On mid April, reports in Turkey insist that Galatasaray will make a move to sign Olympiakos winger over the summer transfer window. Galatasaray has rubbished the rumours linking them with Seba, however reports in Turkey continue to link the Brazilian winger with Galatasaray. On 25 April 2017, Olympiakos winger faced a three-game suspension following his kick on Sergio Araujo in the semi-final of the Greek Cup against AEK.
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The Chinese consulate in Kolkata also condemned similar statements reportedly made by Dilip Ghosh, president of the West Bengal unit of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party. Some politicians claimed that drinking cow urine and applying cow dung on the body could cure coronavirus. WHO's chief scientist Soumya Swaminathan rubbished such claims and criticised these politicians for spreading misinformation. Reports of harassment of people from Northeast India, which shares a border with Tibet and Myanmar, in Chennai, Pune and Hyderabad were reported following the outbreak.
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This edition of the pageant stirred a controversy over Twitter where the Miss India team was accused of selecting 'fair-skinned' women to run in the pageant. People also pointed towards the fact that the girls looked similar and that the diversity of the country was not visible. However, the pageant organizers rubbished all the claims. They also made a video regarding the same topic, stating that many of their past winners and contestant came from all corners of the country and had different ethinicity.
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Reports speculated that Seezan divorced Mohamed due to an unknown disease-later revealed to be vitiligo-and the "fear of it spreading onto him" which Mohamed rubbished as not true. She was romantically linked up with Hassan Ibrahim during the shoot for a Dhekedhekeves project at Ha. Ihavandhoo and they were married in 2007. On 21 July 2008, they were blessed with a baby daughter, Mariyam Zoya Hassan. After few years, the couple were divorced and Mohamed decided to stay "single" to take care of her daughter.
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In December 2000, the Assam Rifles issued a press release in Agartala claiming that Baruah was killed in a gun-battle between two fractions of the outfit in the Chittagong hill tracts in Bangladesh. The next day a person identifying himself as Paresh Baruah called up newspaper offices and broadcasting agencies from an undisclosed location and rubbished the Army's claim and said that it was nothing but a mere propaganda of the Indian government against the outfit's movement and nothing had happened to Raju Baruah.
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Following a bombing in Abuja during Nigeria's 50th anniversary of Independence celebrations and the arrest and interrogation of the Director General of Babangida campaign, Raymond Dokpesi, there were calls for him to quit the race. In addition, others who linked his affiliates to the blasts. He responded in saying it would be "idiotic to link" him with attack. Even before the blasts, however, some of his former loyalists, popularly called "IBB Boys," apparently asked him to quit the presidential race so as not to avoid being rubbished by a non- General.
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Sukhpal Singh Khaira admitted to meet Arvind Kejriwal in early 2015. According to media the meeting was in pretext to join AAP Punjab, but prominent leaders of AAP Punjab blocked the entry of Khaira into the Party. Allegations were made on Khaira that he was trying to protect trans-border Heroin smuggler Gurdev Singh, he rubbished the allegations and invited the enquiry. However, in April 2018, Justice Mehtab Singh Gill Panel, constituted by Govt, declared that all 17 cases against Sukhpal Singh Khaira were falsely registered and demanded action against police officers.
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Rajkhowa rubbished police's claim that they had surrendered. “We have not surrendered, we will never surrender", he cleared his stand as they were produced in court before Robin Phukan, the chief judicial magistrate, Kamrup. They emerged as heroes among the crowd for having denied their surrender. They got the biggest boost when public encouraged them not to surrender shouting - "Surrender nokoribo" (Do not surrender). The leader obliged the crowd saying "surrender nokoru moi (I will never surrender)”. “If I would have surrendered then I would not have been brought to the court handcuffed,” he said.
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She also claimed that he was an ITI passout (Industrial Training Institute ). Taking note of the fact that the movie also portrays Ratnaprabha as encouraging the criminal tendencies in her son, the suit wanted the producer to re-do the film. Chhota Rajan also objected to the film, saying that it "grossly distorts the facts". In response, A A Khan, the cop who led up front the team which gunned down Dolas, rubbished Rajan's claim, saying that the operation was videographed and it was conducted in full view of the public.
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The mob rampaged for four hours and was brought under control after arrest of 90 men and an additional deployment of 1000 policemen. While Ramadoss, belonging to Vanniyar political outfit Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK), had rubbished allegations that his party orchestrated the incident, many Dalits believe otherwise. His party is said to have fomented tension between Vanniyars and Dalits by publicly condemning marriages between the two. Many of the victims had blamed the fecklessness of the police and the district administration as this was a planned incident where a caste mob had been mobilised from 22 neighbouring villages.
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After surrendering the hurling title the following year, Lixnaw were back to reclaim it in 2007. Kilmoyley provided the opposition in another final as Galvin's side went into the game as underdogs. The form book was torn up as Lixnaw powered to a 1–12 to 2–6 victory and a third county winners' medal for Galvin. On 21 January 2011, media reports suggested that Galvin was poised for a club transfer from Finuge to St Vincent's in Dublin, but his club team-mate and former member of the Kerry management team, Éamonn Fitzmaurice, rubbished those reports via Twitter.
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At the end of the season he was rewarded with his first professional contract. He began to establish himself in the team and become a first team regular during the 2006–07 season, and was rewarded with a new two-year contract in March 2007. There was also speculation that Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur had offered £2 million for the defender, after scouts had been sent to see him action. However, Orient manager Martin Ling rubbished the story saying the offer would have been accepted, but still claimed that Saah was the best defender outside the Championship.
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Cotchin at Richmond's family day in December 2016 Prior to the 2016 pre- season, the Herald Sun's Mark Robinson published a criticism of Cotchin's captaincy, suggesting the club's three straight finals losses were reason to remove him from the role, with forward Jack Riewoldt his preferred replacement. Riewoldt rubbished the suggestion, declaring the Richmond leadership group "second to none" and backing Cotchin as the best man for the job. Cotchin ultimately remained in the role, with the club confirming him for a fourth consecutive term as skipper in January 2016. Going into the season, Hardwick stressed the need to relieve Cotchin of elements of his inside- midfield role.
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It is also reported that section of the traders and lorry owners association did not participate in the 24 March protest. According to media reports police sources confirmed the compny's allegation that 'external forces' instigating agitations. One of the company representative D. Dhanavel rubbished the agitation as "false propaganda" and said the smelting plant maintained "very low" emission level. Vaiko has sought an injunction against the functioning and extension of the copper smelting plant, in the Madurai Bench of High Court of Madras. A division bench of he the Court sought a counter be filed for the existing unit and posted the case for further hearing on 7 June.
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The veteran midfielder was rumoured to have attacked his boss during a spat with fellow player Cristian Baroni, but this has been rubbished by the Turkish club. Kocaman has admitted he was annoyed with Emre Belözoğlu's recent behaviour in a bust-up with a teammate, but denies that the midfielder threw a punch at him. The former Inter and Newcastle man was reported to have had a disagreement with fellow player Cristian Baroni after the Süper Lig side's 2–0 win over Bursaspor on Monday night. During the incident, the 31-year-old was believed to have tried to strike his boss, and has subsequently been suspended for the time being.
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Hearts submit £51m Tynecastle plans, ESPN, 16 January 2008 Pedro Lopez, Hearts deputy chief executive, said that the proposals show Romanov's long term commitment to the club and that the increased capacity and revenue potential would allow them to reduce the debt in the long run. On 7 July 2008, Hearts issued a statement that stated the club would issue debt for equity in order to reduce the debt by £12M. Hearts plan to cut debt by £12m, BBC Sport, 7 July 2008 Unfortunately, this promise turned out to be the same sort of fiction as previous Romanov claims, and was widely - and correctly - rubbished by both fans and the press.
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When the report was published it caused immediate controversy. An unnamed Conservative Cabinet Minister was reported as dismissing the report – before it was published – as "pure Marxist theology" and another Conservative MP claimed the report proved that the Anglican church was governed by a "load of Communist clerics". Margaret Thatcher, a Methodist, told her friend Woodrow Wyatt that "There's nothing about self-help or doing anything for yourself in the report" and lamented that the report focused on state action. According to the late Bishop of Liverpool, David Sheppard, although the report was loudly "rubbished" by some senior Conservative politicians, these attacks had the benefit of making "Faith in the City famous".
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Worse, many critics who had raved about the rocky Good Feeling rubbished the album for the band's move into more melodic, melancholic material (for example, "Travis will be best when they stop trying to make sad, classic records"—NME). When the album slipped as far as No. 19, it stopped. Word of mouth and increasing radio play of the single "Why Does It Always Rain on Me?" increased awareness of the band and the album began to rise back up the chart. When Travis took the stage to perform this song at the 1999 Glastonbury Festival, after being dry for several hours, it began to rain as soon as the first line was sung.
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The population of Bulawayo, according to the 2012 national census, stood at 653,337; however, this figure has been rejected by the Bulawayo City Council authority with Councillor Martin Moyo claiming an anti- Bulawayo conspiracy to under-fund projects in the city. The population of the city according to metropolitan council sources is closer to 1.5 million and a more closer and estimated figure being 1.2 million. Reports have alluded to the de-industrialization of the city as the reason for its population decline, a claim which was rubbished as council officials referred to the fact that, in 1992 the city's population stood at 620,936. It had grown in the number of households due to urban expansion.
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He scored two goals in Brentford's 5–3 Football League Trophy first round win over AFC Wimbledon on 3 September. In November and having started in only three of his first 12 appearances of the 2013–14 season, El Alagui expressed his frustration at being unable to force his way into Uwe Rösler's plans. El Alagui notched his sixth goal of the season in a 3–2 FA Cup second round defeat to Carlisle United on 7 December. News reports surfaced in mid-December that before his departure as manager, Rösler gave the go-ahead for El Alagui to move to Scottish Premiership club Partick Thistle on loan in January 2014, but El Alagui rubbished the speculation and reaffirmed his commitment to Brentford.
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Fairly Secret Army is a British sitcom which ran to thirteen episodes over two series between 1984 and 1986. Though not a direct spin-off from The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin, the lead character, Major Harry Truscott, was very similar to Geoffrey Palmer's character of Jimmy in that series, and the scripts were written by Reginald Perrin's creator and writer David Nobbs. Harry Kitchener Wellington Truscott (ex Queen's Own West Mercian Lowlanders) is an inept and slightly barmy ex-army man intent on training a group of highly unlikely people into a secret paramilitary organisation. This idea first emerged in an episode of Perrin when Jimmy confided the plan to Reggie (who rubbished it) and was based on persistent and subsequently verified rumours in the 1970s press that far-right generals were secretly planning a coup to "rescue" Britain from trade union militancy.
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Despite their success fielding five specialist bowlers at Adelaide, England brought in Mark Ramprakash from the England A tour of India to replace spinner Tufnell. The biggest concern in Atherton's mind was the aggressiveness of his fast bowlers – Devon Malcolm had been warned by the Match Referee to tone it down after directing Mark Waugh towards the pavilion in the Sydney Test – and the skipper was keen to see that it didn't stifle their effectiveness. Australia's selection was less straightforward, with some analysts predicting that Warne had either been overbowled or had an injury that was affecting his performance and would be left out of the side. Skipper Mark Taylor rubbished these reports though, claiming that his leg spinner simply "had a niggle", and "wasn't bowling well", but that it had "nothing to do with injuries" and that it was "all to do with his action", which was now remedied.
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