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-[[File:ManchesterCourts1 annzstream.jpg|100x100px|The Manchester Courts building after the earthquake|alt=A seven-storey commercial building made mainly of red and white masonry]]
+[[File:Liu Xiaobo-300.jpg|100x100px|Liu Xiaobo|alt=A bespectacled Chinese man smiling.]]
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+{{*mp}}... that China labeled the decision to award the '''[[2010 Nobel Peace Prize]]''' to imprisoned human rights activist [[Liu Xiaobo]] ''(pictured)'' as a "blasphemy"?
-{{*mp}}... that demolition of '''[[Manchester Courts]]''' ''(pictured)'', a [[New Zealand Historic Places Trust|Category&nbsp;I heritage]] building damaged in the [[2010 Canterbury earthquake]], starts today?
+{{*mp}}... that '''[[Rich Iott]]''', a first-time candidate in the [[United States House of Representatives elections in Ohio, 2010#District 9|2010 House of Representatives elections in Ohio]], came to media prominence due to his past participation in a [[World War II reenactment]] group?
-{{*mp}}... that '''[[Ching Chong Song]]''' topped a poll in ''[[The Village Voice]]'' as the "Worst Band Name in New York"?
+{{*mp}}... that '''[[Al-Musta'in (Cairo)|Al-Musta'in]]''' was the only [[Cairo]]-based [[Abbasid Caliphate|Abbasid]] [[caliph]] to hold both political and spiritual power?
-{{*mp}}... that [[English national football team|English]] [[Captain (association football)|football captain]] [[Bobby Moore]] was accused of '''[[Bogotá Bracelet|stealing a bracelet]]''' in [[Bogotá|Bogotá, Colombia]], during the run-up to the [[1970 FIFA World Cup]]?
-{{*mp}}... that the dumping of [[slag]] into '''[[Kilbirnie Loch]]''' by the local [[ironworks]] unearthed a set of [[logboat]]s and a [[crannóg]]?
+{{*mp}}... that the 1629 '''[[Siege of Privas]]''' was one of the last events of the [[France|French]] [[Huguenot rebellions]], and that it ended in the total plunder and destruction of the city of [[Privas]] by the troops of [[Louis XIII]]?
+{{*mp}}... that '''[[Suiyo Seamount]]''', a [[seamount]] near [[Japan]], was thought to be [[Volcano#Extinct|extinct]] until a [[hydrothermal vent|hydrothermal event]] in 1991 was brought to light?
-{{*mp}}... that, despite the [[stock market crash of 1929]], construction of the '''[[Washington Athletic Club]]''' in [[Seattle]] went ahead with a groundbreaking ceremony held in December of 1929?
+{{*mp}}... that '''[[Harry Thorneycroft]]''' was the first British [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]] candidate to receive a letter of support from [[Winston Churchill]] and other leaders of the [[United Kingdom coalition government (1940–1945)|coalition government]]?
-{{*mp}}... that the English artist '''[[Henry Clarence Whaite]]''' was one of the central figures in the formation of the '''[[Royal Cambrian Academy of Art]]''', Wales' first art academy?
+{{*mp}}... that in a gesture of appreciation for his service in the [[Spanish Civil War]], [[International Brigades]] veteran '''[[Sam Lesser]]''' was offered [[citizenship#Honorary citizenship|honorary]] [[Spanish nationality law|Spanish citizenship]] in 1996?
-{{*mp}}... that '''[[Roy Roundtree]]''' was the leading receiver for the [[2009 Michigan Wolverines football team]] even though he only started four games?
+{{*mp}}... that the Swedish [[river monitor]] '''{{HMS|Sköld}}''' had a combined hand and steam propulsion system designed by [[John Ericsson]]?
-{{*mp}}... that, according to the ''Dallas Morning News'', '''[[William Madison McDonald]]''' was "probably [[Texas]]' first [[African American|black]] millionaire"?
+{{*mp}}... that '''[[Seattle Community Access Network]]''' carried a [[Television program|TV show]] that ran uncensored [[pornography]]?
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