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"One of the first things I told the prime minister is that we shouldn't be threatening to sell the Americans less. We should be promising to sell them more."

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Gavin Burnett is also charged with two counts of threatening behaviour and one count of "making threats to kill" in connection with threats made against three Northamptonshire Police officers.

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Known as Mas'ud, the 74-year-old has claimed that three masked men forced him to make the statement after threatening him and his family.

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In March, Loma Linda University’s Children’s Hospital was placed on a lock down after someone called authorities and threatening to carry out a mass shooting.

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A Canadian amusement park is threatening to euthanise 30 beluga whales after the government blocked its request to send them to China.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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