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Just under half of the time, officers were found to be at least partly at fault.

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"I stopped blaming myself for something that wasn't my fault."

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Israel has repeatedly denied that starvation is taking place in Gaza, and Netanyahu has said that where there is hunger, it is the fault of aid agencies and Hamas.

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The Philippine seismology office has recorded more than 800 aftershocks since the first quake struck Mindanao, which is riddled by major faults.

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The equipment failure on that tower caused a fault and surge in power.

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

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