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Colombia said Thursday it would continue sharing intelligence with the United States, claiming reports to the contrary were the result of a "misinterpretation".

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While there is a lingering fear of a bubble—software companies may slow down their investments in data centers after they have built enough of them—recent evidence is to the contrary.

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The prosecution said Mrs Spragg was a "forthright supporter of the conspiracy theory" that Madeleine's parents were responsible for her disappearance despite "unequivocal evidence to the contrary".

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The administration systematically exaggerates threats to justify authoritarian responses, characterizing Democrat-led cities as war zones despite evidence to the contrary.

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Conventional wisdom would say that time is on Moscow’s side, but the evidence is to the contrary.

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

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