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O'Neill calls for Celtic 'unification' - but is fan unrest affecting team?

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Islamic State has targeted the camps and prisons with propaganda and messages to stir unrest—part of the reason the most dangerous prisoners held in Al Sina are kept under an information blackout.

The U.K. treasury chief, Rachel Reeves, is likely to deliver a well-balanced budget that restores investor confidence and avoids political unrest, the economists said.

Volcanoes, though, can enter prolonged phases of unrest and unpredictability that can last many years.

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But serving officers express their own frustrations: 44 officers were also killed during the unrest, yet the interim government has agreed "legal immunity" for protesters.

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