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While you were sleeping: 17 November 2016
Clinton speaks out for the first time since her defeat, du Plessis' skipper position is safe, and Monet painting reaches a record price.
Thursday, 17th November
“But for me, I don’t know. I didn’t want to fix it, to forget. It wasn’t something that was broken. It’s just something that happened. And like that hole, I’m just finding ways, every day, of working around it. Respecting and remembering and getting on at the same time. ”
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