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Inside is the pitch black, deserted church and the team start to set up their specialist gear.

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He was “so moved by the family’s story” that he jumped in his car and drove from Santa Monica to the high desert to hand-deliver the money.

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He and his family settled in a small room with bunk beds and a TV, one of many rooms in a large hangar in the sweltering desert.

Roj camp sits on the edge of the Syrian desert - whipped by the wind, and scorched by the sun.

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At that point on the deserted station platform, Ms Whyte had been stabbed 23 times, 11 of which penetrated her skull, with one cutting through her brain stem.

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

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