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They breached security barriers and violently assaulted police, forcing members of Congress and their staffers to evacuate the Capitol complex.

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Irish broadcaster RTÉ has reported it is believed they were all from the same family and were violently attacked.

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The group violently ejected Abbas's Fatah faction - their political rivals - from Gaza the following year, leaving it in sole power there.

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The final straw came when a cleaner was filmed restraining the elderly man and violently shaking the bed frame before prodding him with a walking stick.

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But within hours of applying a new dose he'd bought online, his usually lively tabby was violently ill, vomiting and refusing food or water.

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

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