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  • The Virginia Tech police officer who was killed on campus during a traffic stop was identified as four-year member of the force who was married and had five children and stepchildren.

    msnbc.com: Top msnbc.com headlines 2011

  • "President Calderon and the Mexican people have shown extraordinary courage in the fight for their country," Obama told a joint press conference after White House talks, referring to the four-year offensive against Mexico's drug cartels.

    Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion 2011

  • The business struggled under the leadership of Bill Grimsey, the former boss of Focus DIY, and Iceland's website still refers to the four-year period as "The Dark Ages".

    The Independent - Frontpage RSS Feed 2012

  • Miles isn't even referring to the four-year starter leaving Purdue as its most prolific 3-point shooter with more victories than any other Boilermaker - 107 and counting.

    chicagotribune.com - News 2011

  • Mr Strauss-Kahn - seen as a frontrunner for the French presidency before the legal drama unfolded in New York - praised Fund employees and called his four-year IMF stint "the most interesting" time in his professional career.

    NEWS.com.au | Top Stories 2011

  • A prominent British lawyer called a four-year sentence for posting messages online "disproportionate," and along with Mr. Cameron's call for limitations on social media seemed to echo - albeit faintly - Arab regimes that have harshly punished social media " misuse."

    NYT > Home Page By J. DAVID GOODMAN 2011

  • A statement issued after crunch talks between embattled prime minister George Papandreou, opposition leader Antonis Samaras and head of state Karolos Papoulias confirmed that the socialist premier had agreed to resign midway through his four-year term in office and would not be at the helm of the government.

    Greek leaders agree to unity government as future hangs in balance 2011

  • Amanda's parents are to speak, he says, confirming Amanda will make a statement but will not take questions.1.33am BST: Theodore Simon, a Philadelphia lawyer, is at the microphone calling the situation a trying and gruelling four-year nightmarish marathon that no parent or child should have to endure''.

    Amanda Knox arrives in Seattle - live 2011

  • Nick Mallett ended a four-year spell with Italy after the World Cup and is interested in the England manager's job if a vacancy arises.

    Nick Mallett expresses interest in replacing England's Martin Johnson 2011

  • Those actions erased much of the internal documentation of Romney's four-year tenure as governor, which ended in January 2007.

    Mitt Romney's staff spent nearly $100,000 to hide records 2011

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