But privately, four officials admitted that the two attacks - at a bar and a bus stop - were almost certainly the work of al-Shabab - a discordant umbrella group at the best of times - or of individuals inspired by the Islamist militants, and now looking to punish Kenya for its military incursion into areas they control in southern Somalia.

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You're standing at a bus-stop, the adverts come to life, you're looking at menu, you can see the food, instruction manuals can show you how to put the Ikea table together.

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The second time I was at a bus-stop with a mate, and some police officers just sped by and slowed down and started swearing at us and sticking their middle fingers at us and they just drove off.

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The Englishman was battling with Massa's team-mate Kimi Raikkonen at the Spa circuit when he cut the Bus Stop chicane, resulting in him overtaking the Finnish driver.

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After a quick wash and brush-up at the hotel, I headed to the nearest bus stop.

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Speaking in parliament Friday, federal Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde said that Thursday evening's blasts occurred at a bus stop and a canteen - about 150 metres from each other - in the Dilsukhnagar neighborhood of Hyderabad, the capital of Andhra Pradesh state.

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There are herbs growing in flower boxes at the bus stop, raspberry canes on waste land, cabbages in the flower beds at the local park - and even beans between the graves in the local cemetery.

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