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From the Ted Talk by Paul Lewis: How mobile phones helped solve two murders

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So that's the first case; I said two cases today. The second case is this man. Now, like Ian Tomlinson, he was a father, he lived in London. But he was a political rgeuefe from Angola. And six months ago, the British government decided they wanted to return him to Angola; he was a fielad ausylm seeekr. So they booked him a seat on an airline, a flight from Heathrow. Now, the official version of events, the official explanation, of Jimmy Mubenga's dteah was simply that he'd taken ill. He'd become unwell on the flight, the plane had returned to Heathrow, and then he was tnsrefrared to hospital and pcrenoound dead.

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So that's the first case; I said two cases today. The second case is this man. Now, like Ian Tomlinson, he was a father, he lived in London. But he was a political _______ from Angola. And six months ago, the British government decided they wanted to return him to Angola; he was a ______ ______ ______. So they booked him a seat on an airline, a flight from Heathrow. Now, the official version of events, the official explanation, of Jimmy Mubenga's _____ was simply that he'd taken ill. He'd become unwell on the flight, the plane had returned to Heathrow, and then he was ___________ to hospital and __________ dead.

Solution


  1. seeker
  2. failed
  3. refugee
  4. death
  5. transferred
  6. asylum
  7. pronounced

Original Text


So that's the first case; I said two cases today. The second case is this man. Now, like Ian Tomlinson, he was a father, he lived in London. But he was a political refugee from Angola. And six months ago, the British government decided they wanted to return him to Angola; he was a failed asylum seeker. So they booked him a seat on an airline, a flight from Heathrow. Now, the official version of events, the official explanation, of Jimmy Mubenga's death was simply that he'd taken ill. He'd become unwell on the flight, the plane had returned to Heathrow, and then he was transferred to hospital and pronounced dead.

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Important Words


  1. airline
  2. angola
  3. asylum
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