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  1. data/LICENSE +22 -0
  2. data/README.rdoc +31 -0
  3. data/lib/web-page-parser/base_parser.rb +149 -0
  4. data/lib/web-page-parser/parser_factory.rb +54 -0
  5. data/lib/web-page-parser/parsers/bbc_news_page_parser.rb +93 -0
  6. data/lib/web-page-parser/parsers/test_page_parser.rb +15 -0
  7. data/lib/web-page-parser.rb +4 -0
  8. data/spec/base_parser_spec.rb +67 -0
  9. data/spec/fixtures/bbc_news/6072486.stm.html +1318 -0
  10. data/spec/fixtures/bbc_news/7745137.stm.html +2177 -0
  11. data/spec/fixtures/bbc_news/8011268.stm.html +2899 -0
  12. data/spec/fixtures/bbc_news/8029015.stm.html +2417 -0
  13. data/spec/fixtures/bbc_news/8063681.stm.html +2382 -0
  14. data/spec/parser_factory_spec.rb +18 -0
  15. data/spec/parsers/bbc_news_page_spec.rb +144 -0
  16. data/spec/spec.opts +4 -0
  17. metadata +92 -0
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+ <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
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+ <html xml:lang="en-GB" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" lang="en-GB">
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+ <head>
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+ <title>BBC NEWS | Programmes | From Our Own Correspondent | Cairo's terrifying traffic chaos</title>
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+ <meta name="contentFlavor" content="STORY" />
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+ <meta name="keywords" content="BBC, News, BBC News, news online, world, uk, international, foreign, british, online, service" />
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+ <meta name="OriginalPublicationDate" content="2009/05/02 11:14:14" />
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+ <meta name="UKFS_URL" content="/1/hi/programmes/from_our_own_correspondent/8029015.stm" />
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+ <meta name="IFS_URL" content="/2/hi/programmes/from_our_own_correspondent/8029015.stm" />
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+ <meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html;charset=iso-8859-1" />
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+ <link href="http://newsrss.bbc.co.uk/rss/newsonline_uk_edition/programmes/from_our_own_correspondent/rss.xml" rel="alternate" type="application/rss+xml" title="BBC NEWS | Programmes | From Our Own Correspondent" />
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+ <link href="/1/low/programmes/from_our_own_correspondent/8029015.stm" rel="alternate" type="text/html" title="Low Graphics" />
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+ <meta name="Headline" content="Cairo's terrifying traffic chaos" />
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+ <meta name="Section" content="From Our Own Correspondent" />
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+ <meta name="Description" content="Christian Fraser discovers that a brush with death on Cairo's congested roads leaves no appetite for life in the fast lane." />
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+ <meta name="THUMBNAIL_URL" content="http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/45726000/jpg/_45726294_cairotraffic.jpg" />
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+ <!-- GEN HEAD V4 -->
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+ <!-- Lang: en-gb Site: news -->
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+ <link rel="apple-touch-icon" href="/nol/shared/img/iphone-news.png"/>
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+ <meta name="viewport" content="width=974"/>
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+ <!-- -->
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+ <!-- UKFS V4 story -->
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+ <link type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" href="/css/screen/1_0_3/nol/v4/story.css" />
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+ <!-- NEW RELEASE PULLING IN VERSIONS.inc -->
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+ <style type="text/css" media="all">
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+ @import "/css/screen/1_0_1/shared/v4/mastheadfooter.css";
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+ <!--[if IE 6]><style type="text/css" media="screen">
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+ #blq-mast span{position:absolute;top:-5000px;left:-5000px;}#blq-footerlinks{margin-right:7px;}
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+ .blq-js #blq-nav-links-inner{background:none;height:100%;filter:progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.AlphaImageLoader(src='http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/shared/img/v4/panel.png', sizingMethod='crop');}
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+ .blq-js #blq-nav-foot div {height:10px; filter:progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.AlphaImageLoader(src='http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/shared/img/v4/panel.png', sizingMethod='image'); margin-top:-159px;}
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+ <!--[if IE 7]><style type="text/css" media="screen">
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+ input#blq-searchbox{border-width:0;}
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+ #blq-more a{position:relative;float:left;display:block;width:139px;padding: 3px 0 4px 5px;left:10px;}
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+ @import "/css/screen/1_0_3/nol/v4/furniture.css";
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+ <script type="text/javascript" src="http://wwwimg.bbc.co.uk/glow/gloader.js"></script>
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+ <script type="text/javascript" src="http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/js/app/shared/bbc_fmtj_config.js?v1"></script>
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+ <script src="http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/js/app/tools/hide_and_show/hide_and_show.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
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+ <script src="http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/js/app/bookmark/bookmark.js" language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript"></script>
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+ <script src="http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/js/app/rss/getrss.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
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+ <script src="http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/js/app/radio/aod/radioplayer.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
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+ <script src="http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/js/app/blq/blq_core.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
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+ <script src="http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/js/app/linktrack/v1_1/linktrack.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
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+ <li class="blq-hide"><a href="#startcontent" accesskey="2">Skip to content</a></li><li class="blq-hide"><a href="#blq-searchbox">Skip to bbc.co.uk search</a></li><li id="blq-displayoptions"><a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/text_only.stm">Low graphics</a></li><li id="blq-acc-help"><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/help/">Help</a></li><li id="blq-access-keys-help" class="blq-hide"><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/blq/mast/acckeys/-/accessibility/accesskeys/keys.shtml" accesskey="0">Access keys help</a></li>
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+ <form method="get" action="http://www.bbc.co.uk/cgi-bin/search/results.pl" accept-charset="utf-8">
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+ <!-- S BO --><p><b>Christian Fraser discovers that a brush with death on Cairo's congested roads leaves no appetite for life in the fast lane.</b>
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+ href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/8041228.stm">Car scrappage scheme 'unpopular'</a>
1807
+ </li>
1808
+ <li
1809
+ class="mp5">
1810
+ <a
1811
+ href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/8014242.stm">'One of my legs is double the size'</a>
1812
+ </li>
1813
+ <li
1814
+ class="mp6">
1815
+ <a
1816
+ href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/8041421.stm">Pope warns of misuse of religion</a>
1817
+ </li>
1818
+ <li
1819
+ class="mp7">
1820
+ <a
1821
+ href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/8038787.stm">What is the working class dream?</a>
1822
+ </li>
1823
+ <li
1824
+ class="mp8">
1825
+ <a
1826
+ href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/8041374.stm">Injured major to finish marathon</a>
1827
+ </li>
1828
+ <li
1829
+ class="mp9">
1830
+ <a
1831
+ href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/8041320.stm">Germany moves to outlaw paintball</a>
1832
+ </li>
1833
+ <li
1834
+ class="mp10">
1835
+ <a
1836
+ href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8041536.stm">Tributes to 'committed' Rifleman</a>
1837
+ </li>
1838
+ </ul>
1839
+ <a href="/1/shared/bsp/hi/live_stats/html/map.stm" class="arr">Most popular now, in detail </a>
1840
+ </div>
1841
+ <div id="livestats300" class="statsStory">
1842
+ <ul class="tabpopStory">
1843
+ <li id="livestats301"><a href="/1/shared/bsp/hi/live_stats/html/map.stm" onclick="return liveStatsTabs('livestats100','livestats300')">SHARED</a></li>
1844
+ <li id="livestats302"><a href="/1/shared/bsp/hi/live_stats/html/map.stm" onclick="return liveStatsTabs('livestats200','livestats300')">READ</a></li>
1845
+ <li id="livestats303" class="tabpopHead">WATCHED/LISTENED</li>
1846
+ </ul>
1847
+ <ul
1848
+ class="popstoryList">
1849
+ <li
1850
+ class="mp1">
1851
+ <a
1852
+ href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8041425.stm">
1853
+ <img
1854
+ height="13"
1855
+ hspace="0"
1856
+ align="left"
1857
+ vspace="2"
1858
+ border="0"
1859
+ width="20"
1860
+ alt="video"
1861
+ src="http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/nol/shared/img/v3/icons/video_single.gif" />'World's smallest car' revealed</a>
1862
+ </li>
1863
+ <li
1864
+ class="mp2">
1865
+ <a
1866
+ href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/8039806.stm">
1867
+ <img
1868
+ height="13"
1869
+ hspace="0"
1870
+ align="left"
1871
+ vspace="2"
1872
+ border="0"
1873
+ width="20"
1874
+ alt="video"
1875
+ src="http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/nol/shared/img/v3/icons/video_single.gif" />Five minutes with: Myleene Klass</a>
1876
+ </li>
1877
+ <li
1878
+ class="mp3">
1879
+ <a
1880
+ href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7459669.stm">
1881
+ <img
1882
+ height="13"
1883
+ hspace="0"
1884
+ align="left"
1885
+ vspace="2"
1886
+ border="0"
1887
+ width="20"
1888
+ alt="video"
1889
+ src="http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/nol/shared/img/v3/icons/video_single.gif" />BBC News Channel</a>
1890
+ </li>
1891
+ <li
1892
+ class="mp4">
1893
+ <a
1894
+ href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/8041423.stm">
1895
+ <img
1896
+ height="13"
1897
+ hspace="0"
1898
+ align="left"
1899
+ vspace="2"
1900
+ border="0"
1901
+ width="20"
1902
+ alt="video"
1903
+ src="http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/nol/shared/img/v3/icons/video_single.gif" />Victory Day parade in Moscow</a>
1904
+ </li>
1905
+ <li
1906
+ class="mp5">
1907
+ <a
1908
+ href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7423737.stm">
1909
+ <img
1910
+ height="13"
1911
+ hspace="0"
1912
+ align="left"
1913
+ vspace="2"
1914
+ border="0"
1915
+ width="20"
1916
+ alt="video"
1917
+ src="http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/nol/shared/img/v3/icons/video_single.gif" />Inside the tiny Tata Nano</a>
1918
+ </li>
1919
+ <li
1920
+ class="mp6">
1921
+ <a
1922
+ href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/8040200.stm">
1923
+ <img
1924
+ height="13"
1925
+ hspace="0"
1926
+ align="left"
1927
+ vspace="2"
1928
+ border="0"
1929
+ width="20"
1930
+ alt="video"
1931
+ src="http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/nol/shared/img/v3/icons/video_single.gif" />Jet-pack man in record attempt</a>
1932
+ </li>
1933
+ <li
1934
+ class="mp7">
1935
+ <a
1936
+ href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/hi/newsbeat/newsid_8038000/8038931.stm">
1937
+ <img
1938
+ height="13"
1939
+ hspace="0"
1940
+ align="left"
1941
+ vspace="2"
1942
+ border="0"
1943
+ width="20"
1944
+ alt="video"
1945
+ src="http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/nol/shared/img/v3/icons/video_single.gif" />Knob throwing and Obama burgers: It's Odd Box</a>
1946
+ </li>
1947
+ <li
1948
+ class="mp8">
1949
+ <a
1950
+ href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/8041257.stm">
1951
+ <img
1952
+ height="13"
1953
+ hspace="0"
1954
+ align="left"
1955
+ vspace="2"
1956
+ border="0"
1957
+ width="20"
1958
+ alt="video"
1959
+ src="http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/nol/shared/img/v3/icons/video_single.gif" />Low-level flight panics New York</a>
1960
+ </li>
1961
+ <li
1962
+ class="mp9">
1963
+ <a
1964
+ href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/8041517.stm">
1965
+ <img
1966
+ height="13"
1967
+ hspace="0"
1968
+ align="left"
1969
+ vspace="2"
1970
+ border="0"
1971
+ width="20"
1972
+ alt="video"
1973
+ src="http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/nol/shared/img/v3/icons/video_single.gif" />Woolas: Items on receipts not claimed</a>
1974
+ </li>
1975
+ <li
1976
+ class="mp10">
1977
+ <a
1978
+ href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/8040949.stm">
1979
+ <img
1980
+ height="13"
1981
+ hspace="0"
1982
+ align="left"
1983
+ vspace="2"
1984
+ border="0"
1985
+ width="20"
1986
+ alt="video"
1987
+ src="http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/nol/shared/img/v3/icons/video_single.gif" />Public unease over MPs' expenses</a>
1988
+ </li>
1989
+ </ul>
1990
+ <a href="/1/shared/bsp/hi/live_stats/html/map.stm" class="arr">Most popular now, in detail </a>
1991
+ </div>
1992
+
1993
+
1994
+ <div class="clear"></div>
1995
+ <script>
1996
+ liveStatsTabs('livestats200','livestats100');
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+ liveStatsTabs('livestats200','livestats300');
1998
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1999
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2000
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2001
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2002
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2003
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+ <tr><td colspan="3">
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+ <div class="o">
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+
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2009
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+ <table cellspacing="0" border="0" cellpadding="0" width="466">
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+ <tr>
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+ <td valign="top" class="gpromo" width="10"><img src="http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/shared/img/o.gif" width="10" height="1" alt="" border="0" vspace="0" hspace="0"></td><td valign="top" width="446">
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2015
+ <div class="promotopbg">
2016
+
2017
+
2018
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+
2020
+
2021
+
2022
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2023
+ <div class="nlp">
2024
+
2025
+
2026
+ FEATURES, VIEWS, ANALYSIS
2027
+
2028
+ </div>
2029
+
2030
+
2031
+
2032
+
2033
+
2034
+
2035
+
2036
+ </div>
2037
+
2038
+
2039
+ <table cellspacing="0" border="0" cellpadding="0" width="446">
2040
+ <tr>
2041
+ <td valign="top" width="126">
2042
+
2043
+ <div class="promobottombg">
2044
+
2045
+
2046
+
2047
+
2048
+
2049
+
2050
+
2051
+ <div class="mvb">
2052
+ <a href="/1/hi/world/americas/8041377.stm"><img src="http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/45754000/jpg/_45754027_obama126.jpg" align="" width="126" height="71" alt="Barack Obama at a White House white-tie dinner (file photo)" border="0" vspace="0" hspace="0"></a>
2053
+
2054
+
2055
+
2056
+
2057
+ <a class="shl" href="/1/hi/world/americas/8041377.stm">Humour test</a>
2058
+
2059
+ <br />
2060
+
2061
+
2062
+
2063
+
2064
+
2065
+ </div>
2066
+
2067
+ <div class="o">
2068
+
2069
+
2070
+
2071
+ Obama poised for White House press dinner debut
2072
+
2073
+
2074
+
2075
+ </div>
2076
+
2077
+
2078
+
2079
+
2080
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2081
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2082
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2083
+
2084
+
2085
+
2086
+
2087
+
2088
+
2089
+ </div>
2090
+
2091
+ </td><td valign="top" class="gpromo" width="34"><img src="http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/shared/img/o.gif" width="34" height="1" alt="" border="0" vspace="0" hspace="0"></td><td valign="top" width="126">
2092
+
2093
+ <div class="promobottombg">
2094
+
2095
+
2096
+
2097
+
2098
+
2099
+
2100
+
2101
+ <div class="mvb">
2102
+ <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/magazinemonitor/"><img src="http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/45751000/jpg/_45751759_hick_126.jpg" align="" width="126" height="71" alt="Hicks" border="0" vspace="0" hspace="0"></a>
2103
+
2104
+
2105
+
2106
+
2107
+ <a class="shl" href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/magazinemonitor/">10 things</a>
2108
+
2109
+ <br />
2110
+
2111
+
2112
+
2113
+
2114
+
2115
+ </div>
2116
+
2117
+ <div class="o">
2118
+
2119
+
2120
+
2121
+ There's a real place called Hicksville, and other snippets
2122
+
2123
+
2124
+
2125
+ </div>
2126
+
2127
+
2128
+
2129
+
2130
+
2131
+
2132
+
2133
+
2134
+
2135
+
2136
+
2137
+
2138
+
2139
+ </div>
2140
+
2141
+ </td><td valign="top" class="gpromo" width="34"><img src="http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/shared/img/o.gif" width="34" height="1" alt="" border="0" vspace="0" hspace="0"></td><td valign="top" width="126">
2142
+
2143
+ <div class="promobottombg">
2144
+
2145
+
2146
+
2147
+
2148
+
2149
+
2150
+
2151
+ <div class="mvb">
2152
+ <a href="/1/hi/magazine/8038787.stm"><img src="http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/45747000/jpg/_45747725_village_green_pa_226.jpg" align="" width="126" height="71" alt="Village green" border="0" vspace="0" hspace="0"></a>
2153
+
2154
+
2155
+
2156
+
2157
+ <a class="shl" href="/1/hi/magazine/8038787.stm">Middle-classville</a>
2158
+
2159
+ <br />
2160
+
2161
+
2162
+
2163
+
2164
+
2165
+ </div>
2166
+
2167
+ <div class="o">
2168
+
2169
+
2170
+
2171
+ Why some aspire to live here but many others don't
2172
+
2173
+
2174
+
2175
+ </div>
2176
+
2177
+
2178
+
2179
+
2180
+
2181
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2182
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2183
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2184
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2185
+
2186
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2187
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2188
+
2189
+ </div>
2190
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2191
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2192
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2193
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2194
+
2195
+ </td><td valign="top" class="gpromo" width="10"><img src="http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/shared/img/o.gif" width="10" height="1" alt="" border="0" vspace="0" hspace="0"></td>
2196
+ </tr>
2197
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2198
+
2199
+ <img src="http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/shared/img/o.gif" width="466" height="20" alt="" border="0">
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2201
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2221
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2223
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2224
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2225
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2226
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2227
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2228
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2229
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2230
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2231
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2232
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2233
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2234
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2235
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2236
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2237
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2238
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2239
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2260
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2268
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2269
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2270
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2271
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2272
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2273
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2274
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2275
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2276
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2277
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2278
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2298
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2299
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2300
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2301
+ <li class="blq-last"><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/f1/">Formula One</a></li></ul>
2302
+ <h3 class="blq-hide">BBC links A to F</h3>
2303
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2304
+ <li><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/blq/nav/iplayer/-/iplayer/">BBC iPlayer</a></li>
2305
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2307
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2308
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2309
+ <h3 class="blq-hide">BBC links H to L</h3>
2310
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2312
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2317
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