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In brief for 31 July 2011
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![More than 60,000 Somali children are severly hit by hunger - Photo: DEC](/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/dagahaley-aden-1943347i-240x140.jpg)
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![Stuart Hill wearing a wig outside court on Wednesday morning - Photo: Shetland News](/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/stuart-hill-240x140.jpg)
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![David Williamson arriving at court on Wednesday moring.](/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/davidwilliamson-240x140.jpg)
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![Total UK chairman Patrice de Vivies (left) and Petrofac chief executive Ayman Asfari](/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/patrice-de-vivies-ayman-asfari-240x140.jpg)
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![WTF is a Perodua team members Andrew Hawick, Kevin Williamson and Stuart Cameron with their support team Nicola Williamson, Ava MacDonald and Donna Simpson (left) and Team Shetland's Richard Price and Richard Rowland (right).](/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/mongol-pic-240x140.jpg)
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![The Polish barquentine Pogoria at Sumburgh Head on Wednesday morning - Photo: Ronnie Robertson](/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/pogoria-1-240x140.jpg)
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![BBC Radio Shetland staff Mike Grundon and John Johnston were joined on the picket line by local Unison chairman Brian Smith - Photo: Hans J Marter](/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/john-and-mike-on-strike-240x140.jpg)
![Setting off from Lunna on Sunday morning ar (from left to right): Patrick Winterton, Olli Hicks and Mick Berwick - Photo: Hans J Marter](/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/settingoff-from-lunna-240x140.jpg)
![Sea Shepherd president Paul Watson: 'Expect the unexpected' - Photo: Malcolm Younger, Millgaet Media](/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/paul-watson-sea-sheherd-240x140.jpg)
![The SIC's political leader Josie Simpson.](/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/josie-small-240x140.jpg)
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![From left to right: Olly Hicks, Patrick Winterton and Mick Berwick.](/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/olly-hicks-patrick-winterton-and-mick-berwick-240x140.jpg)
![Emily Shaw - one of the Shetland members of the Scottish Youth Parliament.](/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/emily-shaw-syp-240x140.jpg)
![Captain Paul Watson](/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/paul-watson-240x140.jpg)
![The new Schiehallion FPSO due to be in place within five years](/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/110713-new-schiehallion-fpso-240x140.jpg)
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![Stuart Balfour with his boat Star fitted with the collapsible Balpha Mast. Pic. Pete Bevington](/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/dsc-0229-240x140.jpg)
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