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    BBC Breaking News‏Verified account @BBCBreaking 13 Apr 2015

    Guenter Grass, German Nobel literature prize winner and author of The Tin Drum, has died aged 87http://bbc.in/1aILQNc 

    2:23 AM - 13 Apr 2015
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      1. Tell me more‏ @LegendaryAlanS 13 Apr 2015
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        @BBCBreaking Nobel Prize Gunter Grass passed away (with SS's past too).

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      2. Jafe‏ @JFDerry 13 Apr 2015
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        .@BBCBreaking it's probably a show of respect to spell Günter Grass' name correctly.

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      1. Tim O'Brien‏Verified account @TimOBrien 13 Apr 2015
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        “@BBCBreaking: Guenter Grass, German Nobel literature prize winner and author of The Tin Drum, has died aged 87 http://bbc.in/1aILQNc ”

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      2. CONFIRMATION BIAS‏ @stanwelsh 13 Apr 2015
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        @BBCBreaking Guenter Grass in 1999, he was awarded the highest literary honour: the Nobel Prize in Literature. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%BCnter_Grass …

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      3. CONFIRMATION BIAS‏ @stanwelsh 13 Apr 2015
        Replying to @stanwelsh

        He said No one in the West dares to mention Israel in connection with nuclear weaponry? @Press_TV http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/What_Must_Be_Said …

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      4. CONFIRMATION BIAS‏ @stanwelsh 13 Apr 2015
        Replying to @stanwelsh

        "What Must Be Said" (German: "Was gesagt werden muss") by the German writer Günter Grass, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/What_Must_Be_Said … @Press_TV

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      5. CONFIRMATION BIAS‏ @stanwelsh 13 Apr 2015
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        What Must Be Said" (German: "Was gesagt werden muss") by the German writer Günter Grass @PressTV http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/What_Must_Be_Said …

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      1. Somnath Dasgupta‏ @Somenot 13 Apr 2015
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        @BBCBreaking RIP Guenter Grass

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      1. (((K az-Zubair)))‏ @azzubairm 13 Apr 2015
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        @BBCBreaking @BBCNews May Günter's soul rest in perfect peace! A great man of conviction.

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      1. Muslim Press‏ @Muslim_Press 13 Apr 2015
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        @BBCBreaking http://www.moslempress.com/german-anti-israel-nobel-prize-winning-novelist-gunter-grass-dies-at-87/ …

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      1. Inspector Javert‏ @I_AM_JAVERT 13 Apr 2015
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        @BBCBreaking Is he from heaven or from hell?

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      1. United Kingdom: news‏ @TopRT_GB 13 Apr 2015
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        @BBCBreaking: "Guenter Grass, German Nobel literature prize winner and author of The Tin Drum,…" #1 in United Kingdomhttp://www.toprt.com/TopRT_GB/?t=587546658851913728 …

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      1. Ireland: top news‏ @TopRT_IE 13 Apr 2015
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        @BBCBreaking: "Guenter Grass, German Nobel literature prize winner and author of The Tin Drum, has…" #1 in #Irelandhttp://www.toprt.com/TopRT_IE/?t=587546658851913728 …

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      1. Young Smith‏ @Sanadex01Smith 13 Apr 2015
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        @BBCBreaking may he rest in perfect peace

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      1. aatif anjum‏ @QuestAly 13 Apr 2015
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        @BBCBreaking real sad... A great author is dead

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