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    BBC Breaking News‏Verified account @BBCBreaking 8 May 2016

    BBC correspondent Rupert Wingfield-Hayes detained in North Korea and to be expelled from country over reportinghttp://bbc.in/276quT0 

    9:44 PM - 8 May 2016
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      2. BBC Breaking News‏Verified account @BBCBreaking 9 May 2016
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        BBC's Rupert Wingfield-Hayes and team arrive safely in Beijing, after expulsion from North Koreahttp://bbc.in/1T6H8ux 

        26 replies 201 retweets 251 likes
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      1. Eric Jones‏ @Unkowable 8 May 2016
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        @BBCBreaking what a stupid place to send a reporter. Did you expect him to get a lot of accurate information? Morons.

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      1. patrick kitiyo‏ @PatrickKitiyo 8 May 2016
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        @BBCBreaking @BBCNews He's lucky to go home alive without a pinch

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      1. Veiko Spolitis‏ @VeikoSpolitis 8 May 2016
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        @BBCBreaking Good lord, be kind and allow him to return home to Europe safely! #EuropeDay

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      1. Check Voter Registration TODAY!‏ @rileyrobbins 9 May 2016
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        @BBCBreaking Salute to Rupert Winfield-Hayes for his journalism, his bravery and for having THE most English name in the history of the BBC.

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      1. sosyeng‏ @sosyeng 9 May 2016
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        @BBCBreaking So he got "detained" for 8 hours at Pyongyang airport - I guess people spend more than that in Heathrow immigration line.

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      2. Marcio Gomes‏Verified account @MarcioGreporter 8 May 2016
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        @BBCBreaking @annafifield @BBCNews He lives in Tokyo, a great reporter: maybe, as someone already said, "must have done something right"

        1 reply 1 retweet 2 likes
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      1. James Boxall‏ @JamesGIS 9 May 2016
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        @BBCBreaking @NahlahAyed Nahlah, headline forced double take for split second. Hope colleagues ok. Enjoying your reports.

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      1. Jason Jones‏ @Jason___Jones 8 May 2016
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        @BBCBreaking Must've done something right.

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      2. Martin Jones‏ @martjones1973 8 May 2016
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        @BBCBreaking @BBCNews taking pics of the illustrious leader?

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      3. Daniel Mcgregor‏ @itsmcgregor 8 May 2016
        Replying to @martjones1973

        @martjones1973 @BBCBreaking @BBCNews lucky to get out alive, that woman went mental.

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      4. Martin Jones‏ @martjones1973 8 May 2016
        Replying to @itsmcgregor

        @itsmcgregor @BBCBreaking @BBCNews yup! They're probably trying to install the iPhone she took off him into a missile right now for the GPS

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      5. Daniel Mcgregor‏ @itsmcgregor 9 May 2016
        Replying to @martjones1973

        @martjones1973 @BBCBreaking @BBCNews ha ha, I've used iPhone maps, it could end up anywhere that.

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      6. Martin Jones‏ @martjones1973 9 May 2016
        Replying to @itsmcgregor

        @itsmcgregor @BBCBreaking @BBCNews fair one haha! Hopefully he'll have set 'home' as his target destination and blow themselves to bits. 😜

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      1. LivePoliticalChat‏ @Political_Chat 10 May 2016
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        So Rupert....how is your Korean? I wouldnt invite you back either https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2016/05/09/this-is-the-reporting-that-got-bbc-journalists-expelled-from-north-korea/ … cc. @BBCBreaking

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      1. Guitar Whores‏ @GuitarWhores 9 May 2016
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        @BBCBreaking Anarchy in the DPRK.

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