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Isis has claimed responsibility for downing the Russian plane, despite authorities claiming a technical problem caused the disaster.

Isis has claimed responsibility for shooting down the Russian plane that crashed in Egypt today, despite authorities maintaining that a technical problem caused the disaster.

Despite authorities being made aware that he wanted to buy a pistol, there were apparently no attempts to take him into custody.

China has had one case recently, that of a South Korean man who travelled to China via Hong Kong despite authorities suggesting he stay in voluntary quarantine at home.

Despite mass arrests, incarceration, serious public order charges, jail, fines, deterrent sentences and police violence, despite authorities and the media who spend so much time, money and effort making protest seem pointless, unpleasant and dangerous, people are coming out onto the streets and, in many cases, staying there.

Jump to media player Many shisha bars have been selling illegal tobacco to unsuspecting customers despite authorities' efforts to crack down on the trade.

Ultimately, market pressure is likely to decide the faith of distressed firms, despite what authorities or other banks think.

Ms. Zhu's 72-year-old mother, Zhu Mingxin, has said she is not willing to give up, despite the authorities' refusal to reopen the investigation.

She writes that despite the authorities' claim that they are prepared for the pilgrimage, the region remains ill equipped to deal with such crowds.

Western news media persisted in peeking where they weren't supposed to, despite the authorities' Oz-like injunctions to pay no attention to the country behind the curtain.

At Gemampir, about eight miles from the volcano's rim, villagers stayed on despite the authorities' declaring a nine-mile danger zone on Wednesday.