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Paterson calls for end to Bloody Sunday 'speculation'

The Secretary of State said he is hopeful that something constructive will emerge from Lord Saville's long awaited report on Bloody Sunday.

The report into the killings of 13 people in 1972 is due to be published on Tuesday.

The report took 12 years to compile, at a cost of almost £200m.

Owen Paterson said people should stop speculating and take the time needed to digest the report when it is published....
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