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1996 was the year the IRA chose to launch the greatest City Centre rebuilding project Manchester has ever seen.

Identify the words that have been replaced by their initial letters from the following 1996 headlines.

There are 2 separate sets of initials in each question.

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1.

MH dies in a helicopter crash after watching CPBW

Matthew Harding;

Chelsea Play Bolton Wanderers

2.

SOGIA provides Britain with a SGM

Summer Olympic Games In Atlanta;

Single Gold Medal

3.

OAJALB by GG hits the top of the charts

Ooh Aah Just A Little Bit;

Gina G

4.

CSPB survives intact during MB

Corporation Street Pillar Box;

Manchester Bombing

5.

Work starts on the MD designed by RR

Millennium Dome;

Richard Rogers

6.

TDW no longer able to materialise as JP dies

Third Doctor Who;

Jon Pertwee

7.

In the world of technology DB beats CGGK for the first time

Deep Blue;

Chess Grandmaster Garry Kasparov

8.

What will Ireland’s FW do now last of MA is closed?

Fallen Women;

Magdalene Asylums

9.

At the KBY sworn in for STAPOR

Kremlin Boris Yeltsin;

Second Term As President Of Russia

10.

JB wins BSAOFTEP

Juliette Binoche;

Best Supporting Actress Oscar For The English Patient