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2013/05/22 17:00
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East Ham veteran’s anger over war medalJohn Seares, 90 with the letter he received from Russian government. A World War Two veteran is angry that Government red tape is standing in the way of him...
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2013/05/22 08:43
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Video: Police do not know if Sarah Dahane was dead when mother fled MURDER INQUIRY: Det Ch Insp Ian Hunter DETECTIVES do not know if toddler Sarah Dahane was still alive when her mother fled the...
2013/05/21 12:51
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Angela Whitworth, 40, is believed to have fled to Kenya the evening before the body of Sarah Dahane was discovered by police in Bicester, Oxfordshire, on May 16. Detective Chief Inspector Ian Hunter,...
2013/05/21 06:50
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Foreign Office reveals list of 'bizarre' requests from Brits abroad The UK Foreign Office has revealed a list of bizarre requests it gets from British citizens. It usually deals with problems such...
2013/05/20 22:12
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Field reports from the ground inside Syria point towards a difficult and complex situation, with the country teeming with foreign mercenaries, including westerners, with outside forces using Saudi,...
2013/05/18 14:15
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Britons abroad test diplomats' ingenuity LONDON - Silencing a noisy cockerel, supplying Olympic tickets and providing contact details for Sir Paul McCartney's wife are all part of a day's work for...
2013/05/16 23:03
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Britain is increasingly showing strong signs that it wants to improve its relationship with Robert Mugabe as aides on both sides confirmed this week that a new policy of promoting trade between the...
2013/05/16 18:13
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The bereaved parents of an eight-year-old girl are demanding answers from the authorities in India after she was returned to the UK with her organs missing. The family of Gurkiren Kaur Loyal told the...
2013/05/15 19:10
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According to The Times columnist Bernard Levin, an old friend of Burgh’s, such independent-mindedness was held against him by the powers-that-be in Whitehall who, after his retirement from the...
2013/05/15 12:08
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A father whose toddler son was killed by a gunman with an illegal weapon has called on governments to "finish the job" by signing and ratifying the first global treaty to regulate the international...
2013/05/15 01:32
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Why Angelina Jolie’s ‘Medical Choice’ Is Likely Not Yours (Foreign and Commonwealth Office/Flickr) Angelina Jolie lit up social media Tuesday morning with her announcement that she recently had a...
2013/05/14 18:30
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The local elections in the UK were held last week. The UK Independence Party (UKIP) won 25% of the vote, something not fully anticipated by the major parties. One senior conservative MP said that...
2013/05/13 20:26
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HOUSTON — KBR (NYSE:KBR) announced today that it has been awarded a contract by the London Mayor’s Office for Policing and Crime to provide facilities management integrator services to the...
2013/05/13 15:11
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A combination of factors has come into play. People don't feel as well-off as they did a few years ago, and most are much less secure in their jobs than they used to be, and so are nervous about...
2013/05/13 13:59
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Mayor ruffles international feathers After Mohammed Abbasi OXFORD’S Lord Mayor has responded to the international row he caused by saying he has no strong feelings about the independence of West...
2013/05/13 08:43
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What research areas does the Centre for Social Relations cover? Our core research area is cultural diversity, so our most pressing challenge is understanding the way in which people or groups relate...
2013/05/09 16:36
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G4S to provide G8 summit support G4S, the firm behind the Olympic security fiasco, is to provide support at the G8 Summit in Northern Ireland this summer. The firm, which suffered a multimillion...
2013/05/09 15:42
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Tests were carried out on the burgers following the horsemeat scandal. It is understood the burger was one of a batch made by a Doncaster-based company in January. The products have now been removed...
2013/05/09 11:29
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Dawaleh was in London with his president and other senior members of the government to drum up trade and investment between the UK and Djibouti. Dawaleh insisted that the country was undergoing...
2013/05/09 10:39
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The Foreign and Commonwealth Office confirmed today that 29-year-old Elwood McIlwraith died on Saturday. According to English language news site Gulf News, Mr McIlwraith, from Hull, fell from the...