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Richard Ingrams’ Week: Being in the Met means never having to say you're sorry

"We did nothing wrong," so said Deputy Assistant Commissioner Cressida Dick, giving evidence at the inquest into the shooting in July 2005 of Jean Charles de Menezes. Perhaps worst of all, Deputy Assistant Commissioner Dick...

Brown as economy war-hero

Oct 11 2008 by Matt Withers, Western Mail Matt Withers charts the change in fortunes which could put Premier on ‘Falklands’ popularity roll JUST a few weeks ago, Gordon Brown could not buy a good headline. Flatlining in the...

CSW welcomes Foreign Secretarys condemnation of Iran apostasy bill

Posted: Friday, October 10, 2008, 8:23 (BST) Foreign Secretary David Miliband has condemned a draft bill currently making its way through the Iranian Parliament, which would codify the death penalty for apostasy. David Miliband...

Chinese, British FMs talk over phone about ASEM Summit

BEIJING, Oct. 10 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi and his British counterpart David Miliband on Friday exchanged views in a phone conversation on the seventh Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) which is scheduled for...

UK to end troop commitment to Kosovo

Britain is to end its military commitment to Kosovo, Defence Secretary John Hutton has said in his first major announcement since taking up his new post last week. The move, which comes after a decision not to redeploy troops...

How to avoid a second Crimean War

This article of mine appears in The First Post.In the Panorama Museum in Sevastopol last week I gazed at one of the world's most incredible paintings, The Defence of Sevastopol by Franz Roubaud. The 360-degree, 14 metres high,...

No plans to extend Iraq re-settlement plans for Afghanis, says UK

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The British government has no plans to offer a re-settlement scheme to Afghanis who may be at risk for working with UK forces similar to that announced for Iraqi interpreters last year, according to Foreign Office Minister Bill...

US faces downward spiral in Afghan war, says leaked intelligence report

• White House forced to reconsider strategy • Washington wants Nato to confront drug lords US intelligence agencies believe the war in Afghanistan is in "a downward spiral", sparking an urgent strategy rethink by the Bush...

Iraqi who risked all for Britain is left to his fate in Basra

An interpreter employed by the Army in Basra for five years has been refused a place on a scheme to resettle Iraqi employees in Britain because he is deemed to be a security risk. Mohammed Motlag, 47, had been told that he and...

Pandora: Cambridge Union in condom alert

For nearly 200 years, the Cambridge Union has maintained its reputation for honour and integrity, but it has fallen victim to the sort of PR blunder we normally associate with our hapless politicians.

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