Robin Cook

Where do all the sales taxes go?

tmcnet.com
18 hrs ago 6 related
        

Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Nov. 17--The Johnson County sales tax rate will increase next year by an eighth cent, .125 percent on each dollar, after voters approved Nov. 5 the Education and Research Triangle tax to benefit...

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Syrian-UK ties getting warmer

thenews.com.pk
yesterday 89 related
        

Tuesday, November 18, 2008 By Ian Black It’s an old staple of British diplomacy that sometimes where it leads America will follow, especially when by so doing the UK also helps bridge a wider transatlantic gap. David Milband’s...

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UK recognises Chinese sovereignty over Tibet

indymedia.org.uk
yesterday 584 related
        

In a shameful act, the British government has recognised Chinese sovereignty of Tibet. Dalai Lama In one of the most shameful acts since Robin Cook authorised the shipment of Hawk ground attack aircraft to Indonesia, British...

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Ian Black: David Miliband's trip to Damascus shows warming relations between Britain and Syria

guardian.co.uk
yesterday 7 related
        

It's an old staple of British diplomacy that sometimes where it leads America will follow, especially when by so doing the UK also helps bridge a wider transatlantic gap. David Milband's visit to Damascus seems to fit that...

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Labour Party activist was 'Cold War spy'

telegraph.co.uk
16-Nov-2008 16 related
        

A Labour Party activist linked to two members of Tony Blair's Cabinet was a secret Cold War spy, it has been claimed. Cynthia Roberts, 72, who stood as a Labour Parliamentary candidate, allegedly spied for the Czech Government...

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MAIL ON SUNDAY COMMENT: Labour and a wretched saga of betrayal

dailymail.co.uk
15-Nov-2008
        

Soviet sympathiser: Cynthia Roberts, who aided the Czech Communist regime Labour came in from the cold only after the fall of the Berlin Wall. Before then, significant parts of the Labour machine were sullenly sympathetic to...

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Sarkozy Backs Russian Calls for Pan-European Security Pact

truthout.org
15-Nov-2008 56 related
        

President Nicolas Sarkozy of France joined Russia in condemning the Pentagon's plans to install missile defence bases in central Europe yesterday and backed President Dmitri Medvedev's previously ignored calls for a new...

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French and Russian presidents condemn US missile plans

guardian.co.uk
14-Nov-2008 1,487 related
        

President Nicolas Sarkozy of France joined Russia today in condemning the Pentagon's plans to install missile defence bases in central Europe and backed President Dmitri Medvedev's previously ignored calls for a new...

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Miliband praises changes in Syrian policy

reuters.com
12-Nov-2008 21 related
        

LONDON (Reuters) - Foreign Secretary David Miliband, who will visit Syria next week, praised Damascus on Wednesday for opening diplomatic relations with Lebanon and preventing foreign fighters infiltrating Iraq.

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How not to publish an inquiry report

telegraph.co.uk
11-Nov-2008 9 related
        

There are fears that Lord Saville will fall into the same trap as a fellow law lord when he publishes the Bloody Sunday report in a year’s time. Confirmation that Lord Saville has not yet decided whether to include a summary as...

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