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PETER OBORNE: Tony Blair looks haunted, but with new claims that he was behind torture and war...

One can only fear for Tony Blair after last Thursday's European summit at Brussels. For the truth is that evidence continues to amass that, under the Blair premiership, the British state was responsible, at times, for some...

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Eight Taleban killed by missile strike

Published Date: 21 November 2009 A SUSPECTED American missile strike killed at least eight Taleban militants yesterday in north-western Pakistan, officials said. It was the second attack this week in an area believed to hold...

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Book review: The Arabs: A History

Published Date: 21 November 2009 BY EUGENE ROGAN Allen Lane, 513pp, £25 PIRATES take over North Africa, armies clash over the holiest of Islamic sites, the great western powers threaten to bomb each other in a squabble over...

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Report of Edinburgh protest against NATO on Saturday 14th November 2009

Here is detailed report of the demonstration against NATO in Edinburgh last weekend. Report of protest against NATO on Saturday 14th November 2009 There was a five day NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organisation) conference in...

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Sister pays record for Victoria Cross in memory of brother

Nov 21 2009 by Gareth Evans, Western Mail MELISSA JOHN has bought a Victoria Cross awarded to a World War Two pilot for a record-breaking, six-figure sum in memory of her late brother. The 44-year-old yesterday revealed how she...

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100th day of tears: Wootton Bassett welcomes home soldiers who fell in Afghanistan

They had been here so many times before. But when the Wiltshire market town of Wootton Bassett turned out for the 100th time to honour the latest homecoming dead from Afghanistan, they already knew they'd be here again.

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Pakistan wants to see U.S. Afghan plan

Pakistan demands U.S. share Afghan blueprint Islamabad fears foreign troop increase could push militants across border Internally displaced Pakistani tribal women and their children, who fled their villages due to fighting...

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World › 6 world powers press Iran on nuclear issue

Saturday 21st November, 05:46 AM JST BRUSSELS — Representatives of six world powers urged Iran on Friday to accept a U.N. plan aimed at delaying its ability to build a nuclear weapon, as the head of the U.N. nuclear watchdog...

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Panel: No new atomic weapons needed

Committee says life of existing weapons can be extended for decades Nov. 20: Retired Army Gen. Barry McCaffrey examines President Barack Obama’s impending strategy decision with regard to Afghanistan. ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - An...

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Teen pleads guilty in July murder of border agent

SAN DIEGO - A 17-year-old pleaded guilty Friday to murdering a Border Patrol agent who was shot eight times in head, neck and torso in the mountains east of San Diego. Christian Daniel Castro Alvarez admitted entering the...

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