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Ministers under pressure to reopen BAE investigation

Mick Meaney April 11, 2008 0

David Leigh The Guardian  Pressure was mounting last night on the government to allow the reopening of the criminal investigation into secret payments by arms company BAE to Saudi Arabia following a high court

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ID card consultants cost us £150m

Mick Meaney April 11, 2008 0

JAMES SLACK Spending on consultants by the Home Office has rocketed by 2,000 per cent under Labour to almost £150m a year. The total amount lavished on management consultants and other so-called experts over

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Bush halts Iraq troop cuts but shortens tours

Mick Meaney April 11, 2008 0

By Tabassum Zakaria WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President George W. Bush said on Thursday he would suspend U.S. troop withdrawals from Iraq this summer but cut the length of tours of duty, as he defended

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