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Blair WAS involved in Iraq inquiry talks, minister says
Gordon Brown is to promise that much of the Iraq inquiry will be held in the open in an attempt to avert a damaging Commons defeat for the Government this Wednesday. Amid fury
Read More »CIA Looks to Colleges for Future Spies
To the list of collegiate types — nerds, jocks, Greeks — add one more: spies in training. The government is hoping they’ll be hard to spot. The Obama administration has proposed the creation of
Read More »Arrested for asking a policeman for his badge number
The Guardian has obtained this police footage of Emily Apple and Val Swain being arrested by surveillance officers after asking for their badge numbers at the Kingsnorth climate camp last year. The two women
Read More »Agents say DEA is forcing them illegally to work in Afghanistan
As the Obama administration ramps up the Drug Enforcement Administration’s presence in Afghanistan, some special-agent pilots contend that they’re being illegally forced to go to a combat zone, while others who’ve volunteered say they’re
Read More »One in six are going hungry
The UN has warned that the global financial meltdown has pushed the ranks of the world’s hungry to a record 1 billion. UN Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO) officials reported at the weekend that,
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