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Refugees Increasingly Being Refused Asylum

Mick Meaney September 28, 2009 0

By Lisa Schlein The U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees, Antonio Guterres, is appealing to countries to open their borders to asylum seekers. He says the number of places where people fleeing conflict and persecution

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Police in Wales have taken DNA samples from more than 55,000 innocent people

Mick Meaney September 27, 2009 2

POLICE in Wales have taken DNA samples from more than 55,000 innocent people, we can reveal. Almost half of these – an estimated 23,651 – were taken by South Wales Police alone, costing the

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BBC Pays Google For Internet Marketing

Mick Meaney September 15, 2009 10

By RINF.COM  It has been discovered that the BBC have been paying Google to place its website at the top of listings for a series of keywords, as part of its internet marketing plan. The BBC is using £100

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Freedom of Information Act Cost BBC £3m

Mick Meaney September 7, 2009 2

The Guardian Newspaper has reported that the BBC was forced to spend over £3 million of licence payers fees on providing Freemdom of Information Act requests between 2005 and 2009. Ironically, The Guardian obtained this information via the

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U.S. Extends Blackwater Task In Iraq

Mick Meaney September 4, 2009 1

The U.S. State Department says a controversial U.S. private security company claimed to have been enlisted in a CIA hunt for al-Qaida members will continue its armed presence and task of shielding U.S. diplomats

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District 9 Hits UK

Mick Meaney September 3, 2009 1

Set in an alternative reality that echos some very real historical events of our past, District 9 is one of the most thought provoking movies produced in years. Written and produced by Neill Blomkamp, District 9 is inspired by

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