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Time for a British Manley Commission?
Posted on July 15, 2009
If the government wants to stem the haemorrhaging of elite support for NATO’s Afghan mission, there is one major thing it can do at this stage: establish a British version of the Manley Commission.
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    The Politics interview: Douglas Alexander
    Posted on July 15, 2009
     "There was clearly briefing against me but the task in those circumstances is not to exacerbate those briefings but to get on with the job”
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    John Pilger: Mourn on the 4th of July
    Posted on July 15, 2009
    With his government of warmongers, Wall Street cronies and polluters from the Bush and Clinton eras, Barack Obama is merely upholding the myths of a divine America
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    Award-winning human rights campaigner murdered in Chechnya
    Posted on July 15, 2009
    One of Russia's leading human rights campaigners, Natalia Estemirova, was abducted and murdered today in the turbulent Chechnya region, in a killing that is likely to provoke international outrage and condemnation of the Kremlin's dismal human rights record.
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    Government has passed too many criminal laws, says Britain's top judge
    Posted on July 15, 2009
    The most senior judge in England and Wales has launched a stinging attack on the Government for passing too many crime laws. The Lord Chief Justice, Sir Igor Judge, said repeated calls for less legislation, and especially fewer crime laws, had been ignored by ministers.
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    World's largest wave farm gets the green light under plans to convert South-West England into renewable energy leader
    Posted on July 15, 2009
    South-West England will become the world's largest wave farm under government plans to create a new leading centre in wave and tidal technologies. The Wave Hub provides an area of sea with grid connection and planning consent where arrays and devices can be operated over several years
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    Middle class 'betrayed in shake-up of elderly care'
    Posted on July 15, 2009
    The middle classes face being forced to pay up to £20,000 on retirement to cover their personal care in their old age. But they will still have to meet the full costs of bed and board if they go into a care home - some £16,800 a year - under long-awaited proposals to reform the funding of elderly care.
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    New Pet airline welcomes 'pawsengers'
    Posted on July 15, 2009
    A new airline is being launched in the United States, providing dedicated travel for cats and dogs.
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    India to issue all 1.2 billion citizens with biometric ID cards
    Posted on July 15, 2009
    It is surely the biggest Big Brother project yet conceived. India is to issue each of its 1.2 billion citizens, millions of whom live in remote villages and possess no documentary proof of existence, with cyber-age biometric identity cards.
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    Tour de France Report
    Posted on July 15, 2009
    Mark Cavendish sprints to third stage win
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    France courts Indian ties
    Posted on July 15, 2009
    Indian troops have taken part in France's Bastille Day military parade, the first time India has taken part and an indication of the growing ties between the two nuclear powers.
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    Revealed: The 383 BBC bosses paid £100,000 a year
    Posted on July 15, 2009
    Nearly 400 BBC bosses earn more than £100,000 a year, it emerged yesterday. Critics said it was shocking that the corporation had such a lavish pay culture in a time of recession.
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    It's a very nice house in the country (but not for an orgy)
    Posted on July 15, 2009
    Wealthy guests sipped champagne, but at midnight everything suddenly changed
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    Shocking suicide toll on combat veterans
    Posted on July 15, 2009
    Tories demand better mental health care for troops returning from front
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    Oil giant Exxon sees the future – and it is green algae
    Posted on July 15, 2009
    Gene scientist Craig Venter has announced plans to develop next-generation biofuels from algae in a $600m (£370m) partnership with oil giant Exxon Mobil.
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    Ultra-low interest rates here to stay after inflation falls below government target
    Posted on July 15, 2009
    Cheaper food and soft drinks helped push the annual rise in the cost of living down to 1.8% from 2.2%, according to the Office for National Statistics.
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    Job cuts 'hit two in three' in UK
    Posted on July 15, 2009
    Two-thirds of people across the UK know someone personally who has lost a job in the recession, a BBC poll has found.  A further four in 10 fear losing their job in the current climate, the survey of 1,048 people by ComRes found
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    Lord Mandelson admits that Britain faces a decade of cuts to public services
    Posted on July 15, 2009
    Lord Mandelson last night reignited the bitter row over public spending by admitting Britain faces a decade of cuts to public services. His admission went much further than Gordon Brown, who has refused to acknowledge Labour will be forced to slash spending after the next General Election.     
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    Pressure rises on school places
    Posted on July 15, 2009
    A fifth of English local authorities are reporting increased pressure on school places due to the recession, the Local Government Association says.
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    I won't put a cap on immigration vows the Home Secretary
    Posted on July 15, 2009
    Home Secretary Alan Johnson last night refused point blank to cap the number of immigrants coming to Britain.  And he said he does not 'lie awake at night' worrying about the population hitting 70million.
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    Israeli soldiers reveal the brutal truth of Gaza attack
    Posted on July 15, 2009
    Troops' testimonies disclose loose rules of engagement and use of civilians as human shields. Palestinian houses were systematically destroyed by 'insane artillery firepower'.
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