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Bahrain Condemns Crime That Claimed Life of British Soldier in London
Manama, May 24 (BNA)--Bahrain strongly condemned the crime which claimed the life of a British soldier in London, the UK, yesterday. Meanwhile, it expressed full support to the British government in confronting terrorism. The Foreign Ministry stressed in a statement Bahrain's call to prevent the extremists and terrorists from using the land of any country to receive funding and exploit ...
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Britain’s Eton College asks teenage candidates to justify shooting protesters
UK UK's elite school asked 13-year old boys to pretend to be Prime Minister and justify the army shooting dead 25 protesters in a speech to win a scholarship it is revealed. The question, which was put to students applying for the King's Scholarship, worth one tenth of Eton's 32,000 a year fees, is entitled "Concerning Cruelty, Clemency and Whether It Is better To Be ...
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Bahrains Rights Britains Failure
, claimed that "so-called human rights organisations" are "largely administered by ex-ideologists and even terrorists". It continued: "As much as beasts cannot be left to roam freely, so in human society the feral element’s freedom should be under control." In fact, it is well documented ...
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Airline disturbance not terror-related British authorities say
LONDON (AP) — A British security official said Friday's situation on board a commercial airliner from Pakistan to England does not appear to be terror-related, although police are still investigating.The British military scrambled fighter jets to intercept the plane, diverting it to an isolated runway at an airport on the outskirts of London. Two British passengers were arrested on ...
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April Jones murder trial Mum leaves courtroom in tears as accused fails to say what happened to girls body
of April Jones fled a courtroom in tears after the man accused of her murder failed to say what he had done with the body.Coral Jones, 43, who was sitting in the public gallery with husband Paul, 41, sobbed as Mark Bridger said: "I don't know, I don't know."Prosecutor Elwen Evans QC questioned him during a third and final day in the witness box at Mold crown court.She said: ...
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BBC apologises for tagging John O’Dowd as Sinn FeinIRA on Question Time seating plan
The BBC today apologised for a Question Time gaffe that saw a Stormont minister labelled a member of "Sinn Fein/IRA".John O'Dowd, who was a panellist on last night's show from Belfast, was given the label in a seating plan attached to a studio camera.It was not screened, but an audience member tweeted a photograph of the plan.Mr O'Dowd said the "SF/IRA tag" had ...
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Woolwich killing universities crack down on the preachers of hate
A fresh drive to prevent radicalisation of impressionable students on campus is being launched in which universities will be asked to draw up guidelines on how to handle preachers who have a track record of inciting hatred, at the end of a dramatic week that saw a soldier murdered in Woolwich in the first terror-related incident on mainland Britain since the 7 July 2005 bombings.Universities UK, ...
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We need to talk to children about porn | Justin Hancock
Porn is now so easily accessible online, and so prevalent, that it is understandable that parents, teachers and policymakers are worried. What we aren't teaching about sex and relationships (at home or school) is brought into sharp focus when we think about what young people might be learning from porn.But what do we actually know about what young people are seeing, at what age? What can we ...
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Plantwatch The battle for the ancient British bluebell woods
A great blue wave has spread across the country in one of our greatest natural spectacles, as carpets of bluebells have come into flower. But the bluebells were some four or five weeks later this spring than last year, and the cold spring made their appearance more patchy than usual. Britain has around half the world's population of bluebells, and they are also a truly national plant, ...
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Britains paradise has been lost – but theres still hope for our wildlife | Chris Packham
I never imagined being 52. As I grew up catching lizards and newts, rummaging through hedges to find birds' nests, or prodding flattened hedgehogs with my scuffed Clarks lace-ups, the world was ripe with natural riches. Every scrap of wasteland revealed yet more gems: tadpoles, fox cubs and a confetti of butterflies. And when at the weekends the family Ford Anglia trundled off to the ...
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Suffragette Emily Davison The woman who would not be silenced
She has been described as the most misunderstood woman of the 20th century. For the ruling establishment of post-Edwardian Britain she was undoubtedly one of the most ...
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Andy McSmiths Diary The Professor’s backing Bayern Munich to beat Borussia Dortmund
Andy McSmith is a senior reporter at The Independent. He has vast experience in political journalism and has also appeared on documentaries for BBC Radio ...
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Tory minister will be left holding the baby – but don’t tell Vince Cable
While legislation to encourage fathers to take a bigger share in the care of very young children is being prepared, the youngest Tory minister in the relevant department is going to practise what the government preaches by taking two months' paternity ...
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Men arrested after RAF jet is scrambled to escort Pakistan Airlines passenger plane to London Stansted Airport
Two men have been arrested at Stansted today after a passenger plane heading to Manchester airport was diverted to Stansted by an RAF Typhoon jet following reports of threats on ...
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Woolwich murder Muslims pray for soldier Lee Rigbys family – and for peace
In a converted pub on the Old Kent Road in south-east London afternoon, a few dozen Nigerian Muslims gathered for their usual Friday ...
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Woolwich suspect was victim of frenzied knife attack aged 16
London street witnessed a murder and was himself stabbed in a frenzied knife attack five years ago, the Guardian has learned.Michael Adebowale, who was pictured holding a blade minutes after the murder of Drummer Lee Rigby in Woolwich on Wednesday, had been caught up in an earlier fatal incident in January 2008 when he was 16.One person was murdered in the bloody episode, having been ...
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Legal aid cuts what price justice | Zoe Williams
Chris Grayling wants to strip 220m from the legal aid bill by denying defendants a choice of representation. Do we really want to put our legal system in the hands of the lowest ...
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Letters Our use of Hellfire missiles could come back to haunt us
Syria on "our" side and might demand access to the most effective weaponry from the FSA. It is not beyond the bounds of possibility that they would not mind supplying the odd missile or two to their fellow religious fanatics in the UK. It is even said that UK-born jihadists are already fighting in Syria with ...
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Country diary Aberdaron The headland is as ever spacious and bathed in that distinctive western light
The once-quiet fishing cove of Porth Meudwy, west of Aberdaron and embarkation point for Ynys Enlli, is busy these days. Pyramids of lobster pots are piled high round the slipway, new twin-hulled boats drawn up on the pebbles. More working boats circle the bay, hauling their catch. The recently ...
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Granta Why has Britain’s grandest literary magazine begun to lose the plot
Boyd Tonkin is Literary Editor at The Independent. An award-winning journalist, he was formerly Social Policy Editor of the New Statesman and has broadcast extensively for BBC arts and current affairs programmes. He has judged the Booker Prize, the Whitbread biography award, the Commonwealth Writers Prize and the David Cohen Prize for a lifetime's achievement in ...
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British Soldier Hacked To Death Was Our Hero Family Says
As Ian Rigby spoke Friday about his stepson Lee, a British soldier who was murdered on a south London street this week, the young man's widow, Rebecca (right), and his mother, Lyn, reached ...
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UK Bank Holiday weekend weather Sun to set to shine at end of miserable May
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Dale Cregan injured as prison van involved in crash on motorway
Cop killer Dale Cregan is believed to have been injured when his jail van hit another vehicle today - the second incident in eight days.Greater Manchester Police said: "Four prison officers suffered minor injuries. One prisoner was injured."One-eyed Cregan, 29, failed to appear at Preston crown court - but police would not confirm if he was the prisoner hurt.He was en route from a jail ...
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Britain within six hours of running out gas after cold snap and fault drained reserves
Britain came within just six hours of running out gas, it was claimed today. An alarming report by the Crown Estate revealed the country was on the verge of serious disruption in March. ob Hastings, the Estate's energy director, said: "We really had only six hours' worth of gas left in storage as a buffer. "If it had run any lower, it would have meant interruptions to ...
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Woolwich attack Man arrested in malicious Facebook comments probe after soldier murder
A 22-year-old man has been charged on suspicion of making malicious comments on Facebook following the murder of British soldier Lee Rigby. Benjamin Flatters, of Lincoln, was arrested last night after complaints were made to Lincolnshire Police about comments made on Facebook, which were allegedly of a racist or anti-religious nature. He was charged with an offence of malicious communications ...
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Edinburgh's tram of indefinite delays
The development of a new tram system for Edinburgh has not been without controversy. Since the project was first proposed as far back as 1999 it took until 2006 for work to actually begin. Since then, there has been one failing after another, with many Edinburgh residents now wondering whether the new tram system will ever see the light of day and, more to the point, whether it is in fact necessary.
Edinburgh had a tram system up until the 1950s and, like many developed cities, it did away with the network in favor of other forms of public transport, mainly buses. Increasingly heavy traffic jams in the capital, however, have prompted city leaders to reconsider and in 2006 two bills went through parliament and were approved. Read more
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