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British court says dead soldiers’ families can sue government
UK -- Families of soldiers killed in combat may sue the government for damages, Britain's highest court ruled Wednesday in a surprising decision that may have profound consequences for future military operations. The Supreme Court found that soldiers in foreign combat zones are covered by human rights legislation, and that the Defense Ministry has a duty to care for its soldiers that makes ...
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Housing Minister Receives British Director General and Chief Executive Of Ordnance Survey
Manama, June 19 (BNA)-- Housing Minister Bassim bin Yaqoob Al Hamar received today Director General and Chief Executive of the Ordnance Survey and adviser to the British Government Vanessa Lawrence. They discussed historic bilateral relations and ways of bolstering them as well as means of boosting cooperation between the Housing Ministry and the Ordnance Survey. A O Q BNA 1740 GMT ...
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Donald Macintyres Sketch David Cameron can be choosy about who he invites to dinner
Donald Macintyre writes political sketches for The Independent, having been Jerusalem correspondent since 2004, covering Israel and the Occupied Territories, as well as travelling for the paper to Iraq, Turkey, Jordan, Libya and Egypt. As Political Editor and then Chief Political Commentator, he previously covered the John Major and early Tony Blair era. He has written for the Daily Express, ...
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Senior judges criticise Governments use of secret courts
The most senior judges in the land issued a damning indictment of the Government's policy on secret courts, accusing it of requesting unnecessary closed ...
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Andy McSmiths Diary When Prior knowledge appeared to be lacking
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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Chancellor Unveils Plan For State-Owned Banks
Shadow chancellor Ed Balls has said the review into the future of RBS is welcome but the Government must look at all options, including splitting it ...
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Met asked to investigate NHS regulator after Morecambe Bay trust report
Police have been asked to investigate allegations of a cover-up at the Care Quality Commission, stemming from the health regulator's failure to investigate an alarming rise in deaths in Morecambe ...
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Fans protest over high Premier League ticket prices – video
Demonstrators protest outside the Premier League headquarters in London on Wednesday , against what they deem as excessively high ticket prices in for teams in England's top flight division. The average price for tickets to Premier League football games has increased this year. They are more expensive than the Bundesliga and La Liga with only the Serie A being more ...
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Syria crisis needs political solution David Cameron tells MPs
Syria , putting his strongest emphasis yet on a political solution to the crisis as he came under pressure from his own backbenchers and Labour not to supply weapons to the Syrian rebels.Cameron was reporting back to the Commons from ...
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Thomas Heatherwick accused of plagiarism over Olympic cauldron
Thomas Heatherwick's Olympic cauldron (left) and the concept the New York design studio Atopia submitted to Locog in 2007. Photograph: Getty ...
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Rail passengers think train companies failing to provide value for money
Rail passengers think trains are failing to provide good value for money with less than one in five on one major route happy with their fares, a survey reveals. And overall satisfaction has dipped from last year as passengers faced inflation-busting fares rises. On value for money, Greater Anglia and the Stansted Express - the capital to airport shuttle - was given a satisfaction rating of ...
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Tony Blair urges Western governments to intervene in Syria
Former Prime Minister Tony Blair today urged Western governments to intervene in Syria. Mr Blair, speaking in Israel, said the "predominant emotion" was to stay out of the civil war. But he warned that the cost of staying out may be higher than getting involved. Mr Blair said the situation was one of many "ugly choices" facing world leaders, including on Iran's ...
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Obamas in Berlin Michelle and daughters visit Holocaust memorial while Barack calls for nuclear weapons cuts
US President Barack Obama's wife Michelle laid flowers today during a sombre visit to the Holocaust memorial in Berlin. America's First Lady was joined by daughters Malia, 14, and Sasha, 12, as well as the president's half sister Auma. The Obamas are spending two days in Germany and Michelle took their daughters and Auma while Obama was in talks with the country's leader ...
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Britain fails to get EU backing for Hezbollah blacklisting
UK pushes to place Hezbollah's armed wing on EU terror list; diplomats say British proposal gains support amid Hezbollah involvement in Syria, but Austria, Italy, Czechs among those preventing required unanimous ...
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Margate residents appeal against giant new Tesco
Angry residents of Margate have appealed to the High Court against the Government's decision to build a giant Tesco store on the ...
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Pathologist who botched G20 post-mortem abandons appeal against being struck off
The pathologist who botched the post-mortem of a man struck by a policeman at G20 protests in 2009 has abandoned his appeal against being struck ...
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US companies criticise UK healthcare firms charitable status and tax breaks
A flyer for the St John's hospice summer fair recently dropped on doormats across north London. The top half of the leaflet advertised the bouncy castle and candyfloss; the bottom half promoted Casualty First - "your private walk-in urgent care centre."Both the hospice and walk-in centre are parts of the Hospital of St John & St Elizabeth, a private healthcare operator that is ...
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Woods Out of Action Until British Open Due to Elbow Strain
(Reuters) - Tiger Woods has been diagnosed with a left elbow strain that will keep him out of competition until next month's British Open at Muirfield, the world number one said on Wednesday. Woods had been suffering minor discomfort before last week's US Open at Merion, where he aggravated the problem and was seen wincing and shaking his left arm on several occasions. "I was ...
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Soldiers families can sue Ministry of Defence supreme court rules
Defence secretary Philip Hammond says the decision could leave operational decisions in combat zones open to 'the uncertainty of litigation'. Photograph: ...
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England can win Champions Trophy without a doubt says Alastair Cook
Alastair Cook may already be in rare company, having led England to their second ICC 50-over final in the past 20 years, but he was quite happy to talk up the significance of Sunday's climax at Edgbaston after a seven-wicket victory against South Africa means England will face either India or Sri Lanka."It would be a massive achievement," Cook said after the win that offers ...
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Our banks are not merely out of control. Theyre beyond control | Joris Luyendijk
set up after last year's Libor scandal , identifies all the structural problems and nails the fundamental flaw in finance today: "Too many bankers, especially at the most senior levels, have operated in an environment with insufficient personal responsibility." Indeed, as they like to say in the City, running a mega-bank these days is like "Catholicism without a hell", ...
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England into final after easy win
Link to video: Alastair Cook delighted after England's Champions Trophy win over South Africa England strolled their way into Sunday's Champions Trophy final. If winning by seven wickets, with 75 deliveries in hand, represents a breeze in what had been anticipated to be a tight contest, then it could have been more of a hurricane had it not been for a fighting ninth-wicket ...
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Deputy Premier Receives British Government Advisor
Manama-June19(BNA)Deputy Premier Shaikh Khalid bin Abdulla Al-Khalifa today received Director General and Chief Executive of the Ordnance Survey and adviser to the British Government Vanessa Lawrence and discussed cooperation to develop geospatial data and survey applications. He stressed strong historical relations and steadily growing cooperation in all fields highlighting the importance ...
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New bonus boom in banking sector as Government’s cut in top rate of income tax takes effect
Bankers' bonuses leapt to record levels in April as the Government's cut in the top rate of income tax came into effect, new figures revealed ...
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PM is dragging his feet on bank reform Labour on attack as bonuses leap to record level
Bankers' bonuses leapt to record levels in April as the Government's cut in the top rate of income tax came into effect, new figures ...
Edinburgh Feature
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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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