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Green Reading - Adrian Windisch (Free subscription) | 12/02/2009
The detention of five British yachtsmen by the Iranian navy has "no link with politics or the Iranian nuclear file" says Britain's Foreign Secretary David Miliband on Tuesday. Meanwhile, Iran's ambassador to London, Rasoul Movahedian, was summoned to the Foreign Office for talks to clarify where the Britons were being held and how their "speedy release" could be obtained,...
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JURIST (Free subscription) | 14 hours ago
[JURIST] A UK High Court judge ruled Tuesday that British Guantanamo Bay detainee Shaker Aamer must have access to secret documents that may contain evidence of torture. Aamer, the only British citizen remaining at the US military prison, petitioned the court for access to the documents, which his lawyers believe show that his confessions were obtained through torture. Lord Justice...
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British National Party (Free subscription) | yesterday
The number of immigrants being granted British citizenship will rocket from the current 164,000 per year to over 250,000 as the new “immigrant fast track process” comes online.
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San Fransisco Chronicle (Free subscription) | yesterday
FBI agents and police officers have arrested a motivational speaker suspected of killing a Las Vegas woman, ransacking her home and fleeing to California. Las Vegas police said Tuesday that they tracked Michael Lane, a British citizen who also goes by the... Las Vegas Nevada - Las Vegas - United States - Police officer - Nevada
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George Szirtes (Free subscription) | 13 hours ago
Friend of ours in London, about our age, maybe a little younger, a very beautiful, highly intelligent, lively, kindly woman, who has been painted by many artists. Her foreign mother has dementia and is entirely incapable of looking after herself. Friend brought her over from abroad so she could care for her. She herself was born here, is a British citizen (since what else would she be?)...
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The fantastic site of Lord Matt (Free subscription) | yesterday
I have to say that with every year that goes by I, as a law abiding citizen, grow ever more terrified of the police and the law of the land. Take, for example, Andrew Norman, who stages the popular Thimbleberry Music Festival this is now in jeopardy because police have decided that because people allegedly smoked a class B drug he is to be charged. "weed", "pot" or "grass"...
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USA Today (Free subscription) | 12/07/2009
A Romanian court has rejected the appeal of a British citizen convicted on manslaughter charges for causing a 2006 car accident ...
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Miami Herald (Free subscription) | 12/07/2009
A Romanian court has rejected the appeal of a British citizen convicted on manslaughter charges for causing a 2006 car accident that killed award-winning Romanian film director Cristian Nemescu.
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KansasCity.com (Free subscription) | 12/07/2009
A Romanian court has rejected the appeal of a British citizen convicted on manslaughter charges for causing a 2006 car accident that killed award-winning Romanian film director Cristian Nemescu.
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 12/07/2009
BUCHAREST, Romania -- A Romanian court has rejected the appeal of a British citizen convicted on manslaughter charges for causing a 2006 car accident that killed award-winning Romanian film director Cristian Nemescu.
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Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 12/07/2009
A Romanian court has rejected the appeal of a British citizen convicted on manslaughter charges for causing a 2006 car accident that killed award-winning Romanian film director Cristian Nemescu.
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stars sliding (Free subscription) | yesterday
... Born in what is now Ukraine to Polish parents, he first came to the UK in his 20s and became a British citizen in his 30s. Jean Rhys - born in Dominica to a Welsh father and Dominican mother, she first came to the UK when she was 16. Et cetera, et cetera, et cetera... What does "English Literature" mean? What does "Scottish Literature" mean? All splittings and...
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Download Squad (Free subscription) | yesterday
... of this year's probe (focusing on Australian users) were even worse than the same test in 2007 on British citizens. The results of this study come at an opportune time: Facebook has just formed a safety advisory board to analyze its protocols and suggest new best-practices for their burgeoning user base. Facebook and other social networks are realising that it is important for both...
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The Guardian (Free subscription) | 12/08/2009
... including political and religious views. Denham says the aim of Prevent is to ensure that British citizens do not commit acts of violence against Britain or British people overseas. It does not require anyone to agree with British foreign policy or take a particular view on the many different conflicts in the world today: "But it does challenge directly the small...
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Download Squad (Free subscription) | 12/07/2009
... Spot with honorable intentions but I can foresee nefarious uses in its immediate future. Being a British citizen I don't know if there are such things as ' Verizon Warriors' or some kind of 'V' zealotry (this is classic blue vs. red mentality isn't it'), but is it too crazy to imagine Verizon grabbing a bunch of iPhones, installing Mark the Spot, and sending its staff all over America...
