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Justice versus politics no deportation for Qatada

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Is it justice or common sense that sees the Special Immigration Appeals Commission (SIAC) reject the deportation of so-called radical cleric Abu Qatada to Jordan to face trial. There is certainly going to be a few eyebrows raised and heads turn when the citizens of the country realise that a supposedly terror suspect will be free to walk the More >

UK security service clamping down on foreign criminals

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The recent report that almost half of those arrested in the UK for criminal offenses are foreign nationals will give cause for concern, but we should recognise that the security service is clamping down on these individuals. It has been alleged the at least 1,400 foreign suspects are deemed high harm offenders and that half of those arrested comes More >

Across the world leaders celebrate Obama re-election

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From his old school in Indonesia to a Japanese beach town that happens to share his name, people around the world cheered President Barack Obama’s re-election. The results of Tuesday’s election were closely watched in many countries. Several US embassies held mock elections and threw parties as returns came in.

At Jakarta’s Menteng 01 Primary More >

There’s no ‘off-switch’ says World Wide Web inventor

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The inventor of the world wide web has denied there is an “off-switch” which could turn off the internet across the globe. Tim Berners-Lee, who launched the web on Christmas Day 1990, said the only way the internet could ever be entirely shut down is if governments all over the world coordinated to make it a centralised system. It came after moves More >

British Government offers new funding to Syria’s rebels

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LONDON—Britain’s government offered 5 million pounds (US$7.8 million) to Syria’s rebel forces Friday to pay for communications equipment and medical supplies in an effort to bolster ties to the country’s opposition.

Foreign Secretary William Hague insisted that the U.K. would not supply any weapons, but confirmed the funds would pay for items More >

The Pride of British Olympics spirit, or is it

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The hosting of the Olympics games as has taken four years to prepare, we have seen cost rocketed, innuendoes about the UK abilities to hold such a prestigious event and all the hype and rumors regarding the possibility of a terrorist action against the games.

British citizens, especially Londoners have a sense of pride in the way in which the More >

A second man convicted for treason in the Mandela murder plot

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A South African court has convicted a second man of high treason in a white supremacist plot to kill Nelson Mandela and drive blacks out of the country in a trial that has spanned nearly a decade.

One day after “Boeremag” kingpin Mike du Toit was convicted of high treason, his brother, former policeman Andre du Toit, received the same verdict in More >

Economic migrant or genuine asylum seekers

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Recent media reports suggested an Olympic competitor as claimed political asylum citing that he believe should  he return to his native country he will be persecuted. This is the first of possible many other athletes that will try to seek political asylum in the UK before the Olympic games are completed, of which this is not a novel case.

At the More >

President Assad urge to give up power by Arab nations

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ARAB nations have called on Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to swiftly give up power in order to end his country’s unrest, Qatar’s prime minister says.

“There is agreement on the need for the rapid resignation of President Bashar al-Assad,” Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani told journalists following a ministerial meeting of the Arab League in More >

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