April 1st, 2010

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Drill, Barack, drill Obama to open up US East Coast for oil exploration

Barack Obama earned the instant anger of environmentalists and many of his core liberal supporters yesterday by declaring his intention to open vast areas of off-shore waters for future drilling for oil and gas, reversing decades-old policies of leaving the waves to fish, gulls and holidaymakers. The highly controversial plan, unveiled at Andrews Air Force [...]

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Afghan parliament rejects Karzai election decree

Afghanistan’s parliament has rejected a presidential decree that would give President Hamid Karzai more control over a key…
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Afghan parliament rejects Karzai election decree

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New blast as Russia buries dead, Islamists claim bombs

MOSCOW (AFP) – A new explosion shook Russia Thursday as the country held funerals for dozens killed in the Moscow metro suicide bombings claimed by an Islamist group that warned of further strikes. Funerals were to be held at nine cemeteries in Moscow and also in the southern city of Krasnodar as Russia mourned the [...]

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MoD secures ban on Iraq abuse case documents

The Ministry of Defence succeeded today in blocking the release of former attorney general Lord Goldsmith’s advice about whether human rights law applied to British troops in Iraq. Lawyers for Iraqi detainees allegedly abused by UK soldiers argued the advice was relevant and should be published. But Sir William Gage, chairman of the ongoing public [...]

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