[The fact that he got ill after meeting at a sushi bar is suspicious in itself, what did he have to eat?-ed]

UK police are investigating the alleged poisoning of a Russian former security agent and critic of President Vladimir Putin living in exile in Britain.
Alexander Litvinenko, a former colonel in the KGB, told [...]

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The Dutch cabinet has backed a proposal by the country’s immigration minister to ban Muslim women from wearing the burqa in public places.
The burqa, a full body covering that also obscures the face, would be banned by law in the street, and in trains, schools, buses and the law courts.
The cabinet said burqas [...]

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One of Britain’s most prominent speakers on Muslim issues is today exposed as a supporter of David Irving, the controversial historian who for years denied the Holocaust took place.
Asghar Bukhari, a founder member of the Muslim Public Affairs Committee (MPAC), which describes itself as Britain’s largest Muslim civil rights group, sent money to Irving and [...]

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Zimbabwe has offered more than 1,000 white farmers compensation for property seized during controversial land reforms launched by Robert Mugabe’s government.
Ngoni Masoka, the secretary of lands, used a newspaper advertisement to urge more than 1,000 dispossessed farmers to contact the ministry.
At least 500 white farmers still remain in Zimbabwe while many others have emigrated to [...]

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Turkey has suspended military relations with France in a dispute over whether the mass killings of Armenians in the last century amounted to genocide.
General Ilker Basbug, the land forces commander, was quoted on Wednesday by state-owned Anatolia news agency as saying in Ankara: “Relations with France in the military field have been suspended.”
On possible cancellation [...]

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WHILE Israel fights Hezbollah with tanks and aircraft, its supporters are campaigning on the internet.
Israel’s Government has thrown its weight behind efforts by supporters to counter what it believes to be negative bias and a tide of pro-Arab propaganda. The Foreign Ministry has ordered trainee diplomats to track websites and chatrooms so that networks [...]

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The Arabic television news channel al-Jazeera has launched its new English-language station.
Al-Jazeera English began broadcasting from the station’s headquarters in Doha, Qatar, at 1500 (1200 GMT).
A screen graphic with a clock ticking down the minutes gave way to a photo montage of the biggest news stories of recent years, including 9/11.
Al-Jazeera in Arabic [...]

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I interviewed Nick Griffin right after we came back from the pub, where we celebrated the his and Mark’s victory in court. The interview is quite short as Nick, his wife Jacky and their kids couldn’t wait to drive back to their home in wales.

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The outcome of the trail against the leader of the BNP, Nick Griffin, and his assistant, Mark Collett; was a great and maybe somewhat unexpected victory for free speech. The fact that the jury reached a not guilty verdict on all charges, for Nick Griffin and for Mark Collett, so quickly and unanimously can be [...]

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New South Wales Police are investigating claims a number of rocket launchers are available on the black market in Australia.
The Assistant Commissioner for Counter Terrorism Nick Kaldas says authorities are aware of claims made by a Sunday newspaper that a Sydney criminal gang purchased rocket launchers in 2002.
The article alleges the weapons were brought [...]

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