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Pilger: Today, the Foreign Office lectures us on human rights Print E-mail
UK Government
Monday, 01 December 2008
Today, a surreal event will take place in London. The Foreign Office is holding an open day "to highlight the importance of human rights in our work as part of the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights". There will be various "stalls" and "panel discussions", and foreign secretary David Miliband will present a human rights prize. Is this a spoof? No. The Foreign Office wants to raise our "human rights awareness". Kafka and Heller have many counterfeits.
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UK 'should shift security agenda' Print E-mail
UK Government
Friday, 28 November 2008
The UK should seize on Barack Obama's victory to reshape its national security policy, a think tank says.
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Pulling the Woolas over our eyes? Print E-mail
UK Government
Tuesday, 25 November 2008
What exactly do the immigration minister's recent statements quoted in the press reveal?
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Doubts raised over prospects of success for hasty G20 summit Print E-mail
UK Government
Sunday, 16 November 2008
• Western leaders seek to help emerging economies
• Global crisis brings biggest meeting in decades
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Islamic centre backs crisis group Print E-mail
UK Government
Thursday, 06 November 2008
Reading Islamic Centre has said it did not back a statement issued by the Reading Council for Racial Equality (RCRE) regarding a Government initiative to prevent extremism.
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Total spending ban on men accused of funding al-Qaida Print E-mail
UK Government
Thursday, 06 November 2008
• Pair caught in legal trap they cannot challenge
• Funds frozen under power never discussed by MPs
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£86million scheme to prevent Muslim radicalisation is 'gravy train' for local groups Print E-mail
UK Government
Sunday, 26 October 2008
An £86 million scheme designed to prevent the radicalisation of young British Muslims is being used as a "gravy train" by some community groups, it has been claimed.
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Violent crime 'not recorded' by police Print E-mail
UK Government
Thursday, 23 October 2008
Figures for the most serious of violent crimes are up 22 per cent as some police forces have been failing to properly record cases over the past ten years.
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It's Muslim men we must modernise Print E-mail
UK Government
Sunday, 19 October 2008
Amina Wadud's decision to lead mixed-gender prayers in Oxford today challenges tradition, not the tenets of religion.
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A woman leading Muslim prayers? Print E-mail
UK Government
Tuesday, 14 October 2008
British Muslim history will be made in an Oxford hall next Friday. For the first time in Britain, a woman Muslim scholar will publicly lead men and women in prayers, and deliver the khutba, or sermon.
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