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...this sounds like an attempt to set the record straight, that's exactly what it is. Campbell can't stop himself from asserting an official line, just as he was employed to do from the moment he gave up his job as a journalist to join Blair's team in opposition in 1994 until his resignation four years ago. Edited down from over 2 million words to 350,000 and with passages excised that Campbell feared could breach the Official Secrets Act or undermine Gordon Brown's government (Campbell admits to pruning accounts of the TB-GBs, as the bitter...
...Chen has proposed a referendum to be held alongside Taiwan's presidential election in March. It would ask the people whether Taiwan should apply to join the United Nations under the name "Taiwan." After Beijing took over Taiwan's U.N. seat in 1971, the island has failed in its attempt to re-enter the body under its formal national title of "Republic of China." Chen says he doesn't want to compete with China for representation, but to find a global voice for Taiwan's 23 million people. Any application to the U.N. by Taiwan would have no chance...
...bill, known as H.B. 3249, is the latest attempt by proponents of greater transparency to amend the state’s public-records laws. Last year, a similar bill was passed by state senators but failed when it was brought before the House...
...report makes it seem that they considered all of our materials," Bakker said. "But they never made any attempt to reach out and talk...
...Bruguiere's lasting legacy will doubtless be his recognition of the jihadist terror threat in the early 1990s, and his frequently controversial methods of battling it. After France became the first European nation targeted by jihadist attacks - a thwarted 1994 attempt to crash a fuel-filled airliner into central Paris; and a series of bombings in 1995-96, all orchestrated by Algeria's Armed Islamic Group - Bruguiere led French security services in identifying the nature, structure, and methods of jihadist terror networks, then moving to uproot and destroy them. "It was a very unique situation, because we were having...