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The dismal Liz Truss is a wash out, and the EU's latest fishing fiasco
How perfectly symbolic was that picture of our Environment Secretary, Liz Truss, standing next to the remains of a 200-year-old bridge whose collapse into the River Wharfe has condemned the residents of Tadcaster to a 12-mile detour to get from one …
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US Tries To Reassure Japan After Wikileaks Reveal Spying On Japanese …
Abe had expressed deep concern about the documents WikiLeaks published last week, and vowed to bring up the issue with the U.S. The response appeared to come in the phone call with Biden, who has an established relationship with Abe after years of in …
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Ai Weiwei and Julian Assange Hung Out in London and Grabbed This Epic Selfie
Ai Weiwei, the Chinese artist who has been called his country's most dangerous man, is in London, where he's apparently been hanging out with WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. In a picture Ai posted to his Instagram account on Wednesday night, the two …
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What do we actually know about the Gitmo detainees?
On Wednesday the Department of Defense announced 10 additional detainees would be released from the Guantanamo Bay prison camp, lowering the population of detainees to 93. All of the 10 people released Wednesday were from Yemen, a country …
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