Douglas Alexander

                   

Kenyan PM leaves for Britain to press for post-election investment

yahoo.com     Jul 22, 2008   22 related          

NAIROBI (AFP) - Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga on Monday flew to Britain for a three-day official visit to seek investment for his country, struggling to recover from the impact of post-election violence. Odinga, leading a...                    

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Alistair Darling begins the great island getaway

timesonline.co.uk     Jul 19, 2008          

Thrift is the theme for MPs' holidays Steven Swinford and Roger Waite Alistair Darling, the chancellor, is to seek shelter from Britain’s economic storm by going on holiday to one of Scotland’s most remote islands. The start of...                    

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Promotion of clients and stooges will get us nowhere

almendron.com     Jul 18, 2008   4 related          

By Seumas Milne (THE GUARDIAN, 17/07/08): The political knives are out for Shahid Malik, Britain’s first Muslim minister. For years poor Malik has bent over backwards to toe the New Labour line and be the epitome of an...                    

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It is not Shahid Malik's willingness to meet the Moonies that should worry us most

spectator.co.uk     Jul 15, 2008          

Paul Waugh’s scoop about Shahid Malik agreeing to chair a meeting held at the Commons by the Moonies suggests that Malik—or his staff—should do a bit of research before agreeing to things. But far more worrying is what Dean...                    

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Ringwood School students excel at Question Time

thisiswiltshire.co.uk     Jul 15, 2008          

TWO students from Ringwood School took over the reins of BBC1's Question Time on Thursday. Luke Nurdin, 19 and Jonathon Beal, 18, who have just finished their A-levels, were part of a team of eight students who produced a...                    

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Islamofacists Learning How to "Look Respectable"

yidwithlid.blogspot.com     Jul 14, 2008   9 related          

Its an important part of the Political Game, Pat Buchanan is a master at it, a political extremist and racist but acting respectable. It is something that the Political Islamists are learning how to do. For example Islam Expo,...                    

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How an agency went from rags to riches

scotsman.com     Jul 15, 2008   1 related          

Published Date: 15 July 2008 AT FIRST glance, it appears the classic case of the family silver being sold off too cheaply. Now the company, Actis, is said to be worth up to £600 million, with the former civil servants who led...                    

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Labour warned not to rely on Catholic support in Glasgow by-election after abortion vote

telegraph.co.uk     Jul 13, 2008   14 related          

By Auslan Cramb, Scottish Correspondent Labour was warned by the Roman Catholic Church that it could no longer rely on Catholic support in a make-or-break by-election for Gordon Brown because of the abortion vote. The church is...                    

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Nightingale Primary School: bright as buttons

libdemblogs.co.uk     Jul 12, 2008          

Lynne Featherstone taking questions from children at Nightingale Primary School} After Woodside House, dashed to Nightingale Primary School where the children had written to me about the terrible situation for water in...                    

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Mizzima News: Additional £17.5 million by DFID to help Burmese cyclone survivors - Solomon

burmanet.org     Jul 11, 2008   36 related          

United Kingdom ’s Department for International Development (DFID) on Wednesday announced that it will provide an additional £17.5 million to help cyclone victims, adding to a total of £ 45 million in aid since Cyclone Nargis...                    

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