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28 Nov 2009 22:06:07 GMT
Prince praises policeman killed in Cumbria bridge collapse: Neighbours and bikers join family at funeral Plea for tourists to keep visiting Lake District
Hundreds of neighbours turned out yesterday for the funeral of a police specialist in comforting bereaved families who died turning traffic away from a bridge when it collapsed in Cumbria's floods.

28 Nov 2009 22:06:07 GMT
Brown unveils fund to tackle 'climate emergency': Poorer countries to receive fast-tracked support Prime minister pledges pounds 800m from Britain
Gordon Brown has unveiled a $22bn (pounds 13.3bn) global fund to respond to the world's "climate emergency" by fast-tracking funds to poorer countries from next year.

28 Nov 2009 22:06:07 GMT
Legal, but perhaps not legitimate: verdict of former ambassador to UN on Iraq invasion: British ex-envoy says he threatened to resign Not enough backing for war, Chilcot inquiry told
Sir Jeremy Greenstock, Britain's ambassador to the United Nations at the time of the Iraq war, said yesterday that the lack of widespread international support for the invasion meant its legitimacy was in doubt.

28 Nov 2009 22:06:07 GMT
War plans and patchy intelligence: Highlights from first week
At times the proceedings of the Iraq inquiry have sounded like former colleagues having a chat about the old days - which, with a former ambassador questioning diplomats still serving in the Foreign Office, is exactly what has been going on ...

28 Nov 2009 22:06:04 GMT
On This Day: Rawalpindi sunk by the Deutschland: 28 November 1939
The British armed merchant cruiser Rawalpindi, the Admiralty announced last night, was sunk in action with the German "pocket battleship" Deutschland and another German warship south-east of Iceland. It was the first naval action of the ...

28 Nov 2009 22:06:04 GMT
Berlusconi back to see the last tents in L'Aquila go
When Silvio Berlusconi returns to L'Aquila today for the removal of the last of the tents put up to house the victims of the earthquake that struck the city on 6 April, he can expect a hero's welcome.

28 Nov 2009 22:06:04 GMT
Leading Article: Iraq inquiry: Dancing to American drums
Tony Blair has yet to testify before Sir John Chilcot's inquiry into the Iraq war, but he must already be squirming after the first week's evidence. Contrary to expectations, the mandarins have not pulled their oh-so-elegant punches. Freed ...

28 Nov 2009 22:06:03 GMT
German minister quits over scandal about civilian air raid deaths in Afghanistan: Ex-defence chief takes blame for ministry 'lies' Third resignation puts German mission in doubt
The future of Germany's mission in Afghanistan was thrown into doubt yesterday after a government minister resigned under growing pressure to admit his involvement in a campaign of misinformation over an air raid in which civilians were ...

28 Nov 2009 22:06:03 GMT
Troops deployed in Honduras as election goes ahead under state of emergency: Government sets seal on overthrow of president Manuel Zelaya supporters arrested and beaten
Thousands of soldiers have been deployed across Honduras to oversee a controversial election tomorrow which will cement the overthrow of President Manuel Zelaya.

28 Nov 2009 22:06:03 GMT
Iran and Yemen in tit for tat battle for street cred
Iran is embroiled in a game of tit for tat with Yemen after Tehran thoroughfares were renamed in honour of anti-government rebels in the Arabian peninsular country.

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