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Foreign Affairs Correspondent, Channel 4 News. All views nothing to do with me at all. Author, Ataturk's Children.
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My tv report from world's 2nd biggest clothing exporter, Bangladesh. Warning: contains children: blogs.channel4.com/jonathan-rugma…
After the Bangladesh apocalype, will it be business as usual?
blogs.channel4.com — After the Bangladesh apocalype, will it be business as usual? In a suburb of Dhaka we stood on the edge of an awful monument to man's greed and his folly: the site of five clothing factories, piled one on top of the other. Now it's a vast burial ground of rubble and twisted metal.
One motive for Obama on drones: making nice to Nawaz Sharif before US troop withdrawal from Afghanistan...via Pakistan.
Richard Beeston's obituary in the newspaper he served with such distinction: thetimes.co.uk/tto/public/art…
The Times obituary: Richard Beeston
thetimes.co.uk — Indefatigable foreign correspondent for The Times who vividly documented the unfolding terror in Lebanon, Iraq and Chechnya Richard Beeston was one of the finest and most courageous foreign correspondents of his generation.
RT @AFSmithFT: The full-length version of our #FT investigation in to Qatar's role in Syria. NB this is not a hacked feed. http://t.co/M1N…
How Qatar seized control of the Syrian revolution
ft.com — A short drive from the rising skyscrapers of Doha's West Bay, emblems of the once-sleepy Qatari capital's frenetic growth, the three-starred flag of the Syrian revolution can be seen fluttering over a modern villa guarded by police cars. The villa is the new Syrian Arab Republic embassy in Qatar, representing not the regime of Bashar al-Assad, but opponents fighting for his removal.
So sad to hear of the death of Richard Beeston. A total pro. A gent. An inspiration to many. A lovely man.
Rumours of Nigel Farage 2014 Eurovision entry, "Making Your Mind Up", intended as Bucks Fizz homage, BBC Scotland demanding tv opt-out.
How can Nigel Farage's trip to Scotland be said to have "backfired", if he picks up more votes...in England?
Turkish PM says he will probably visit Gaza in June to "contribute to peace process"
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