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'Broker peace with Taleban or risk civil war in Afghanistan' - UK - Scotsman.com

'Broker peace with Taleban or risk civil war in Afghanistan' - UK - Scotsman.com

The Scotsman — COALITION forces' lack of progress in reducing violence in Afghanistan "does not auger well" for the future and could lead to civil war, a committee of MPs warn today. The start of an Afghan-led peace settlement with the Taleban is vital to ensure the war-torn country is stable and secure after the withdrawal of British troops next year, the Commons defence select committee said. However, the failure to engage in a peace process with the insurgency could cause civil war in the country, which has seen fighting for more than a decade, the MPs added.
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Cyprus pensions: UK ministers freeze expat pensions - UK - Scotsman.com

Cyprus pensions: UK ministers freeze expat pensions - UK - Scotsman.com

The Scotsman — Several thousand British ex-pats with Cypriot bank accounts have had their pension payments frozen to ensure they receive them ahead of a proposed bank deposit tax, Treasury minister Greg Clark said yesterday.
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British hostage killed in Nigeria Brendan Vaughan was to be a grandfather

British hostage killed in Nigeria Brendan Vaughan was to be a grandfather

Independent — The British construction worker apparently killed by terrorists in Nigeria was denied the chance to meet his first grandchild, his family said. Brendan Vaughan, 55, was due to become a grandfather with the birth in the family of a baby girl in May but the "loveable rogue" never had the chance. The British national is believed to have been murdered - with six other foreigners - at the hands of captors on Sunday. Foreign Secretary William Hague condemned the likely killing as "cold-blooded murder" and said he would work with the Nigerian government to bring those behind the attack to account.
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I said he looked like a monkey but it wasn't racist, Pc tells court

I said he looked like a monkey but it wasn't racist, Pc tells court

Independent — A police officer admitted saying a black man looked like a monkey but said it had nothing to do with his race and that he was pointing him out during a discussion about evolution, a court heard today. Pc Kevin Hughes, 36, is also accused of saying black people were "more closely related to Neanderthals" but said he did not know what the word meant. The officer, who allegedly said black people had not evolved and "lived in mud huts in Africa", told the court it was "upsetting" that anyone would think he was racist.
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UK criticised over child asylum

UK criticised over child asylum

Independent — Children seeking asylum in the UK alone are confronted with a "culture of disbelief and suspicion" which leaves them frightened and confused, a report claimed today. The needs of children fleeing war, violence and human rights abuses are not being sufficiently met by the authorities, according the Children's Society report. The UK Border Agency (UKBA) is failing to make sure that children understand their situation in the asylum process, the report said. The children's charity said the absence of child-friendly information, a wide-spread culture of disbelief and disputes over young people's age are causing confusion and a sense of insecurity.
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Machete man attacks church group in St Paul's Cray

Machete man attacks church group in St Paul's Cray

Independent — A woman told of her terror after a masked man armed with a machete broke into a church hall and attacked one of her singing group. Ginny Warner was singing in her local ladies' barbershop group last night when the man broke in and began randomly attacking a pensioner at St Paul's Cray, near Orpington, Kent. The man had a mask on and either a Mohican haircut or wig and was shouting and swearing as he broke in, moments after smashing up the vicar's car at St Barnabas Church. It took two passing strangers to bring the horrifying attack to a halt.
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Clacton murder suspect Peter Reeve was seen shooting himself

Clacton murder suspect Peter Reeve was seen shooting himself

Independent — The man believed to have murdered an off-duty policeman this week was seen shooting himself in a churchyard the following day, officials confirmed. A huge police manhunt for Peter Reeve was launched after Pc Ian Dibell was shot dead in the seaside town of Clacton, Essex on Monday afternoon. The next day, Reeve, 64, was seen shooting himself in a churchyard in Writtle, near Chelmsford, about 40 miles away from the murder scene, Essex Coroner's Office confirmed. At an inquest at Chelmsford Coroner's Court, coroner Caroline Beasley-Murray said: "On July 10 2012 he (Reeve) was seen alive in the churchyard in Writtle with a gun and was seen to shoot himself."
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Disgraced former Pakistan cricket captain Salman Butt released early from jail

Disgraced former Pakistan cricket captain Salman Butt released early from jail

Independent — Disgraced former Pakistan cricket captain Salman Butt has been released from prison early, his lawyers confirmed today. The ex-Test captain was jailed for 30 months at Southwark Crown Court in November for match-fixing. But he was released last night, his lawyers, 25 Bedford Row, said. The 27-year-old was the orchestrator of a plot to bowl deliberate no-balls in the Lord's Test against England last summer. His teammates Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Amir were also jailed for bowling the fraudulent no-balls, but have since been released. Mazhar Majeed, 36, the corrupt London-based sports agent at the heart of the fixing scandal, was jailed for two years and eight months.
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Nurses heckle Andrew Lansley during conference

Nurses heckle Andrew Lansley during conference

Independent — Nurses heckled and laughed at Health Secretary Andrew Lansley today after he claimed clinical staffing levels in the NHS had increased. Mr Lansley was speaking in the wake of a Royal College of Nursing (RCN) study that warned more than 60,000 frontline jobs in the NHS, including those of nurses, were at risk because of spending cuts, with almost half already gone. He was laughed at by members of the audience at the RCN annual conference in Harrogate after saying nurses should tell superiors if staffing levels were not safe. And some in the crowd shouted "liar" after the Health Secretary claimed clinical staffing levels had increased on his watch.
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Torture case report is 'insufficient' says Michael Gove

Torture case report is 'insufficient' says Michael Gove

Independent — Education Secretary Michael Gove today said a report into the torture of two young boys was "insufficient" and showed the current system of serious case reviews is "failing". The Department for Education today published a redacted version of the full serious case review into the brutal attack on an 11-year-old and a nine-year-old by two brothers, aged 10 and 11, in Edlington, South Yorkshire, in 2009. The executive summary of the report was published by Doncaster Council in January 2010 and prompted a political row over whether to publish the full version.
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Ed Miliband calls for emergency budget

Ed Miliband calls for emergency budget

Independent — Ed Miliband today called for the Government to hold an "emergency budget" to help tackle the "economic emergency". The Labour leader said the coalition needed to show a "greater sense of urgency" to "get our economy moving". Mr Miliband was speaking alongside shadow chancellor Ed Balls on a visit to the Futures Community College in Southend, Essex. "We want to guarantee a sound economic future for the young people here," he said. "That's why we're saying to the Government we're worried about the economic situation and they should change course. "That's why we're saying they should have an emergency budget to get our economy moving.
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