‘An analysis discovered cannabis residue in 400-year-old clay pipes from William Shakespeare’s garden, the Independent reported. The analysis was made using forensic technology from South Africa, and found cannabis residue in four pipes. Pipe bowls and stems from Shakespeare’s garden were on loan from the Shakespeare Birthplace and Trust for the study. The analysis was […]

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‘The Israeli-American firm Verint Systems looks set to win another mass public surveillance contract in South Asia, this time in Bangladesh. The Dhaka-based newspaper The Daily Star reported last week that Verint is one of several firms set to share a Ministry of Home Affairs contract for the mass wiretapping of Bangladeshi phone and Internet […]

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‘The movement for autonomy in West Ukraine has barely been reported by the Western media. Below is a report translated from Russian, which suggests that the movement for regional autonomy is by no means limited to Donbass. The Galicia protest is firmly opposed to the Kiev regime and its Neo-Nazi collaborators. What is unfolding is […]

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‘The number of parents taken to court in England because of children skipping school rose sharply last year, official figures show. In 2014 16,430 people were prosecuted for failing to ensure their children went to school, an increase of more than 3,000 – or 25% – on 2013. Ministry of Justice figures, obtained by the […]

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‘Island states often host regimes short on nerve and, if they be wealthy, compassion. Britain’s Calais problem is part manufacture, and part evasion. If UK Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond’s comments are anything to go by, the sceptred isle continues veering between land of refuge and hope, and gnawing fear about such things as living standards […]

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‘US military staff, stationed at a secret location in the Middle East, were “outraged” after a Turkish liaison officer stepped in and announced a massive airstrike would be launched in Iraq in 10 minutes and that “allied jets” needed to head south right away, says an American military source. “We could not risk having US […]

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‘Ukraine’s military has threatened to use its “entire arsenal” against pro-Russia forces in the restive east, despite a February peace plan forbidding the use of heavy weapons. “We will use our entire arsenal and all the means at our disposal to beat back the enemy’s assault,” Ukrainian military spokesman Vladyslav Seleznyov told AFP on Tuesday. […]

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‘The prime minister of Libya’s internationally recognized government has announced his resignation on live television. “The Libyan PM Abdullah al-Thani announced… his resignation” during a live talk show on a Libyan TV channel, the official Libyan news agency LANA reported early on Wednesday. The agency added that Thani “will officially submit his resignation to the […]

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‘Turkish warplanes have bombarded the positions of Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) militants in the southwestern part of the country as President Recep Tayyip Erdogan pledges to press on with a campaign against the group. According to Turkey’s military, the Turkish fighter jets on Tuesday bombarded the positions of the PKK in southeastern Sirnak Province. “Two […]

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‘Al-Nusra Front has withdrawn from frontline positions against Islamic State on the Turkish border, citing disapproval of a Turkish-US plan which only serves “Turkey’s national security” rather than the fight against Syrian President Bashar Assad. A statement by the Al-Qaeda-linked group, dated Sunday, expressed discontent at a US-Turkey plan to drive Islamic State (IS, formerly […]

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‘The Al Arabiya network cited sources as saying that the state emergency took effect shortly after midnight as the group had braced for an offensive by pro-government forces. Senior Yemeni military commander Abdullah Subaihi said last week he expected government forces to retake Sanaa within two weeks. On Saturday, fighters loyal to President-in-exile Abd Rabbuh […]

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‘Britain is sleepwalking into a “one-party state” as Labour’s collapse combined with Conservative policies on the unions, boundary reform and BBC independence threaten the country’s claim to be a functioning democracy, a former minister has warned. In his first comments on the political landscape since his Liberal Democrat party was “reduced to a pile of […]

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‘Jeremy Corbyn will win the Labour leadership contest in a first-round landslide victory with 53 per cent, according to a new poll from YouGov. Corbyn has been polling way ahead of his competition for weeks, but this result gives him the largest lead so far, putting him 32 points ahead of Andy Burnham, who came […]

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‘Thousands of young British people may lose the right to claim tax credits and housing benefits for four years. By restricting benefits for British workers under the age of 22 it could allow the Government to introduce a similar restriction for migrant workers without the need for a European Union treaty change. The Government has […]

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