SIS TO GIVE FURTHER EVIDENCE AT INQUEST
The Coroner hearing the inquests into the deaths of Diana, Princess of Wales, and Dodi al-Fayed has today announced that further serving and former members of the Secret Intelligence Service (SIS) will give witness evidence during the week commencing 25 February 2008.
SMITH “DISAPPOINTED” OVER COMPROMISE ON DETENTION
Jacqui Smith says she is "disappointed" opposition parties are unwilling to compromise on extending the detention-without-trial limit beyond 28 days. The home secretary said the time had come to allow parliamentary debate on the issue by pushing ahead with the counter-terrorism bill. The Home Office’s proposals to extend the amount Continue Reading
FCO: LISBON TREATY
The European Parliament will debate and vote on the Lisbon Treaty on 20 February. Commenting on the European Parliament’s report on the Treaty, Minister for Europe Jim Murphy MP said: "I welcome the European Parliament’s important scrutiny of the Lisbon Treaty. Their report supports the British Government’s position that the Continue Reading
MOD: UK ARMED FORCES FIGURES RELEASED
The Ministry of Defence’s today published the latest Armed Forces manning figures that show that the UK Armed Forces are currently at 96.9 per cent of their full time trained strength requirement. Source: http://www.gnn.gov.uk/content/Detail.asp?ReleaseID=354308&NewsAreaID=2
MILLIBAND URGED TO ASK CHINESE GOVERNMENT FOR PEACEFUL PROTEST
As UK Foreign Secretary David Miliband heads to China this week, Amnesty International has urged him to insist that peaceful protests during the Beijing Olympics are not met with state violence.
AI NEWS: AMNESTY ASKS BERBIA TO CODEMN ATTACKS
Amnesty International is calling on the Serbian authorities and specifically Prime Minister Vojislav Koštunica and President Boris Tadic to urgently condemn attacks on human rights activists and on ethnic minorities in the country.
