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“Padraig Barton, who was an 18-year-old student”
“The president has made three visits to the oil-hit coast since the disaster started in late April.”
“President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has warned Iran will not agree to talks on its nuclear programme if a fourth round of UN sanctions are imposed.”
“There have been three rounds of UN sanctions against Iran, blocking trade of "sensitive nuclear material", freezing the financial assets of those involved in Iran's nuclear activities, banning all of Iran's arms exports and encouraging scr…”
“Western diplomats expect 12 countries, including all five veto-holding permanent council members, to vote for the measure.”
“South Wales Central assembly member Leanne Wood paid tribute to Cable at the Senedd in Cardiff Bay on Tuesday.”
“The Government is wasting millions of pounds of taxpayers' money by forging ahead with unnecessary and unpopular GM crops trials, which threaten local farmers with contamination.”
“The NI Executive needs more detail from the government before considering what budget cuts must be made, First Minister Peter Robinson has said.”
“It was the first time that Mr Cameron had held a joint meeting with ministers from the three devolved administrations.”
“The meeting came a day after the prime minister warned of enormous implications if cuts in public spending do not start immediately.”
“The Executive has yet to decide whether it will enforce the cuts immediately or whether they will be deferred.”
“"David Cameron will do such things; what they are he knows not, but they shall be the terrors of the earth,"”
“Mr Cameron is "exaggerating" the deficit crisis so people will be "terrified into accepting savage cuts"”
“average 5% cut in pay”
“75-80% of public sector workers had joined the day-long strike”
“16%”
“5% cut in public sector pay”
“Salaries will be frozen in 2011”
“Spanish public sector workers have held a day-long strike in protest against an average 5% cut in pay that comes into effect this month.”
“Spanish unions said 75-80% of public sector workers had joined the day-long strike.”
“The labour ministry, however, put the figure at 16%.”
“In May, Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero announced a 5% cut in public sector pay, starting this month.”
“£4m, three-year contract to build what the Border Agency calls a reintegration centre, put out to tender in March”
“assist 12 boys a month, aged 16 and 17, and 120 adults”
“about 4,200 unaccompanied child asylum seekers in Britain supported by local authorities”
“Of the 405 children claiming asylum in the first three months of 2010, 175 were Afghans”
“The UN Human Rights Special Envoy for Cambodia is making his third visit to the country.”
“The visit comes a week after the Supreme Court found a prominent opposition figure guilty of defaming Prime Minister Hun Sen.”
“Of trials held in absentia, it says, nine out of ten trials in absentia last for less than 30 minutes, and many call no witnesses.”
“Dorset County Council was deemed to have applied the wrong Act of Parliament when it added the land to the register of town greens in 2000.”
“Epping Forest has been protected from development for the past 128 years”
“the present law, which was passed in 1878”
“In 1882, Queen Victoria declared the forest should be for 'the use and enjoyment of my people for all time'”
“He told 1,200 delegates”
“Dr Norman Hamilton was installed as Presbyterian Moderator in Belfast on Monday”
“Helen Thomas, 89”
“Born in 1920”
“worked for United Press International (UPI) for 57 years”
“covered 10 presidents”
“retired under a cloud on Monday”
“They were drawn from nine candidates who took part in the first-ever elections for the posts.”
“After a series of five votes by MPs, in which other candidates were eliminated in stages, Mr Hoyle emerged with 161 backers, with Mr Evans on 133 and Ms Primarolo on 128.”
“But Mr Evans was the first to gain the 129 votes deemed necessary under the new system.”
“Two of the positions were allocated to the opposition and one to a member of the governing coalition.”
“In order to stand for election, MPs had to be sponsored by at least six other MPs.”
“No Liberal Democrats were nominated.”
“the plan was approved by the Commons Procedure Committee in March.”
“They will be elected for the duration of the Parliament”
“They were drawn from nine candidates who took part in the first‑ever elections for the posts.”
“Mr Hoyle has represented Chorley, Lancashire, since 1997, while Ms Primarolo, a former minister, has been MP for Bristol South since 1987.”
“Mr Evans has represented Ribble Valley, Lancashire, since 1992.”
“Plaid Cymru MEP Jill Evans has been elected unopposed as president of the party.”
“Jill Evans will take on her new role as Plaid Cymru president in September”
“She will take over from Dafydd Iwan, who stands down in September”
“Before moving into European politics 11 years ago, she was a county councillor for seven years in Rhondda Cynon Taf”
“She has served as Plaid's vice president since 2004.”
“Before moving into European politics 11 years ago”
“She will take over in her new role at Plaid's annual conference at Aberystwyth in September.”
“"The party has made massive strides over the last few years," she said.”
“The party is reaching ever higher standards of professionalism”
“The proposal, part of the coalition's plans to introduce a fixed-term Parliament, has been criticised by Labour and some Conservative MPs.”
“But he added: "We are already conducting detailed work on the steps that are necessary to remove any theoretical possibility of a limbo in which a government that could not command the confidence of the House refused to dissolve Parliament…”
“In his speech, Mr Clegg confirmed a committee set up to look at proposals to reform the House of Lords would meet for the first time next week.”
“It would mean that even if the government lost a motion of confidence in Parliament, it would not automatically result in a general election unless 55% of MPs backed a move to force an early dissolution of Parliament in a subsequent vote.”
“the traditional motion of no confidence - which requires a vote of 50% plus one to be carried - would "remain in place, intact".”
“Mr Clegg confirmed a committee set up to look at proposals to reform the House of Lords would meet for the first time next week.”
“about 100 people”
“It had asked Welsh Secretary Cheryl Gillan to hold the ballot in the autumn. But she said too little work was done by the previous Labour government to hold it then.”
“Mr Clegg was responding to a question from the Wrexham Labour MP, Ian Lucas in the House of Commons.”
“Yes, the government does support a yes vote in that referendum.”
“As for the timing of the referendum the Welsh secretary of state and the first minister are meeting today with a view to identifying a date most likely in the first few months of next year to hold that referendum.”
“Plaid's Jonathan Edwards MP said it was an 'embarrassing slapdown for Nick Clegg'.”
“Mr Cameron's announcement in last month's Queen's Speech that the referendum should be held in 2011, rather than this year, was greeted with disappointment by the assembly government.”
“Eight in 10 people surveyed criticise the way BP has handled the spill”
“Nearly seven in 10 gave the government's response to the spill a negative rating”
“the Deepwater Horizon rig exploded and sank on 20 April, killing 11 workers.”
“nearly three out of four Americans say that the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico is a major disaster”
“On Monday, the council invited 60,000 households in the area to take part in the scheme.”
“the success of the 6,000 household pilot scheme last year had seen a 74% take-up rate with more than six million points amassed so far.”
“The UK must reduce the amount of waste sent to landfill by nearly two-thirds by 2020 to meet EU targets.”
“An emergency budget detailing the cuts is being held in two weeks.”
“Mayor Boris Johnson has set a target for manufacturers to ensure all London taxis are emission-free by 2020.”
“The Democracy Village was set up on 1 May”
“Since 1 May tents and banners have transformed the green in Westminster”
“Anti‑war protesters, climate change activists, communists and anarchists have been living in the camp, dubbed Democracy Village, since 1 May”
“who has camped at the site since 2001”
“The case was adjourned and is now expected to return to the court on Friday”
“It's a temporary post for a maximum of six months and the person is tasked with making a whole raft of savings.”
“Six Labour MPs have said they want to run for the leadership”
“Three Labour leadership contenders have 48 hours to get enough support from MPs to be able to stand in the contest.”
“Former Health Secretary Andy Burnham has 23 nominations”
“backbench MPs John McDonnell and Diane Abbott have ten and 8 nominations respectively”
“With two days left before nominations close, more than 70 Labour MPs have yet to declare their support for any of the candidates.”
“Five of the contenders took part in a hustings at the GMB annual congress on Monday”
“David Miliband, who currently has 63 nominations”
“Ed Miliband, who has 49 nominations”
“The result will be announced on the first day of the party conference in September.”
“"I said, look, I was on the GLC that Mrs Thatcher abolished. I worked for the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) and we had the NUM strike. I think I'd assassinate Thatcher."”
“"It is a disgrace that New Labour privatised more jobs than Thatcher and Major put together,"”
“Andy Burnham, John McDonnell and Diane Abbott are currently short of the 33 nominations needed to get onto the ballot paper for the election.”
