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• The Guardian view on the Sun journalists’ acquittal: the right verdict | Editorial

  22-03-2015 19:57
  
  The readiness of juries to defend public interest journalism is good news. But the press should be more transparent about payments to sources for storiesThe case of the Sun journalists charged with paying public officials for information has been a troubling one in many respects. It is, we think, good that they were acquitted last week, but the prosecution leaves many difficult questions both for the police and prosecutors and for News Corp.First the good news. Jurors are reluctant to convict jo
  
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• The Guardian view on Burma’s president: wanting it both ways | Editorial

  22-03-2015 19:46
  
  Thein Sein is moving in the right direction, but democracy will not be achieved while he maintains military privilege and leaves the constitution unreformedPresident Thein Sein’s affirmation that the armed forces in Burma should ultimately come under civilian control is to be welcomed, although it would be hard to claim to be in favour of a transition to democracy, as he does, without admitting such a principle. But almost everything else in his interview last week with a BBC correspondent is
  
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• Supreme court prepares to hear Texas Confederate flag license plate battle

  22-03-2015 16:17
  
  Sons of Confederate Veterans cite free speech in call for state to allow image, but others say symbol of slavery has no place on license plates The US supreme court on Monday will take up a free speech case on whether Texas was wrong in rejecting a specialty vehicle license plate displaying the Confederate flag – to some an emblem of Southern pride and to others a symbol of racism. The nine justices will hear a one-hour oral argument in a case that raises the issue of how states can allow or r
  
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• Narayana Murthy's son-in-law leads Indian-origin MP list in UK - gulfnews.com

  22-03-2015 15:30
  Narayana Murthy's son-in-law leads Indian-origin MP list in UK
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  London: Infosys co-founder Narayana Murthy's son-in-law is leading the list of ethnic minority MPs expected to win seats for the Conservative party in the May 7 General Election in the UK. The UK-based Rishi Sunak will contest from former foreign ...en meer »
  
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• Sex worker launches legal challenge against NI prostitution ban

  22-03-2015 13:25
  
  Laura Lee says new legislation that criminalises the payment of sex among consenting adults is a breach of European human rights law A sex worker is using European human rights legislation to try to overturn a new law in Northern Ireland that makes it illegal to pay for prostitutes.Dublin-born law graduate Laura Lee is launching an unprecedented legal challenge that could go all the way to Strasbourg, against a human trafficking bill which includes banning the payment for sex among consenting ad
  
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• Narayana Murthy's son-in-law leads Indian-origin MP list in UK - Oneindia

  22-03-2015 12:39
  
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  Narayana Murthy's son-in-law leads Indian-origin MP list in UK
  Oneindia
  London, Mar 22: Infosys co-founder Narayana Murthy's son-in-law is leading the list of ethnic minority MPs expected to win seats for the Conservative party in the May 7 General Election in the UK. The UK-based Rishi Sunak will contest from former ...
  
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