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• Anger at David Cameron’s £100,000 trip to honour dead Saudi king

  24-10-2015 20:40
  
  Cost of visit to pay respects to King Abdullah sparks fury as it underlines links to kingdom amid human rights worriesEnvironmental and human rights groups have expressed outrage that the UK taxpayer spent more than £100,000 sending David Cameron to Saudi Arabia to pay his respects following the death of its king in January.The huge sum, which dwarfs the amount spent sending the prime minister on other trips overseas, is revealed in newinformation released by the Cabinet Office showing the
  
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• Mother of Iraq soldier killed by friendly fire loses legal aid backing

  24-10-2015 20:29
  
  Landmark case against MoD in jeopardy after unemployed Beverley Clarke took low-paid job – and funds were withdrawnAn unemployed mother who is bringing a landmark legal action against the Ministry of Defence over the death of her son, a soldier killed in Iraq in a friendly-fire incident, has said she is “devastated” after losing her legal aid when she took a low-paid job to comply with welfare regulations.Beverley Clarke’s barrister, John Hendy QC, said the decision showe
  
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• Law firm proud to sponsor Belfast Telegraph Property Awards - Belfast Telegraph

  24-10-2015 10:18
  Belfast Telegraph
  Law firm proud to sponsor Belfast Telegraph Property Awards
  Belfast Telegraph
  Internationally renowned legal practice A&L Goodbody is the proud sponsor of the Commercial Estate Agent of the Year category in the 2015 Belfast Telegraph Property Awards in association with propertnews.com. The company, which was this year named ...
  

• Lawyer for radicalised youth in UK says causes of problem are misdiagnosed - Sydney Morning Herald

  24-10-2015 01:18
  Sydney Morning Herald
  Lawyer for radicalised youth in UK says causes of problem are misdiagnosed
  Sydney Morning Herald
  London: What makes a young girl download plans for a bomb? What inspires a 14-year-old boy to plot a terrorist attack on his smartphone in his bedroom? We are looking in the wrong place for the answers, Nasir Hafezi says. We blame raving ideologues, ...
  

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