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Britain Opens Direct Talks with Syrian Opposition

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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">Finding
a solution to Syria’s civil war should be a priority for Britain and the United
States, following the U.S. president's re-election, says British Prime Minister
David Cameron. <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Britain</st1:place></st1:country-region>
says it will open talks with armed Syrian rebels.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">Cameron
was in <st1:country-region w:st="on">Jordan</st1:country-region> visiting
Syrian refugees at Zaatari camp, which houses about 30,000 people who fled
war-torn <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Syria</st1:place></st1:country-region>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">He
congratulated U.S. President Barack Obama on his re-election and said one of
the first things he hopes to speak with Obama about is how their countries must
do more to solve <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Syria</st1:place></st1:country-region>’s
crisis.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">"We
want Assad to go, we want to see a peaceful, political transition and a safe
country for the future. But right now, the international community has to
recognize, that what we have done is not enough," said Cameron.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">In
an interview Tuesday, Cameron said he would support giving safe passage to
President Bashar al-Assad. On Wednesday, he added he would like to see Assad
face full international justice.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">Durham University</span></st1:city><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS";"> <st1:country-region w:st="on">Syria</st1:country-region></span></st1:place><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS";"> expert Daniel Newman said Cameron’s visit
to the refugees is significant.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">“It
sends a very powerful message to the Syrian opposition that <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Britain</st1:place></st1:country-region> is very
much engaged with the situation and is taking a very active role,” said Newman.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">Meanwhile,
British Foreign Secretary William Hague said he has directed British officials
have direct contact with military figures in the armed Syrian opposition. He
said the rebels would not be armed and any contact would take place outside <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Syria</st1:place></st1:country-region>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">Newman
said Hague’s statement is not a change in policy.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">“What
was there in the shadows, if you like, has moved out into the light of day,”
said Newman.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">He
noted that the comments from Hague and Cameron demonstrate <st1:country-region w:st="on">Britain</st1:country-region> is pushing for more engagement in an
effort to resolve <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Syria</st1:place></st1:country-region>’s
crisis. An estimated 36,000 people have died in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">Syria</st1:country-region></st1:place>’s conflict. ---VOA News<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Britain Opens Direct Talks with Syrian Opposition

By Selah Hennessy Finding a solution to Syria’s civil war should be a priority for Britain and the United States, following the U.S...

UK to Slash Us$448 Mil Aid to India by Half

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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">LONDON
 (NNN-Bernama) -- Britain will unveil
plans this week to slash its 280 million pounds (US$448.74 million) annual aid
to India by half amid criticism that its overseas assistance was not justified
at a time of cut backs at home, local media said Sunday.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">Justine
Greening, <st1:country-region w:st="on">Britain</st1:country-region>'s
International Development Secretary who is due to visit <st1:country-region w:st="on">India</st1:country-region> shortly, will outline how the payments
could be reduced amid claims that "<st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">India</st1:place></st1:country-region> is too rich to need
handouts".<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">Greening
may cut the subsidies by up to half; Press Trust of India (PTI) quoted local
news reports as saying.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">The
move comes amid mounting criticism that <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Britain</st1:place></st1:country-region>'s overseas aid programme --
set to reach more than 12 billion pounds (US$19.23 billion) by 2014 -- cannot
be justified at a time of spending cuts back home.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">However,
reports said Greening would merely divert money sent to <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">India</st1:place></st1:country-region> to poorer
countries, not cut the overall aid budget.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<st1:country-region w:st="on"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">India</span></st1:country-region><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS";"> has its own space programme and its leaders
claim it does not need cash aid from the <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">UK</st1:place></st1:country-region>. It recently earmarked 52
million pounds (US$83.34 million) to send a probe to Mars.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">Local
media also revealed how the <st1:country-region w:st="on">UK</st1:country-region>
spent tens of millions of pounds on an army of consultants to tell <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">India</st1:place></st1:country-region> how to
spend its cash aid <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">The
Department for International Development has defended the subsidies, saying <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">India</st1:place></st1:country-region> is
"still home to a third of the world's poor who survive on less than 80
pence a day".<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">Greening
said last month she was in talks with <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">India</st1:place></st1:country-region> over turning off the aid tap.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">She
said last month: "We should recognise that as countries get richer, we
need to be responsible about how we transition in our relationship with them
from aid to trade.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">"Those
are the discussions that I am having with the Indian government at the
moment." -- NNN-BERNAMA<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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UK to Slash Us$448 Mil Aid to India by Half

LONDON (NNN-Bernama) -- Britain will unveil plans this week to slash its 280 million pounds (US$448.74 million) annual aid to Indi...

INDIA: Britain Ends Boycott of Chief Minister Modi, Envoy Meets CM

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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">GANDHINAGAR
(PTI) --- Ending a ten-year boycott of Gujarat after the 2002 riots, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country -region="-region" w:st="on">Britain</st1:country></st1:place>
has made its first engagement with the state when High Commissioner James Bevan
met Chief Minister Narendra Modi. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">Bevan
drove in to the state Secretariat complex here at about 11 am Monday to meet
Modi with a small delegation. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">"The
meeting continued for about 50 minutes," official sources said.After the
meeting, Bevan drove away to meet Governor Kamla Beniwal.It was immediately not
known what transpired in the meeting. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">On
October 11, the <st1:country -region="-region" w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">UK</st1:place></st1:country>
had announced ending a 10-year boycott of the Narendra Modi Government imposed
after the 2002 riots. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">The
British Government had asked its envoy to <st1:country -region="-region" w:st="on">India</st1:country>,
James Bevan, to visit <st1:place w:st="on">Gujarat</st1:place> and meet Modi
and other senior officials in the State to discuss a range of issues of mutual
interest and explore opportunities for closer cooperation. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">The
Chief Minister had welcomed the move as “better late than never”. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">“Der
Aaye Durust Aaye (better late than never)! I welcome the UK Government’s step
for active engagement and strengthening relations with <st1:place w:st="on">Gujarat</st1:place>.
God is Great,” Modi had tweeted, reacting to <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country -region="-region" w:st="on">Britain</st1:country></st1:place>’s decision. --NNN-PTI<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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INDIA: Britain Ends Boycott of Chief Minister Modi, Envoy Meets CM

GANDHINAGAR (PTI) --- Ending a ten-year boycott of Gujarat after the 2002 riots, Britain has made its first engagement with the state ...

British Royal Couple Sue French Magazine over Topless Photos

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British Royal Couple Sue French Magazine over Topless Photos

MOSCOW (RIA Novosti) --- British Prince William and his wife Kate Middleton have launched a legal action against French gossip magazine Clo...

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</tbody></table><div class="MsoNormal" style="direction: ltr; text-align: justify; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">LONDON (UZA)--- </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">On 27 July, formal opening ceremony of the 30th summer Olympic Games held in the stadium of Olympia titled “Isles of Wonder” in London city, Great Britain.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="direction: ltr; text-align: justify; unicode-bidi: embed;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="direction: ltr; text-align: justify; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">The first modern Olympic Games were organized in the Greek capital of Athens. In these competitions held from 6 to 15 April in 1896, athletes from more than ten countries competed in nine different kinds of sports.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="direction: ltr; text-align: justify; unicode-bidi: embed;"><br />
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</tbody></table><div class="MsoNormal" style="direction: ltr; text-align: justify; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">The history of the peoples of the United Kingdom, their national customs, dramatized performances, demonstrations by artists and sportsmen have been presented in this festive decorated stage of the stadium.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="direction: ltr; text-align: justify; unicode-bidi: embed;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="direction: ltr; text-align: justify; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">The most exciting and the most interesting moment of the ceremony was the parade of the delegations of participating countries. According to tradition, athletes of Greece, the birthplace of the Olympic Games, came out on stage first.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="direction: ltr; text-align: justify; unicode-bidi: embed;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="direction: ltr; text-align: justify; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">The spectators have welcomed the athletes with applause. The Uzbek delegation entered the stadium following Elshod Rasulov world boxing champion, winner of world and continental championships, several international tournaments, who hold high the flag of the Republic of Uzbekistan in his hand.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="direction: ltr; text-align: justify; unicode-bidi: embed;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="direction: ltr; text-align: justify; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">The sports delegation of Uzbekistan consisting of nearly 60 athletes who have succeeded in the qualifying competitions in 16 kinds of sports like gymnastics, artistic gymnastics, trampoline, cycling, swimming, athletics, weightlifting, rowing and canoeing, boxing, judo, taekwondo, freestyle and Greco-Roman wrestling, shooting, fencing and tennis will defend the honor of our Motherland in the Olympic Games.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="direction: ltr; text-align: justify; unicode-bidi: embed;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="direction: ltr; text-align: justify; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">During the years of independence, Uzbekistan has become known in the world as a country where the sport is growing with an intense rhythm.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="direction: ltr; text-align: justify; unicode-bidi: embed;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="direction: ltr; text-align: justify; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">In Uzbekistan, the three-tier sports games – Umid Nihollari (Offspring of Hope), Barkamol Avlod (Comprehensively Advanced Generation) and Universiade formed on the initiative of the President, along with helping to foster a physically robust and spiritually mature younger generation, serve as a peculiar school of nurturing gifted athletes capable of worthily defend the honor of our Motherland in the international arenas.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="direction: ltr; text-align: justify; unicode-bidi: embed;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="direction: ltr; text-align: justify; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Queen of England Elizabeth II announces the opening of the 30th summer Olympic Games.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="direction: ltr; text-align: justify; unicode-bidi: embed;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="direction: ltr; text-align: justify; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">“I declare open the Games of London celebrating the 30th Olympiad of the modern era,” said Queen Elizabeth.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="direction: ltr; text-align: justify; unicode-bidi: embed;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="direction: ltr; text-align: justify; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">The anthem of the 30th Olympic Games was played and its flag was raised.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="direction: ltr; text-align: justify; unicode-bidi: embed;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="direction: ltr; text-align: justify; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">The Olympic torch was driven in a speedboat up the River Thames by former England soccer captain. He then passed it on to seven youngsters who performed a lap of honor before approaching the centre of the stage.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="direction: ltr; text-align: justify; unicode-bidi: embed;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="direction: ltr; text-align: justify; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Surrounded by thousands of athletes, they lit some of copper petals which rose on stalks to form a single burning “flower”.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="direction: ltr; text-align: justify; unicode-bidi: embed;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="direction: ltr; text-align: justify; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">The 30th summer Olympic Games started. Over ten thousand athletes will compete in more than thirty types of sports for 302 medals.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="direction: ltr; text-align: justify; unicode-bidi: embed;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="direction: ltr; text-align: justify; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">According to the resolution of the President of state “On preparation of athletes of Uzbekistan to participate in the 30th summer Olympic and XIV Paralympic Games 2012 in London (Great Britain)” from 5 January 2009 have become an important factor for careful preparation of our athletes to the Olympic Games. They have passed courses and training practices in Uzbekistan and abroad, have improved their skills and experiences in international competitions.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="direction: ltr; text-align: justify; unicode-bidi: embed;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="direction: ltr; text-align: justify; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">The constant attention given to the development of sports and the efficient organization of activities aimed at preparing athletes for the London Olympics have found their confirmation in the sixteenth Asian Games held in the Chinese city of Guangzhou in 2010. The competitions conducted under the auspices of the International Olympic Committee and Council of Asian Olympic competitions, have shown good preparation of Asian athletes to the Olympics in London, their possibilities and potential.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="direction: ltr; text-align: justify; unicode-bidi: embed;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="direction: ltr; text-align: justify; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">In Asian Games held in 2010, the representatives of Uzbekistan have won 56 medals in total, including 11 gold, 22 silver and 23 bronze and put themselves in the ranks of the top eight teams. In 2011 sports season, Uzbekistan has collected 789 medals in total – 235 gold, 229 silver and 325 bronze medals after participating in 253 international competitions.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="direction: ltr; text-align: justify; unicode-bidi: embed;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="direction: ltr; text-align: justify; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Champions of previous Olympics, world and continental championships in judo Rishod Sobirov, Navruz Jurakobilov, Dilshod Choriyev, in boxing Abbos Atoyev, Elshod Rasulov, Akmal Ergashev in taekwondo and canoeist Vadim Menkov, freestyle wrestlers Dilshod Mansurov, Artur Taymazov, Zaurbek Sokhiyev, heavy athlete Ruslan Nuriddinov, Svetlana Radzivil in track and field athletics as well as Yekaterina Khilko in jumping on trampoline are among the athletes of Uzbekistan’s sports delegation.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="direction: ltr; text-align: justify; unicode-bidi: embed;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="direction: ltr; text-align: justify; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Among rhythmic gymnasts, Ulyana Trofimova was the first to get the right to participate in the Olympics. The representative of Uzbekistan Mariya Sysoyeva also will try her athletic skills in heavy athletics for the first time. And Ruslan Kudayev will be the first Uzbek athlete who will compete in men’s fencing competitions.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="direction: ltr; text-align: justify; unicode-bidi: embed;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="direction: ltr; text-align: justify; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">According to experts, the two previous Olympics held in 2004 in Greece and in 2008 in China were successful for the Olympians of Uzbekistan who have shown considerable growth in the results.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="direction: ltr; text-align: justify; unicode-bidi: embed;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="direction: ltr; text-align: justify; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">In the Olympiad held in Greece, the Uzbeks have picked up two gold, one silver and two bronze medals and occupied the 34th place among more than two hundred participating countries. With this result, the team exceeded athletes from some countries participating in the Olympic Games since 1896 such as Denmark occupied 37th place and Switzerland – 46th place.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="direction: ltr; text-align: justify; unicode-bidi: embed;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="direction: ltr; text-align: justify; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">And this time also, we are confident that athletes of Uzbekistan will worthily defend the honor of our country and return from London with great gifts for the 21st anniversary of independence.<o:p></o:p></span></div></div>

Olympic Flame Lights in London

By Zohir Tashkhodjayev, UzA special reporter Photo © UzA by Muhammad Amin LONDON (UZA)--- On 27 July, formal opening ceremony of ...

UK New Visa System Sees Decline in Indian Students

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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="direction: ltr; text-align: justify; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">LONDON (NNN-Bernama) -- The new student visa system introduced in Britain to prevent abuse has led to a decline in the number of Indian students although the overall number of international students has not changed</span><span dir="RTL"></span><span dir="RTL" lang="AR-SA" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; mso-hansi-font-family: "Trebuchet MS";"><span dir="RTL"></span>. </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="direction: ltr; text-align: justify; unicode-bidi: embed;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="direction: ltr; text-align: justify; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span dir="RTL"></span><span dir="RTL" lang="AR-SA" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; mso-hansi-font-family: "Trebuchet MS";"><span dir="RTL"></span>"</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">I accept there has been a decline in the number of students coming from India. The increase in the number of students coming from other parts of South-east Asia easily compensates for the decline from India," Home Office minister of state Lord Henley said during a debate in the House of Lords on Friday</span><span dir="RTL"></span><span dir="RTL" lang="AR-SA" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; mso-hansi-font-family: "Trebuchet MS";"><span dir="RTL"></span>. </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="direction: ltr; text-align: justify; unicode-bidi: embed;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="direction: ltr; text-align: justify; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Labour peer Lord Judd had asked Lord Henley if he had looked at the evidence of what had happened to the number of students coming from India</span><span dir="RTL"></span><span dir="RTL" lang="AR-SA" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; mso-hansi-font-family: "Trebuchet MS";"><span dir="RTL"></span>. </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="direction: ltr; text-align: justify; unicode-bidi: embed;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="direction: ltr; text-align: justify; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span dir="RTL"></span><span dir="RTL" lang="AR-SA" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; mso-hansi-font-family: "Trebuchet MS";"><span dir="RTL"></span>"</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">We are not seeing a decline in the overall number of students coming to universities. What we are seeing is a decline in the numbers of those who were coming here allegedly to study but using that as a way of getting round the immigration system," Lord Henley said</span><span dir="RTL"></span><span dir="RTL" lang="AR-SA" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; mso-hansi-font-family: "Trebuchet MS";"><span dir="RTL"></span>. </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="direction: ltr; text-align: justify; unicode-bidi: embed;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="direction: ltr; text-align: justify; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Saying that the controversial changes made to the student visa system were "quite right", the minister said: "I am proud of it and there has been no damage to United Kingdom universities as a result</span><span dir="RTL"></span><span dir="RTL" lang="AR-SA" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; mso-hansi-font-family: "Trebuchet MS";"><span dir="RTL"></span>." </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="direction: ltr; text-align: justify; unicode-bidi: embed;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="direction: ltr; text-align: justify; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Lord Henley said that the changes were intended to "reform the student visa route". -- NNN-BERNAMA</span><span dir="RTL" lang="AR-SA" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: "Trebuchet MS";"><o:p></o:p></span></div></div>

UK New Visa System Sees Decline in Indian Students

LONDON (NNN-Bernama) -- The new student visa system introduced in Britain to prevent abuse has led to a decline in the number of Indian st...

British Police Arrest Seven Terror Suspects

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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Police said they arrested three of the men Tuesday, three on Wednesday, and one on Thursday. The car had been stopped on a major highway earlier this week and impounded for not carrying insurance. The detainees are being held on suspicion of plotting terrorist attacks.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Police said the seven arrests are not connected to the Thursday arrest of six people who were also suspected of planning attacks. Authorities say neither group had plans to attack the upcoming Olympic Games, which begin in London later this month.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The terror alert in Britain is currently set at “substantial,” meaning there is a strong possibility of a terrorist attack as London prepares to host the Olympics. Security officials say they have no specific intelligence saying the Olympics will be targeted. </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">---VOA News</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div></div>

British Police Arrest Seven Terror Suspects

British authorities have arrested seven people this week after finding a cache of firearms and other weapons in the trunk of a car impoun...

Illegal Immigrant Indians Quitting Recession-Hit UK

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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">LONDON (NNN-Bernama) -- Amidst a tougher immigration regime under the David Cameron government, dwindling job opportunities and double-dip recession, many Indian citizens who entered Britain illegally to chase the London dreams are returning home, official figures show.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">As a newly-formed task force moves to clear so called 'slums' with illegal immigrants in Southall and elsewhere, the figures show an increase in the number of such Indians who entered the country illegally seeking official help to return to India, Press Trust of India reported.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">For many Indian citizens who brave hazardous journeys across continents and wily human traffickers with hopes of a better life, their dreams often turn into a veritable nightmare, and are reduced to living in slum-like conditions here.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The number of those returning may be small compared to the overall number of illegal immigrants, but the figures show an increase since 2009, reflecting tougher action by the UK Border Agency (UKBA) as well as a willingness - even if reluctance - to return home.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Many who destroy their passports to prevent deportation go through the complex task of re-establishing their Indian identity and obtain emergency travel documents from the Indian high commission here to return home.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Others seek to return after being frustrated by the lack of job opportunities.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Such individuals are apprehended by the UKBA, which refers their cases to the high commission to establish their identity for eventual repatriation to India.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Figures show an increase in the number of such individuals referred by UKBA to the high commission. -- NNN-BERNAMA<o:p></o:p></span></div></div>

Illegal Immigrant Indians Quitting Recession-Hit UK

LONDON (NNN-Bernama) -- Amidst a tougher immigration regime under the David Cameron government, dwindling job opportunities and double-di...

Britain’s Elizabeth Gives Annual ‘Queen’s Speech’ to Parliament

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<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 19.2pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 19.2pt;">Queen Elizabeth has given her annual “Queen's Speech” to Britain's parliament, setting out the country's legislative agenda for the next year.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 19.2pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-IN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 19.2pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-IN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;">Hundreds of people lined the streets outside parliament Wednesday to see the queen's horse-drawn carriage parade from Buckingham Palace in a lavish ceremony including gleaming coaches, sparkling diamonds and cannon fire.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 19.2pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-IN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 19.2pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-IN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;">From a throne in the House of Lords, the queen said the first priority would be to reduce the deficit and restore economic stability through spending cuts. She said the government will also reform parliament's non-elected House of Lords.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 19.2pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-IN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 19.2pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-IN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;">Britain's two-year-old coalition government suffered heavy losses in local elections last week, with voters unhappy about spending cuts that have seen welfare payments trimmed and thousands of public sector jobs cut.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 19.2pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-IN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 19.2pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-IN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;">Among other initiatives, Queen Elizabeth said a National Crime Agency, modeled on the U.S. FBI, will be created to fight organized crime and boost border security.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 19.2pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-IN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;"><br />
</span></div><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-IN; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;">The queen has no role in drafting her speech, which is written by Britain's government. All proposed bills must be debated and approved by parliament before any can become law. ---VOA News</span></div>

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UK's Closure of Post-Study Visa May Put Off Indian Students

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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">LONDON (NNN-Bernama): A facility that allowed Indian students to work here for two years after their courses are over will be closed from Friday as part of the Cameron government's drive to cut migration, which may put-off those aspiring to study in the UK, Press Trust of India reported.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Under the Tier 1 (Post-study work) route, Indian and other non-EU students were able to take up work for two years here after the completion of their university courses.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">This route will be closed from Friday, the Home Office has announced.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The facility was popular among self-financing Indian students who sought to recover some of the expenses of studying here by working for two years. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The facility also enabled them to gain work experience in the UK that was seen to aid career prospects in India.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">There are already reports of falling numbers of Indian students applying for university courses starting from September 2012.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">From Friday, following the closure of the facility, international students will be able to apply for leave to remain in the UK under other immigration routes if they meet the criteria, but most such students are unlikely to meet the higher income level and other criteria.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">International students are estimated to contribute over 14 billion pounds annually to the UK economy. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The closure of the post-study route was opposed by Universities UK and the British Council, given the possibility that the measure would reduce Britain's attraction as a destination for students from India and other non-EU countries.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Prime Minister David Cameron had promised to crack down on immigration at last year's Conservative party conference.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">In February, the British Council had called for an "urgent review" of the changes to the student visa system, particularly the closure of the popular post-study work visa from April this year.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The Council, which is responsible for promoting British education overseas, presented a detailed report to the government on the likely impact the recent student visa changes will have, and compared the experiences of Australia and US in this regard.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">In a report titled 'Impact of Visa Changes on Student Mobility and Outlook for the UK', the British Council said: "Students from certain countries who mainly study postgraduate courses in the UK- such as India, Pakistan and others -- will be affected by the removal of the post-study work visa... The sooner this situation is addressed, the more contained the damage of bad publicity overseas will be."<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The Home Office also announced that the annual limit for skilled Indian and other non-EU migrants with job offers in the UK would remain at 20,700 for the next two years until April 2014.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">During the first year of its operation ending this month, the limit has been undersubscribed by about 50 per cent.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Immigration Minister Damian Green said: "The government has been clear that the UK is open for business and our limit has been designed with the industry's needs in mind.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">We believe there is no incompatibility between economic growth and controlling migration -- our reformed, more selective immigration system can achieve both."---NNN-BERNAMA<o:p></o:p></span></div></div>

UK's Closure of Post-Study Visa May Put Off Indian Students

LONDON (NNN-Bernama): A facility that allowed Indian students to work here for two years after their courses are over will be closed from ...

Britain: Queen Elizabeth Addresses Parliament

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<div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Queen Elizabeth has re-affirmed her commitment to the British people in a speech to parliament marking her 60th year on the throne.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">In her speech at Westminster Hall Tuesday, the queen said Britons are reminded of “their past, the continuity of their national story and the virtues of resilience, ingenuity and tolerance, which created it.”</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">“I have been privileged to witness some of that history and, with the support of my family, rededicate myself to the service of our great country, and its people, now and in the years to come.”</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">The queen remarked that she is just the second English monarch to celebrate a Diamond Jubilee (60th anniversary), the first being Queen Victoria.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">The 85-year-old monarch also took a moment to praise her husband, Prince Philip, for his “constant strength.”</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Hundreds of lawmakers, dignitaries and former prime ministers gathered for the speech and to pay tribute to the queen. British lawmakers unveiled a stained glass window, which they presented to her as a gift marking the occasion.---VOA News</span></div></div>

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British MPs QUESTION Aid to 'Prosperous' India, But PM Cameron to Continue

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</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">  <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">LONDON  (NNN-AGENCIES) -- Brushing aside demands for halting Britain's financial assistance to India, Prime Minister David Cameron's government will continue to provide aid but will now change its approach and focus on the three poorest states, a top official has said.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">"We have reviewed our aid commitments to <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">India</st1:place></st1:country-region>. We continue to think it is right to stick to those aid commitments. We continue to provide aid to <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">India</st1:place></st1:country-region>, but we focus it on the three poorest states," Cameron's spokesman said.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">His comments came amidst a row sparked by some ruling Conservative MPs demanding an end to aid, and reports that <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">India</st1:place></st1:country-region> did not need it.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">"The reason we are doing that is because a huge number of the poorest people in the world live in these states. The government has always been very clear about sticking to its aid commitments and the fact that it would not balance the books on the backs of the poorest people in the world. It is going to stick to that," the spokesman said without identifying the three states.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">International aid is among few areas that have not been subjected to deep funding cuts by the economically-strapped Cameron government, which has faced much ridicule and more for continuing to send aid to an increasingly prosperous <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">India</st1:place></st1:country-region>.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><st1:country-region w:st="on"><span style="background: white; font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">Britain</span></st1:country-region><span style="background: white; font-family: "Trebuchet MS";"> currently gives 280 million pounds annually to <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">India</st1:place></st1:country-region>, totalling 1.4 billion pounds between now and 2015.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">International Development secretary Andrew Mitchell had defended the aid, saying: "We will not be in <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">India</st1:place></st1:country-region> for ever but now is not the time to quit. Our completely revamped programme is in <st1:country-region w:st="on">India</st1:country-region>'s and <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Britain</st1:place></st1:country-region>'s national interest and is a small part of a much wider relationship between our two countries".<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">He, however, added: "We are changing our approach to <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">India</st1:place></st1:country-region>. We will target aid at three of <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">India</st1:place></st1:country-region>'s poorest states, rather than central government." -- NNN-AGENCIES<o:p></o:p></span></div></div>

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Bidve Killing: British Varsities Reassure Indian Students

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<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">   <o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS";"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><st1:city w:st="on"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">LONDON</span></st1:city><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS";"> (NNN-AGENCIES) -- Universities UK, the representative body of varsities in <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Britain</st1:place></st1:country-region>, has sought to reassure Indian and other international students that the country is "safe and tolerant" with low levels of violence and street crime.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">Expressing sadness at the killing of Indian student Anuj Bidve in <st1:place w:st="on">Salford</st1:place> on Dec 26 in an unprovoked attack, Professor Eric Thomas, president of Universities UK, said such incidents were rare in the country.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">"We at Universities UK would want to reassure current and future Indian students and their parents that this kind of incident is thankfully exceptionally rare. Compared to other countries, the <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">UK</st1:place></st1:country-region> remains a safe and tolerant country with low levels of violence and street crime," he said.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">Prof Thomas recalled that a recent survey by the British Council showed that only a very small proportion of students had ever experienced any kind of crime here.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">He said, "On behalf of all universities in the <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">United Kingdom</st1:place></st1:country-region>, I want to express our deep sadness at the death of Anuj Bidve. This is a devastating tragedy for his family and friends and the death of a gifted individual in such a manner is a loss for us all".<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">He said, "The British people have been appalled by this terrible event and Monday night's vigil bore witness to national and local feeling. The police are investigating the murder and we are confident that they will bring the perpetrators to justice".<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">The organisation said <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">UK</st1:place></st1:country-region> universities took the safety and well-being of all students very seriously.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">Institutions offer induction and orientation sessions for international students which include advice on safety.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">The British Council also publishes an online personal safety guide for international students in <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Britain</st1:place></st1:country-region>, it said.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">With 133 members and offices in <st1:city w:st="on">London</st1:city>, <st1:city w:st="on">Cardiff</st1:city> and <st1:city w:st="on">Edinburgh</st1:city>, Universities UK promotes the strength and success of <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">UK</st1:place></st1:country-region> universities nationally and internationally. -- NNN-AGENCIES<o:p></o:p></span></div></div>

Bidve Killing: British Varsities Reassure Indian Students

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Britain's Home Secretary wants Human Rights Act scrapped

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</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">"I'd personally like to see the Human Rights Act go because I think we have had some problems with it," she said.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS";"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">"I see it, here in the Home Office, particularly, the sort of problems we have in being unable to deport people who perhaps are terrorist suspects. Obviously we've seen it with some foreign criminals who are in the <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">UK</st1:place></st1:country-region>," she also added ahead of the annual conference of the Conservative party, which is expected to discuss the issue.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS";"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">Prime Minister and the Conservatives' leader David Cameron said he agreed with May that the act should be replaced with a British Bill of Rights, which would include all the fundamental rights.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS";"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">But, the idea is likely to concern leading Liberal Democrats, some of whom have said the future of the Coalition with the Conservatives would be threatened if the Act, which incorporates the European Convention on Human Rights into <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">UK</st1:place></st1:country-region> law, was axed. Last month Liberal Democrat's leader Nick Clegg told his party conference he would defend the Act.<o:p></o:p></span></div></div>

Britain's Home Secretary wants Human Rights Act scrapped

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Cameron justifies Moscow visit to parliament

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<div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Cameron-Conversations-Dylan-Jones/dp/000728537X?ie=UTF8&tag=glob036-20&link_code=bil&camp=213689&creative=392969" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img alt="Cameron on Cameron: Conversations with Dylan Jones" height="320" src="http://ws.amazon.com/widgets/q?MarketPlace=US&ServiceVersion=20070822&ID=AsinImage&WS=1&Format=_SL160_&ASIN=000728537X&tag=glob036-20" width="208" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=glob036-20&l=bil&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=000728537X" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;" width="1" />LONDON (RIA Novosti)- British Prime Minister David Cameron told parliament on Wednesday that he had raised a number of human-rights issues with the Russian authorities during his recent visit to Moscow.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Cameron met with President Dmitry Medvedev and Prime Minster Vladimir Putin during his brief visit to the Russian capital. He also met a number of human-rights activists.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">He was accused during a news conference with Medvedev of "parking" the issue of Alexander Litvinenko, the former KGB officer killed in London in 2006, in exchange for trade relations. Cameron denied the allegation, saying the issue remained "important" for Britain.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">British police suspect ex-KGB bodyguard Andrei Lugovoi of the murder. Russia rejected British requests to extradite Lugovoi, citing its Constitution, which does not permit the extradition of Russian nationals. The row led to a drastic deterioration in bilateral ties.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">"The foreign secretary spoke to Alexander Litvinenko's widow before I traveled to Moscow, and let me be absolutely clear, the British government has not changed its view about how wrong it was for that murder to take place and how we need a proper explanation of what happened and who was responsible," Cameron told parliament.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">"And we want justice for that family. We haven't changed our views, but I do think it's right at the same time to try and build a better relationship with Russia across all range of issues,"he added.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">"I made sure when I went to Russia I didn't just raise the Litvinenko case, I raised many other human rights cases, including the Magnitsky case with the Russian president and with others. I think it's the right way to conduct our international relations," he went on.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Sergei Magnitsky, a lawyer for the British-registered Heritage trust fund, died in a Moscow pre-trial detention centre in 2009. He was arrested on tax evasion allegations after announcing he had exposed massive fraud by law enforcement officials.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">A Kremlin rights council said the death of the Hermitage Capital lawyer was likely to have resulted from a beating in jail and the failure of prison doctors to provide timely medical assistance to him.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
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Cameron justifies Moscow visit to parliament

LONDON (RIA Novosti)- British Prime Minister David Cameron told parliament on Wednesday that he had raised a number of human-rights issues ...

Severe Storms Batter Britain

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</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Britain's Met office has issued an “Amber Alert,” the second highest weather alert. Coastal areas could get hit with winds nearing 130 kilometers per hour, uprooting trees and causing flooding.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">The Met Office said the storm could impact parts of Northern Ireland, North Wales and Northern England, in addition to central and southern Scotland. (VOA News)</span></div></div>

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British Prime Minister Cameron Makes Rare Russian Visit

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</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Charlie-Rose-May-11-2010/dp/B004H7JHGA?ie=UTF8&tag=glob036-20&link_code=bil&camp=213689&creative=392969" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img alt="Charlie Rose (May 11, 2010)" height="240" src="http://ws.amazon.com/widgets/q?MarketPlace=US&ServiceVersion=20070822&ID=AsinImage&WS=1&Format=_SL160_&ASIN=B004H7JHGA&tag=glob036-20" width="320" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=glob036-20&l=bil&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=B004H7JHGA" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;" width="1" /><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=glob036-20&l=bil&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=B004H7JHGA" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;" width="1" />British Prime Minister David Cameron is in Moscow on the first visit by a British leader to Russia in six years. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Cameron is expected to encourage closer trade ties with Russia. Relations between the two countries soured in 2006 after a Russian ex-security agent, Alexander Litvinenko, died of poisoning in London.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">So far, Russia has refused British requests to extradite Andrei Lugovoy, a Russian suspected of being responsible for Litvinenko's death.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Cameron is to meet Monday with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, and is expected to raise the case during their talks.  Cameron is also scheduled to meet with Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin.  The meeting with Putin will be the first by a British official since 2007.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Trade appears to be at the top of Cameron's agenda. Traveling with the British prime minister is a group of more than 20 business leaders including BP senior executive Robert Dudley.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Speaking to students at Moscow University Monday, Cameron stressed being candid about the differences that still separate the two nations.---VOA News</span></div></div>

British Prime Minister Cameron Makes Rare Russian Visit

British Prime Minister David Cameron is in Moscow on the first visit by a British leader to Russia in six years. Cameron is expected to...

Ban on protest marches starts in London

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</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">The Metropolitan Police Service obtained on August 26 the consent of the Home Secretary to prohibit protest marches in the boroughs of Tower Hamlets, Newham, Waltham Forest, Islington, and Hackney starting September 2.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">All five boroughs were in the heart of violent riots and looting that hit London and several other British cities on August 6-10, leaving over 100 police officers injured.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">The disturbances were triggered by the shooting dead of London resident and suspected drug dealer Mark Duggan. More than 1,600 people were detained during the ensuing rioting.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">"This decision has been made based on specific intelligence and information which has led us to believe that serious public disorder, violence and damage could be caused by the presence of marches in these areas," the London police said in an earlier statement.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">The English Defense League (EDL), a far-right street protest movement which opposes what it perceives as the spread of Islamism, Sharia law and Islamic extremism in England, has announced plans to hold rallies over the weekend in London.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">The prohibition is under section 13 of the Public Order Act which gives the Commissioner the power to do so with the consent of the Home Secretary in order to prevent serious public disorder.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">"The prohibition does not apply to processions that are commonly or customarily held in the area or funeral processions," police said.</span></div></div>

Ban on protest marches starts in London

LONDON (RIA Novosti)- A 30-day ban on protest marches goes into force on Friday in five 'troubled' boroughs of London. The Metrop...

British PM Cameron declares war on gangs

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<div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">LONDON (RIA Novosti)- Fighting street gang culture should become "the new national priority" for Britain, Prime Minister David Cameron said in Oxfordshire on Monday.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Story-Britain-Present-Narrative-History/dp/039332902X?ie=UTF8&tag=glob036-20&link_code=bil&camp=213689&creative=392969" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;" target="_blank"><img alt="The Story of Britain: From the Romans to the Present: A Narrative History" src="http://ws.amazon.com/widgets/q?MarketPlace=US&ServiceVersion=20070822&ID=AsinImage&WS=1&Format=_SL160_&ASIN=039332902X&tag=glob036-20" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">He also pledged to fight his nation's "moral<img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=glob036-20&l=bil&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=039332902X" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;" width="1" /> collapse" to prevent further riots, saying however that disturbances in many places across the country were "just pure criminality."</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">"The broken society is back at the top of my agenda," Cameron said.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">"We have been too unwilling for too long to talk about what is right and what is wrong," he said. "We have too often avoided saying what needs to be said - about everything from marriage to welfare to common courtesy."</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Subversive-Influences-Burning-Hearings-Ninetieth/dp/1153558394?ie=UTF8&tag=glob036-20&link_code=bil&camp=213689&creative=392969" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img alt="Subversive Influences in Riots, Looting, and Burning. Hearings, Ninetieth Congress, First [-Second] Session (pt. 1)" src="http://ws.amazon.com/widgets/q?MarketPlace=US&ServiceVersion=20070822&ID=AsinImage&WS=1&Format=_SL160_&ASIN=1153558394&tag=glob036-20" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">Riots and looting<img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=glob036-20&l=bil&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=1153558394" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;" width="1" /> hit several British cities, leaving over 100 police officers injured on August 6-10. The disturbances were triggered by the shooting dead of London resident and suspected drug dealer Mark Duggan.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">More than 1,600 people were detained during the ensuing rioting.</span></div></div>

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<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">LONDON (RIA Novosti)- British Prime Minister David Cameron told the police to take a 'zero tolerance' approach to street crime in the wake of the worst riots to hit Britain in the past 30 years, The Sunday Telegraph reported.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">The 'zero tolerance' tactics is a tough system of policing, which was first popularized in the United States and sees even minor offences prosecuted vigorously to send out the message that no form of law-breaking will be tolerated, Cameron said in an interview with the paper.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">"I will be saying much more about that because I think it is true," Cameron said. "We haven't talked the language of zero tolerance enough but the message is getting through."<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">The British premier has recruited Bill Bratton, the former U.S. "supercop", to advise him, the paper said.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Cameron has approved the use of water cannon if necessary to quell violence and signaled that police will be allowed to order rioters to remove face coverings, and threatened the possible disruption of social messaging networks if they are used to instigate trouble, the paper said.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">A wave of riots and looting engulfed many British cities in recent days, leaving at least five people dead. British police have arrested over 1,000 people over last week's disturbances.<o:p></o:p></span></div></div>

British PM Cameron pledges 'zero tolerance' approach to street crime

©flickr.com/ukinitaly LONDON (RIA Novosti)- British Prime Minister David Cameron told the police to take a 'zero tolerance' ...