Search results for ‘ALEX THOMSON’
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Egypt uprising: ‘the stakes could hardly be higher’
If Egypt’s President Mubarak is toppled, America and Israel stand to lose a key ally in the Middle East. The stakes could hardly be higher, writes Channel 4 News Chief Correspondent Alex Thomson.
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Israeli soldiers ordered to ‘cleanse’ Gaza
Israel’s invasion of Gaza deliberately aimed to “cleanse” Palestinian neighbourhoods, former soldiers allege, in claims that will reignite the debate over the campaign’s legality, writes Alex Thomson.
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Haiti police move in on Baby Doc
Our Chief Correspondent, Alex Thomson, reports on the latest bizarre developments in the return of Jean-Claude “Baby Doc” Duvalier to Haiti.
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'Baby Doc' Duvalier returns to Haiti
Our Chief Correspondent, Alex Thomson, reports on the return of ‘Baby Doc’ Duvalier to his ailing country of Haiti – a return that has divided opinion, but which clearly has some official backing.
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Dispatches: Britain’s fish unwrapped
Channel 4 News Chief Correspondent Alex Thomson investigates the fish sold on Britain’s high street for Dispatches – to find out where it is sourced, how it is processed and what is actually in it.
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Brazil floods ‘bury families as they sleep’
At least 388 people died as mudslides and floods swept through Rio de Janeiro on Wednesday, in one of Brazil’s worst natural disasters for decades, as Alex Thomson discovers.
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A ceasefire 'deal' in Sangin that may cost even more lives
Our Chief Correspondent, Alex Thomson, looks at the reported “deal” between US forces and local tribes in the Sangin area of Afghanistan which could see an end to attacks on allied forces in return for some degree of autonomy for local people.
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More US troops as military reaches Afghan deal
As the US plans to send more combat troops to Afghanistan there are reports of a peace deal with local tribes in the Sangin region. Alex Thomson says the deal should be treated with “extreme caution”.
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Joanna Yeates murder hunt: police appeal for missing sock
Detectives in Bristol reveal they are trying to trace a missing sock in the hunt for Joanna Yeates’s killer, as Chief Correspondent Alex Thomson questions apparent police “censorship” of the media.
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UK snow: why are there so many lorries on the roads?
Our Chief Correspondent, Alex Thomson, asks whether too many journeys are being made in the current severe winter weather.
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'Violence inevitable at tuition fees protest'
Chief Correspondent Alex Thomson looks at how violence erupted at the student demonstration against tuition fees on 9 December 2010.
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Student protests: why did violence break out?
After the tuition fee protests in London end with injuries on both sides and damage to a series of buildings, Chief Correspondent Alex Thomson writes that violence was inevitable.
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Tuition fee protesters turn up the heat
Our Chief Correspondent, Alex Thomson, says that nine police officers and probably scores of protesters have been hurt in the continuing demonstrations in Parliament Square.
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Tuition fees protest turns violent
Chief Correspondent Alex Thomson says there has been an angrier, louder mood at today’s tuition fees protests which have turned violent.
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Tuition fees: an air of anger in London
There’s an air of anger and urgency on the streets of London according to Alex Thomson who is following today’s protest against tuition fees.
