Jon Snow
My battles for answers over Mephedrone
Jon Snow blogs about his interview with Home Secretary Alan Johnson on Mephedrone
Search results for ‘Ban ki moon’
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Violence erupts in wake of Burma’s ‘sham’ election
Clashes have broken out in Burma as two military-backed political parties look set for an election victory. John Sparks reports on the fate of one pro-democracy candidate.
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Could Aung San Suu Kyi be freed?
Iconic Burmese democracy fighter Aung San Suu Kyi could be freed, according to reports. But her lawyer tells Channel 4 News he will believe it when he sees it.
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Iranian President Ahmadinejad: future is Iran
As Iranian President Ahmadinejad dodges questions about the remaining US hikers held in Tehran, Lindsey Hilsum asks if he can deflect attention from the opposition movement within his own regime?
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Snooker’s Higgins cleared of match-fixing
John Higgins is suspended from snooker until November and fined £75,000 after admitting breaching the sport’s betting rules – but he was cleared of more serious match-fixing charges.
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Australia: Labor’s PM Gillard retains power
Julia Gillard will stay as Australian prime minister and form a minority government, as the Labor party is backed by key MPs. Channel 4 News analyses how broadband speeds helped swing the result.
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Copenhagen: no view from the summit?
After months of hype the Copenhagen climate change summit took place in December 2009 but resulted not in a binding deal between the world’s leaders, but an “accord”.
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Hillary Clinton condemns Congo rapes
The mass rape of women in the Democratic Republic of Congo appears to be systematic, rather than opportunistic, writes International Editor Lindsey Hilsum.
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Congo rapes: UN 'failing' to stop atrocities
Ban Ki-moon is dispatching the Assistant Secretary General in charge of Peacekeeping to Congo to find out why peacekeepers did not stop the rape of nearly 200 women in one of the most shocking incidents in the 15 year long civil war.
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IEDs: the invisible enemy
How does it feel to walk alone towards an unexploded bomb? Channel 4 News is given unique access to one of Britain’s IED units in Afghanistan and reveals a terrifying view of the loneliest job.
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Livelihood at stake as the oil slick looms
To get to the Beach of South Pass is to get to the last edge of the United States. A wild and deserted sandbank with eight foot reeds blowing in the hot Gulf wind. Patrols of pelicans pass lazily by. But of the oil there is no sign. Out to sea the drilling rigs, grey…
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Jon Snow
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Troops take lonely walk to defuse Afghan IEDs
Alex Thomson gets unique access to a British Army bomb disposal units to find out the reality of defusing improvised explosive devices, the Taliban insurgents’ weapon of choice in Afghanistan.
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What we've learned so far from the Iraq Inquiry
“There’s a wonderful phrase: ‘the Fog of War.’ What the fog of war means is: war is so complex it’s beyond the ability of the human mind to comprehend all the variables. Our judgment, our understanding, are not adequate. And we kill people unnecessarily.”
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How tough talk at the UN may have eased Falkland tensions
Sarah Smith blogs from New York on how Jorge Taiana’s meeting at the United Nations may offer a pause from Argentina’s strong language over the Falkland Islands.
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Falklands oil row now moves to New York
Sarah Smith blogs on attempts by the Argentinian Foreign Minister Jorge Taiana to persuade the United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon to encourage talks over the Falkland Islands.
