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Journalist witnesses Syrian authorities torturing activists
Internationally renowned film-maker Sean McAllister describes what he saw and heard while detained in a Syrian cell by the authorities.
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Fox report expected to show he ‘breached ministerial code’
A report by Sir Gus O’Donnell into the behaviour of the former defence secretary Liam Fox, published later today, is expected to conclude that he broke ministerial rules.
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Liam Fox breached ministerial code – inquiry
An official inquiry into links between Liam Fox and his self-styled adviser Adam Werritty concludes that the former defence secretary breached the ministerial code of conduct.
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Deal that goes to the heart of Israel’s soul
Freed at last: after five years in captivity, the young Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit is back on home soil. But was the deal behind his release too high a price for Israel to pay?
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Agonising defeat for Wales in Rugby World Cup semi-final
Welsh dreams of rugby greatness are dashed as Warren Gatland’s men narrowly miss out on reaching the World Cup final in a thrilling match against France.
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US gathers its allies to put pressure on Iran
The US and Saudi Arabia are to take Iran to the UN Security Council for its alleged role in a plot to kill the Saudi ambassador, as Washington Correspondent Matt Frei reports.
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Turkey expels Israeli ambassador over flotilla blockade
Turkey has said it is expelling top-level Israeli diplomats in protest at the Israeli raid on a Gaza-bound ship that killed nine Turks. The UN report found the raid legal but excessive.
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Syrian official defects after ‘witnessing killings’
The defection of a Syrian Attorney General, who claims to have witnessed the killings of 72 prisoners in Hama, is “an important moment” for the country, a Middle East expert tells Channel 4 News.
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Lockerbie bomber al-Megrahi found ‘at death’s door’
The man convicted of the 1988 bombing of a Pan Am flight, Abdel Baset al-Megrahi has reportedly been found in an unconscious state in Tripoli, clinging to life by an oxygen and fluid drip.
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Libya campaign ‘initially a mess’ – Whitehall source
As regime change unfolds in Libya, Channel 4 News also learns a recent intelligence assessment believed Gaddafi would still be in power in September.
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Assad warns west against military action
The Syrian president says he is “not worried” about security in his country and warned against any foreign military action against his regime.
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Syria’s Assad says military crackdown stopped
Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad tells the United Nations that military and police operations against protesters have ended.
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US puts pressure on Syria’s President Assad
The United States imposes new financial sanctions on Syria and appears to edge closer to calling directly for President Bashar al-Assad to quit.
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Syria’s Assad pledges to battle ‘terrorists’
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad pledges to pursue a relentless battle against “terrorist groups” despite international condemnation of his regime’s crackdown on protesters.
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Denial in Damascus as Syria revolts
Syria is in open revolt with hundreds killed, weekly protests now daily and chants against the president in every corner of the country, writes a Syria expert for Channel 4 News.