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Eurostar closes queues as snow hits services
Eurostar is turning away new passengers until Tuesday as a restricted service is put in place because of the snow, as the Salvation Army helps those queuing outside, as Jonathan Rugman discovers.
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WikiLeaks' Julian Assange arrested – but not for spying
The arrest of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has sparked a media scrum – but the charge against him is not for spying nor stealing documents. He is wanted for questioning in connection with rape, unlawful coercion and sexual molestation, writes Jonathan Rugman.
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Will Berlusconi sex scandals destroy his career?
The tale of the Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi is worthy of ancient Rome, his critics tell Jonathan Rugman – political paralysis because of a modern Emperor’s priapic preoccupation with sex.
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Somali Briton masterminds Chandlers’ release: inside story
EXCLUSIVE: Jonathan Rugman, reporting from Nairobi, meets the former London minicab driver who claims to have masterminded the release of the British yachting couple Paul and Rachel Chandler.
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Yemen police hold student over cargo plane bombs
Police in Yemen detain a female student and her mother on suspicion of mailing two bombs found on cargo planes in the UK and Dubai. Jonathan Rugman looks at how governments could respond to the plot.
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Al-Qaeda's Coming Home
It seems al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula has just pulled off a spectacular coup and scared us all ahead of Halloween, writes Foreign Affairs Correspondent Jonathan Rugman.
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MI6 chief’s ‘historic’ speech
Today’s speech is historic, because this is the first time the Chief of the Secret Intelligence Service (SIS) has given a speech to journalists live on television, writes Jonathan Rugman.
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MI6 chief speaks out on terror threat and torture
The head of MI6, Sir John Sawers, denies that his agents engage in torture. Foreign Affairs Correspondent Jonathan Rugman says the historic speech is an attempt to combat negative media coverage.
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Briton kidnapped by gunmen in Somalia
A British aid worker with Save The Children has been kidnapped by gunmen in Somalia, our Foreign Affairs Correspondent, Jonathan Rugman writes.
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Little optimism of Aung San Suu Kyi's release
Our Foreign Affairs Correspondent Jonathan Rugman finds that few of those in the know are optimistic that the Burmese authorities will follow through on their hints of freeing Aung San Suu Kyi.
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Spy secrets unveiled in history of MI6
A book revealing the history of the first 40 years of MI6 has been published. Former head of MI6 Sir John Scarlett tells Jonathan Rugman the book will end myths about a “licence to kill”.
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Sarkozy: Roma comments outrageous
President Nicolas Sarkozy describes as “outrageous” the comments by an EU commissioner criticising the Roma deportations. Jonathan Rugman says the president’s policies are linked to poor poll ratings.
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MI6 spy Gareth Williams suicide theory
What led to the unexplained death an MI6 employee found in a padlocked and zipped up bag in the bath of his flat? Jonathan Rugman reveals that suicide is now a key focus.
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Catholic bishop hides as abuse crisis unfolds
As the Pope prepares to come to Britain, the Catholic church is engulfed by a new crisis. Jonathan Rugman has details of a distressing inquiry into child abuse by priests in Belgium.
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Catholic crisis: child abuse victim speaks out
65-year-old San Deurinck, a retired shopkeeper, describes to Foreign Affairs Correspondent Jonathan Rugman what he had endured as a child at a Catholic boarding school in the 1950s and 1960s.