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  US ready to aid Mexico drug fight
Date: March  01, 2009  

By Emilio San PedroBBC NewsDefence Secretary Robert Gates has said the US wants to increase the military assistance it provides Mexico for its fight against drugs trafficking.He pointed to what he described as the Mexican president s courageous effort against the cartels.Mr Gates said Washington was more prepared now to help Mexico in its fight aga
  London slow to tackle snowfall
Date: March  01, 2009  

London was ill-prepared for the heavy snowfall on 2 February, slowing the city s recovery, a report has found.There was a lack of communication and support between emergency services, local councils and Transport for London (TfL), the London Assembly (LA) said.LA committee chair Val Shawcross said: "Despite the weather forecasts, the response by ke
  Praise for military trauma care
Date: March  01, 2009  

By Caroline WyattDefence correspondent, BBC NewsThe treatment of British troops wounded on the front line is so good that NHS emergency departments should learn from it, a watchdog has said.The Healthcare Commission s review of services for the Surgeon General rated trauma care as "exceptional" andrehabilitation services as "excellent".It said ther
  Pressure grows for Binyam inquiry
Date: March  01, 2009  

A senior Tory MP has joined calls for an inquiry into whether UK resident and former Guantanamo detainee Binyam Mohamed was tortured.David Davis said he was "convinced" that Mr Mohamed was tortured and that the government may have known about - or even colluded with - the torture.Mr Mohamed, who was detained for seven years, says his torturers rece
  US cell assault video released
Date: March  01, 2009  
US prosecutors have released video footage of a sheriff s deputy striking a 15-year-old girl and throwing her onto a cell floor.The video is evidence in the case against Washington state Deputy Paul Schene, accused of using excessive force against the girl in November.The incident began after the girl was arrested in a car theft inquiry.Footage sho
  Harman warning on Goodwin pension
Date: March  01, 2009  

Harriet Harman has said former Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) chief Sir Fred Goodwin should not "count on" keeping his full £650,000 a year pension.The deputy Labour leader described the pension settlement - agreed by the RBS board - as "money for nothing".The sum was unacceptable in "the court of public opinion," she told the BBC, and the governm
  Asean group seeks economic action
Date: March  01, 2009  

South East Asian leaders have called for greater co-ordinated regional action to help restore their damaged export-driven economies.The 10 countries in the Asean group endorsed measures to stimulate economic activity, ease access to credit, and stand firm against trade protectionism.They also called for reform of the international financial system
  School lotteries to be reviewed
Date: March  01, 2009  

The use of lotteries to allocate places at oversubscribed schools in England is to be reviewed.Schools Secretary Ed Balls has asked the chief schools adjudicator to look at how widely random selection is used and whether it is fair to children.Mr Balls said he would be "very concerned if it was happening other than as a last resort".Last year, almo
  Hariri court set to formally open
Date: March  01, 2009  

The international court set up to try the suspected killers of former Lebanese PM Rafik Hariri is to formally open - four years after his death.The tribunal, sitting in The Hague, could take up to five years to examine evidence gathered during a UN investigation into the assassination.Mr Hariri and 22 other people were killed in the 2005 bombing in
  Third teenage crash victim named
Date: March  01, 2009  

A third teenager killed when a car hit a tree in an early morning crash has been named by North Wales Police.Clifford Thomas Jones, 17, from Newborough, Anglesey, died alongside Rebecca Jane Lee, 18, and Elin Rowlands, 15, from the Bangor area.They were in a Citroen C2 which left the A5 at Menai Bridge, Anglesey,shortly before 0100 GMT on Saturday.


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