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Contrary to popular belief, Lorem Ipsum is not simply random text. It has roots in a piece of classical Latin literature from 45 BC, making it over 2000 years old. Richard McClintock, a Latin professor at Hampden-Sydney College in Virginia, looked up one of the more obscure Latin words, consectetur, from a Lorem Ipsum passage,… Read more »

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BAE Systems has announced the company will cut 1,100 jobs.
BAE Systems announces job cuts

By politics.co.uk staff BAE Systems has announced the company will axe 1,100 jobs and close its site in Cheshire after a company efficiency review. The defence company will close the Woodford plant on completion of the Nimrod MRA4 aircraft contract in 2012, with the loss of over 600 jobs. Other jobs will go at sites… Read more »

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Stephen Farrell rescued by Nato troops
Ministers gave Afghan rescue mission greenlight

By Alex Stevenson Gordon Brown, David Miliband and Bob Ainsworth gave the final go-ahead for the mission which saw a kidnapped British-Irish journalist rescued in Afghanistan, No 10 has said. Downing Street confirmed this morning that foreign secretary Mr Miliband and defence secretary Mr Ainsworth approved the mission to free New York Times correspondent Stephen… Read more »