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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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MoD under fire
MoD accused of £2.5 billion ‘waste’ cover-up

By Alex Stevenson Up to £2.5 billion of public money is being wasted by the Ministry of Defence (MoD) every year, according to reports. Gordon Brown stands accused of initiating a cover-up to prevent the release of the embarrassing internal review, carried out by former MoD special adviser Bernard Gray. The review reportedly includes scathing… Read more »

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Ambassador wants troops out by 2014
UK eyes Afghanistan combat exit

By Alex Stevenson Britain will seek to pull its combat troops out of Afghanistan within five years, its ambassador in Kabul has said. At a Foreign Office briefing ahead of this month’s forthcoming elections Mark Sedwill told journalists international forces would have a very different role next time around. In Helmand province coalition forces will… Read more »