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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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David Cameron pressed for a vote on Trident
Cameron challenges Blair on Trident vote

David Cameron today challenged the prime minister to agree to a vote in the House of Commons on the replacement of Trident nuclear weapons. At prime minister’s question time this afternoon, he also likened Mr Blair to BBC sitcom character David Brent – “utterly redundant, just hanging around the office” – and pressed him over… Read more »

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Koffi Annan will chair the Africa Progress Panel
Blair sets up new Africa group

Tony Blair today set up a new group, chaired by UN secretary general Koffi Annan, to report on progress in tackling poverty in Africa. Microsoft founder Bill Gates will help fund the group, whose members are also set to include anti-poverty campaigner Bob Geldof, Nigerian president Olusegun Obasanjo and Peter Eigen, founder of Transparency International…. Read more »