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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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British Guantanamo detainees claim British security services colluded in their extradition
Payback at last: Guantanamo detainees to receive compensation

By Ian Dunt The British victims of Guantanamo Bay will be offered millions of pounds in compensation today, as the government desperately tried to keep their cases out of court. David Cameron authorised negotiations over payments in July, when the court of appeal announced that confidential documents would have to be released in the court… Read more »

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Phil Woolas' election literature ended up being challenged in court
Woolas in fresh judicial review attempt

By politics.co.uk staff Disgraced ex-Labour MP Phil Woolas is attempting to seek a judicial review overturning his three-year ban from politics at the high court today. It follows a ruling from a specially convened election court in his Oldham East and Saddleworth seat that he knowingly misrepresented the position of his Liberal Democrat challenger, Elwyn… Read more »