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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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Tony Blair calls on Iran and Syria to play a part in Middle East peace
Iran and Syria should join ‘push for peace’

Tony Blair has called for a “new partnership” with Iran and Syria to help bring stability in Iraq and peace in the wider Middle East. The prime minister said problems between the Israelis and Palestinians, in Lebanon and in Iraq could only be resolved if these two countries stopped interfering, and the benefits to them… Read more »

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Former foreign secretary Malcolm Rifkind said the timing of the Saddam verdict was "deeply suspicious"
Rifkind: Saddam sentencing ‘deeply suspicious’

The timing of Saddam Hussein’s sentencing in the run-up to the US mid-term elections was “deeply suspicious”, former foreign secretary Malcolm Rifkind has declared. The Conservative MP accused the Bush administration of using the timing of the verdict, which saw the former Iraqi leader sentenced to death by hanging, to boost the Republicans’ performance at… Read more »