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Primark escapes Bangladesh tragedy to report massive rise on sales
Thursday 11 July 2013
The budget clothing company saw a 22 per cent rise in year-on-year sales despite the Rana Plaza accident
Ikea contributes to World Refugee Day with flat-pack fix for refugees... if they can build it
Wednesday 26 June 2013
It’s been a rocky month for Ikea. The flat-packer’s flat-packer-in-chief – founder Ingvar Kamprad – left the company at the beginning of the month, a few days after British customers had been complaining in their droves (well, 50) about the firm’s spooky gnome advert.
Muslim refugees in Burma will be forced to remain in squalid emergency camps for at least 12 months, warns minister Alan Duncan
Thursday 20 June 2013
A British minister who visited tens of thousands of Muslim refugees in Burma said he believes they will be forced to remain in squalid emergency camps for at least another 12 months as there is no quick-fix solution to the crisis.
G8: World leaders appeal to allies of Assad to force the Syrian President to surrender power
Wednesday 19 June 2013
Loyalists could have a future in a new Syria if they topple their President
North Korea sanctions 'hit humanitarian aid'
Thursday 30 May 2013
New international sanctions aimed at thwarting North Korea's nuclear weapons programme are having unintended consequences.
British military team will be sent to Somalia to train troops and help combat human rights abuses
Tuesday 07 May 2013
UK will also contribute to a £50 million international fund for the state
European countries cut international aid
Thursday 04 April 2013
OECD reports budgets are down by 4 per cent but Britain sticks to foreign-spending target
David Miliband resigns from Sunderland board after Di Canio is hired
Monday 01 April 2013
South Shields MP cites 'past political statements' of manager who once claimed to be a 'fascist'
David Miliband's letter of resignation
Wednesday 27 March 2013
David Miliband has sent the following letter to Alan Donnelly, Chair of the South Shields Constituency Labour Party
Whatever happened to spring sunshine?
Sunday 24 March 2013
March's dismal weather has been breaking records. David Randall reports on the disruption and chaos that have hit most of Britain
Both sides have intentionally targeted hospitals over two years of Syrian civil war, claims aid agency
Thursday 07 March 2013
Both sides in Syria’s civil war have intentionally targeted medical facilities over the past two years, causing the country’s health care system to “collapse”, a leading aid agency has claimed.
'Dubious' care of the sick, 'questionable' politics and 'suspicious' finances: University claims Mother Teresa may not have been so saintly
Monday 04 March 2013
Albanian-born nun was beatified by the Catholic Church in 2003, leaving her just one miracle away from sainthood
Charities urge BBC to launch emergency appeal for victims of Syria's war
Sunday 03 March 2013
Corporation fears lack of public sympathy for plight of millions may hurt fundraising efforts
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Is the Muslim call to prayer really such a menace?
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Channel 4 to 'provoke' viewers who associate Islam with terrorism with live call to prayer during Ramadan
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US army doctor returns arm to Vietnamese soldier fifty years after he took it as a souvenir
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Police seize possessions of rough sleepers in crackdown on homelessness
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Demand for food banks has nothing to do with benefits squeeze, says Work minister Lord Freud
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