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  • Number 10 Press Briefing - Afternoon From 16 March 2011

    From the Prime Minister's spokesperson on: Libya, Nick Griffin petition, Sentencing Council, Bahrain and the Health Bill.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • DFID Research: Ridding the world of rinderpest.

    Scientific expertise has brought the rinderpest virus to the point of extinction, helping to protect the livelihoods of millions of livestock keepers

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  • DFID Research: WHO publishes second edition of guidelines for the treatment of malaria

    A Cochrane Review by the DFID-funded Effective Health Care Research Consortium helped to define policies in the new edition of the guidelines

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  • DFID Research: Cheap fodder trees help farmers increase milk production

    Milk production and income has increased for East African farmers thanks to the introduction of low cost fodder trees

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  • DCLG responds to suggestions that the review of statutory duties could threaten local services

    Department rebuts suggestions that the review of local government's statutory duties could threaten services and care for vulnerable people.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Cutting the car's carbon footprint

    £10 million funding for research projects will answer fundamental questions in developing low carbon vehicles.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • 2012 Olympic Games: Opportunity for maritime industries

    Introduction It’s a real pleasure to join you for today’s conference - and it’s good to see such a broad mix of companies, charter managers…

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • RUSI/Cranfield University: acquisition reform conference

    Speech by Bernard Gray, Chief of Defence Materiel.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Sir Steve Redgrave on Britain hosting ‘the greatest show on earth’

    In a Foreign Office film launched today, former British rower and five times Olympic gold medalist Sir Steve Redgrave talks about the UK’s passion for sport and his personal involvement in the 2012 Games.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • 500 days to go until London 2012 Games

    Tickets to the Olympic Games are now on sale and Foreign Office staff around the world are marking this key milestone in the run-up to London 2012.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Nuclear situation at Fukushima nuclear plant

    The Government's Chief Scientific Officer Professor John Beddington comments on the developments following the explosion at Fukushima nuclear plant.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Foreign Office Ministers answer foreign policy questions in Parliament

    Foreign Office Ministers will answer questions on the Government's foreign policy in Parliament today at 14.30.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Foreign Secretary on London Olympics: "the greatest show on earth"

    Foreign Secretary William Hague describes the UK as one of the best places to live, work, visit and do business with in an article marking 500 days to the London Olympics.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • "UK is at the forefront of the international effort to isolate Qadhafi regime"

    Foreign Secretary William Hague updated Parliament on the response to the situation in Libya following the G8 Foreign Ministers meeting in Paris.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Foreign Office Minister comments on report into Christians facing persecution

    Britain raises concerns about religious freedom wherever they arise, including in Pakistan, through the intervention of Ministers or our Embassies and High Commissions.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Sudan Troika Statement on suspension of talks

    Members of the Sudan Troika expressed concern about the announced suspension of talks between the National Congress Party and the Sudan People's Liberation Movement.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Biggest British IED clearance transforms Helmand village

    A village previously seen as a failure in the eyes of Helmand's people has been retaken, regenerated and repopulated in an ongoing operation led by British paratroopers, supported by 80 bomb disposal specialists.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Hulks cleared from Helmand highway

    British soldiers and their Afghan National Army counterparts have overseen the clearance of numerous wrecked vehicles from a major route in Afghanistan's Helmand province.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Armed Forces Minister visits families of soldiers in Helmand

    The importance of looking after the families of soldiers serving on operations was the focus of a recent visit to Colchester Garrison by the Minister for the Armed Forces Nick Harvey.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • HMS Campbeltown leaves affiliated town for final time

    The Royal Navy frigate HMS Campbeltown has marked her final sailing from her affiliated town of Campbeltown with an eleven-gun salute, prior to her decommissioning later this year.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government