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Obama’s origami figures to be displayed in Hiroshima museum

8 June, 2016 The origami cranes made by US President Barack Obama, who donated them to the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum during his visit to the city, will be exhibited in the museum, starting Thursday. Along with the cranes, the museum will also display the message the US leader wrote in its guest book, a museum spokesperson told Efe news ...

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EU referendum: our panel on Nigel Farage and David Cameron’s TV debate

Watching Nigel Farage and David Cameron debate Brexit is like opening a DC comic to find the Joker taking on Lex Luthor – they’re both so deeply flawed and thoroughly unpleasant characters you don’t care who wins. Tonight, neither was convincing and neither connected. Charmless and churlish, Farage is like one of those contrarian relatives you desperately try to avoid ...

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Sadiq Khan: It is up to Labour to win the referendum now

In an event at the Shard in central London tomorrow, the new Mayor of London Sadiq Khan will argue that the Tories are too divided to win this referendum and so Labour now has a ‘monumental and historic responsibility’ to deliver a victory for remain on the 23rd of June. The new Mayor of London will join Alan Johnson, Yvette ...

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Teachers’ subject training ‘too brief’, MPs hear

Some teachers are beginning their careers in primary schools with as little as a few hours training in some subject areas, MPs have heard. The Education Select Committee heard how the brevity of initial teacher training in England meant continuous professional development was vital. But much of it focused on new regulatory requirements and curriculum shifts, rather than subject areas. ...

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Proposed Citizenship Bill 2015: Its implication on us

Barrister Nazir Ahmed : The government of Bangladesh is planning to enact a citizenship law which will have serous implication for us, the dual nationals living abroad.  The Bill entitled “Citizenship Bill 2015” has already been approved in principle by the Cabinet.  It is now waiting to go to Parliament to be passed.  Once passed by Parliament, it will go ...

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David Cameron: leave vote would be economic ‘bomb’ for UK

Leaving the EU would detonate a bomb under the British economy, David Cameron has said as he joined with Labour, Lib Dem and Green politicians to argue that the leave campaign was being reckless with people’s futures. The prime minister appeared with Harriet Harman, Natalie Bennett and Tim Farron to talk about the risks of Brexit and challenge the leave ...

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Prime Minister David Cameron sends his greetings to all Muslim communities for the holy month of Ramadan, in Britain and around the world

It’s the holy month of Ramadan – a time when mosques open their doors, community centres welcome in their neighbours, and even churches and synagogues offer up their spaces as Muslims break their fasts – and people of all faiths and none are often asked to join. Coventry Cathedral is holding its own multi-faith iftar. In Manchester, they’re combining an ...

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Sadiq Khan: I’ll use Ramadan to help build bridges between communities

Sadiq Khan today told Londoners he would be using Ramadan to “get out there and build bridges” between the capital’s different communities. The Mayor, a practising Muslim, said he hoped that the holy month would help “break down the mystique and suspicion” that existed around his  religion. In a message to mark the start of  Ramadan, he said it was ...

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Muhammad Ali: ‘Greatest’ boxer, showman, ambassador

More than 60 years ago, a bicycle thief in Louisville, Kentucky, unknowingly set in motion one of the most amazing sports careers in history. An angry 12-year-old Cassius Clay went to a policeman on that day in 1954, vowing he would find the thief who took his bike and have his revenge. The policeman’s advice was to learn to box ...

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