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Tories shuffle to the right
by Daphne Liddle
DAVID Cameron is desperate. The popularity of his Con-Dem Coalition is plummeting and the state of the economy is getting worse. So he has reshuffled his Cabinet, taking it further to the right with fewer women, fewer from ethnic minorities and fewer Liberal Democrats.
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Syria: the West is seeking pretexts
by our Arab Affairs correspondent
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki Moon has called for support for renewed United Nations efforts to end the fighting in Syria at the UN General Assembly this week. The UN chief urged member states to back the new joint UN and Arab League envoy on the Syrian crisis, Lakhdar Brahimi, as he takes up the mission following Kofi Annan’s resignation.
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