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Israel furious at Hillary Clinton's concern for democracy in country - Telegraph.co.uk
However speaking off the record, an official within the foreign ministry claimed the Israeli government was "astonished" by her remarks. "We fail to see why this is a matter of such importance for the US Secretary of State. Does she deal with the same ...
December 5, 2011


Would-be spies who crack GCHQ code directed to £25000 job vacancy - Telegraph.co.uk
The 23-year-old, who did not wish to be identified, is one of “a number” of would-be spies who have solved the baffling puzzle. But he admitted that the problem facing the secret service was its inability to match the salaries paid by private cyber ...
December 2, 2011


GCHQ code breakers rewarded with news of £25000 job vacancy - Telegraph.co.uk
The 23-year-old, who did not wish to be identified, is one of “a number” of would-be spies who have solved the baffling puzzle. But he admitted that the problem facing the secret service was its inability to match the salaries paid by private cyber ...
December 2, 2011


Hillary Clinton in historic Burma visit - Telegraph.co.uk
Senior administration officials said Clinton would not announce an end to sweeping economic sanctions on Burma, a step that would require approval by Congress. But top US diplomats rarely undertake such high-profile visits without being ready to offer ...
November 30, 2011


Pakistan Taliban 'holding peace talks with government' - Telegraph.co.uk
We will see if there is a breakthrough," said the senior Taliban commander, who asked not to be identified. "Right now, this is at the South Waziristan level. If successful, we can talk about a deal for all the tribal areas," he said, referring to ...
November 21, 2011


Dead at 15 - the schoolboy whose murder shows how Syria's cycle of violence is ... - Telegraph.co.uk
“There are now 16 and 17-year olds who have changed their Facebook pictures to show themselves proudly holding their guns and vowing to die in defence of Bashar,” said one man, who asked to remain anonymous. And Syria has a trump card: the ...
November 20, 2011


Riain Richards: 'suspected cat attack swinger unmasked' as he goes to police - Telegraph.co.uk
The friend, who asked not to be named, was a pupil with Riain at Charles Dickens Secondary School, Broadstairs, Kent. He said: ''I wouldn't like it if it was my cat. It is absolutely unacceptable. I don't know if the man who did it was out of his head ...
November 12, 2011


Sun journalist arrested by police named as Jamie Pyatt - Telegraph.co.uk
Another neighbour, a woman who also asked not to be named, said: "Two or three cars turned up outside his house at about 10am and there were about eight men including Jamie talking in the garden. "They all got into the cars and went off. ...
November 4, 2011


St Paul's loses money as supporters donate £1000 a day to Occupy London camp - Telegraph.co.uk
A member of the finance team who did not want to be identified, said: "We are getting between £500 and £1000 a day, noticeably more at weekends when it's really busy and a lot of tourists are around. "They tend to be older people, or those who can't ...
November 4, 2011


Pakistan spot-fixing scandal: Kamran Akmal and Wahab Riaz may face ... - Telegraph.co.uk
The ICC were contacted by an anonymous source, believed to be a former member of Pakistan's backroom staff, with details of fixing arranged by Majeed in Australia and the World Twenty20. A download of Majeed's Blackberry text messages to members of the ...
November 1, 2011


Arab League urges Syria to withdraw tanks from streets - Telegraph.co.uk
A source close to the Syrian delegation told AFP meanwhile that Muallem, who is expected to give Assad's response to the Arab League proposal on Monday, was to hold talks with Qatar's Emir Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani. The Doha talks came as Syrian ...
October 31, 2011


Liam Fox: The £3.9bn deal to save the MoD, and a morris men reshuffle - Telegraph.co.uk
Mr Cameron's lack of preparedness, sources close to him insisted, resulted in the chaotic scenes as he attempted to contact replacements for Dr Fox and Philip Hammond, the former transport secretary who has now been installed at the MoD. ...
October 16, 2011


Busted flush: Las Vegas on a losing streak - Telegraph.co.uk
and declined to give his name. He'd lived there a year, he said. Things around here weren't what they seemed. The house next door was used for drug business, until the people living there just took off one day. There were drugs all over this ...
October 15, 2011


BlackBerry business users vent frustration - Telegraph.co.uk
One executive attending a BlackBerry Innovation Forum in London on Wednesday, who asked to remain anonymous, admitted that 35000 of his employees did not have access to email. Barry Gill from Mimecast, which provides back up email services, ...
October 13, 2011


Liam Fox denies cover-up over male friend who slept at his flat when he was ... - Telegraph.co.uk
Diabate, who did not enter the flat, put the Telegraph in touch with one of the burglars who went inside, who refused to give his name but said: “There were two people in the flat. We got in through the (patio) window. I saw the people, ...
October 12, 2011


Libya: high ranking Gaddafi officials 'leading defence of Sirte' - Telegraph.co.uk
"We found them sitting in the back between two women, hiding their faces and without documents," said an eyewitness who declined to be named. Rabiya Abu Menear had been heard on radio exhorting loyalists to continue fighting. ...
October 11, 2011


Don't mention the IRA to Martin McGuinness - Telegraph.co.uk
At another address in Derry's Shantallow district, Mr Hegarty's former partner and the mother of his children, who also declined to be named, said she had been “gutted” by his murder. Asked about Mr McGuinness's role, she said: “My lips are sealed. ...
October 9, 2011


Hugo Chavez 'rushed to hospital after kidney failure' - Telegraph.co.uk
"He was in fairly serious overall condition," an anonymous source told the Spanish-language daily. "When he arrived, he was in quite serious shape and that is why he was brought in for emergency care." It added that doctors had considered transferring ...
September 29, 2011


German forest boy's first words: 'I'm all alone in the world, please help me' - Telegraph.co.uk
"He had only a few words of German but was completely fluent in English, and said that his father had told him it was an important language," said the civil servant who asked not to be named. "Although he seemed to be a native English speaker, ...
September 20, 2011


At least 36 killed in Burundi attack - Telegraph.co.uk
I swear because I saw them," said one wounded victim who did not want to be identified. "Dozens of people, some in (military) uniform and with Kalashnikov (rifles) and grenades entered 'Chez les Amis' bar. They told everyone to lie down and began ...
September 19, 2011


Microsoft paid out 'more than £1 million' to female executive - Telegraph.co.uk
The only way to progress beyond a certain point is to become a male in female clothing,” a source said. Although women compete on an equal basis further down the organisation, they hit a glass ceiling at around “level 65 or above” – a senior level ...
September 19, 2011


Kenya kidnapping suspect due in court - Telegraph.co.uk
A senior police officer, who declined to be named, said: "The suspect has been interrogated and we believe there is evidence that he was involved. "He will appear in court on Monday and will be charged with abduction and robbery. ...
September 18, 2011


Baby deaths at Cumbria hospital maternity ward 'linked to race' - Telegraph.co.uk
A source, who asked not to be named, said: "It's impossible to say definitively whether there is a connection between the ethnicity of the mothers and the deaths, but the figures speak for themselves. "All I can say is that the care given to mothers in ...
September 12, 2011


Gaddafi's ghost town after the loyalists retreat - Telegraph.co.uk
"If we go back to Tawarga, we will be at the mercy of the Misratah brigade," said one refugee, who declined to be named. "When they entered our town in mid-Ramadan [mid-August] and shelled it, we fled just carrying the clothes on our backs. ...
September 11, 2011


Yahoo! 'to be sold' before it announces chief executive to replace Carol Bartz - Telegraph.co.uk
"Some of the same rationale - in terms of expertise in display advertising and search - still stands, so if Microsoft can get it for half the price, it will want to do so," said a source close to Yahoo!. AOL is also tipped as a likely candidate to ...
September 7, 2011


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