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    • BASRA, IRAQ - OCTOBER 18:  People gather around a Land Rover as it arrives at the village Al Houta on October 18 2008 near Basra, Iraq. The trip by the 51 Sqn Royal Air Force Regiment Force Protection Wing was part of a 'key leader engagement' (KLE) visit to the village close to the Basra Airbase to recruit local labour and engage with the village shiek. Visits of this type are seen as key in efforts to continue winning the support of the local Iraqi population. Although improved security in the region has brought some benefits such as improved trade and commerce, much of the infrastructure remains in a poor state of repair. Britain's Prime Minister Gordon Brown has indicated that the number of UK troops could be scaled down - especially as the security situation in the south of the country continues to improve. From Getty Images.

      BASRA, IRAQ - OCTOBER 18: People gather around a Land Rover as it arrives at the village Al Houta on October 18 2008 near Basra, Iraq. The trip by the 51 Sqn Royal Air Force Regiment Force Protection Wing was part of a 'key leader engagement' (KLE) visit to the village close to the Basra Airbase to recruit local labour and engage with the village shiek. Visits of this type are seen as key in efforts to continue winning the support of the local Iraqi population. Although improved security in the region has brought some benefits such as improved trade and commerce, much of the infrastructure remains in a poor state of repair. Britain's Prime Minister Gordon Brown has indicated that the number of UK troops could be scaled down - especially as the security situation in the south of the country continues to improve.

    • Democratic presidential nominee Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) speaks during a campaign rally in the rain at the University of Mary Washington in Fredericksburg, Virginia, September 27, 2008. From Reuters Pictures by Reuters.

      Democratic presidential nominee Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) speaks during a campaign rally in the rain at the University of Mary Washington in Fredericksburg, Virginia, September 27, 2008.

    • A puppy stands on a truck carrying people to be evacuated from the area in preparation for the approach of Hurricane Gustav in Batabano, on the southern coast of Cuba, August 30, 2008. Powerful Hurricane Gustav roared toward western Cuba on Saturday with 125 mph (205 kph) winds on its way to the oil-rich Gulf of Mexico after a deadly pass through the Caribbean. From Reuters Pictures by REUTERS.

      A puppy stands on a truck carrying people to be evacuated from the area in preparation for the approach of Hurricane Gustav in Batabano, on the southern coast of Cuba, August 30, 2008. Powerful Hurricane Gustav roared toward western Cuba on Saturday with 125 mph (205 kph) winds on its way to the oil-rich Gulf of Mexico after a deadly pass through the Caribbean.

    • BANGKOK, THAILAND - AUGUST 30:  A member of Anti-government People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) stands behind barbed wire outside Government on August 30, 2008, in Bangkok, Thailand. The protesters want to unseat the seven-month old coalition government lead by Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej. From Getty Images.

      BANGKOK, THAILAND - AUGUST 30: A member of Anti-government People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) stands behind barbed wire outside Government on August 30, 2008, in Bangkok, Thailand. The protesters want to unseat the seven-month old coalition government lead by Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej.

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    • Russia President Dmitry Medvedev, center, returns after inspecting a joint forces guard of honor during his ceremonial reception, in New Delhi, India, Friday, Dec. 5, 2008. Medvedev, on his first visit to India as President, said Russia can help India fight terrorism and investigate the deadly attacks in Mumbai. From AP Photo by Manish Swarup.

      Russia President Dmitry Medvedev, center, returns after inspecting a joint forces guard of honor during his ceremonial reception, in New Delhi, India, Friday, Dec. 5, 2008. Medvedev, on his first visit to India as President, said Russia can help India fight terrorism and investigate the deadly attacks in Mumbai.

    • A young refugee from Myanmar of Chin origin sits in her class at a flat in Kuala Lumpur December 5, 2008. About 150 refugees between age 4 and 17 who left Myanmar for a better life attended classes taught by nine volunteer teachers as part of the preparation before they settle at their host countries. From Reuters Pictures by REUTERS.

      A young refugee from Myanmar of Chin origin sits in her class at a flat in Kuala Lumpur December 5, 2008. About 150 refugees between age 4 and 17 who left Myanmar for a better life attended classes taught by nine volunteer teachers as part of the preparation before they settle at their host countries.

    • NEW YORK - DECEMBER 04:  Actor Harold Pirraneau attends the 2008 Stockings with Care celebrity bartending night at Bar 13 on December 4, 2008 in New York City. From Getty Images.

      NEW YORK - DECEMBER 04: Actor Harold Pirraneau attends the 2008 Stockings with Care celebrity bartending night at Bar 13 on December 4, 2008 in New York City.

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    • A memorial tribute to shoe mogul Thomas Bata is shown at the Bata Shoe Museum in Toronto September 3, 2008. Bata died earlier this week at the age of 93. From Reuters Pictures by REUTERS.

      A memorial tribute to shoe mogul Thomas Bata is shown at the Bata Shoe Museum in Toronto September 3, 2008. Bata died earlier this week at the age of 93.

    • A visitor takes a close look at a photo by French photographer Bettina Rheims during the inauguration of her exhibition "Can You Find Happiness?" on March 7, 2008 at the c/o-Gallery in Berlin. The exhibition runs from March 8 to May 11, 2008. From Getty Images by AFP/Getty Images.

      A visitor takes a close look at a photo by French photographer Bettina Rheims during the inauguration of her exhibition "Can You Find Happiness?" on March 7, 2008 at the c/o-Gallery in Berlin. The exhibition runs from March 8 to May 11, 2008.

    • Forty-five euro coins, worth 500 Slovak Crowns or 16,60 euros, are seen in Bratislava where Slovakian banks and post offices started selling them on December 1,2008 before Slovakia joins the euro zone on January 1, 2009. From Getty Images by AFP/Getty Images.

      Forty-five euro coins, worth 500 Slovak Crowns or 16,60 euros, are seen in Bratislava where Slovakian banks and post offices started selling them on December 1,2008 before Slovakia joins the euro zone on January 1, 2009.

    • People walk behind the European Union's flag during the annual gay parade in Budapest July 5, 2008. Several hundreds of demonstrators clashed with the police in the center of Hungarian capital as police tried to separate them from the participants of the Gay Pride march. From Reuters Pictures by REUTERS.

      People walk behind the European Union's flag during the annual gay parade in Budapest July 5, 2008. Several hundreds of demonstrators clashed with the police in the center of Hungarian capital as police tried to separate them from the participants of the Gay Pride march.

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...to tackle fuel poverty, Neil joined Riverside Group directors nationwide to ask local MPs to call on the Energy Minister Malcolm Wicks to reduce the tariff for pre-payment meter customers. Pre-payment meter customers can pay up to £300 more than households...
...was capped at Drigg, it would not have taken over the contract. On the Sellafield insurance deal, former energy minister Malcolm Wicks said, in a written answer to Labour backbencher Paul Flynn on July 14: "The department . . . expects to have to grant an...
...taking over the running of Britain's biggest nuclear facility at Sellafield next Monday. The move comes on top of a decision by Malcolm Wicks, the former energy minister, to make the taxpayer liable for any accidents at Sellafield, which is in Cumbria, exempting...
...from heat pumps would be Odwarfedš by those of gas boilers, even if those hit 100% efficiency. Energy minister, Malcolm Wicks, recently announced that planning rules would be relaxed to allow heat pumps to be installed without requirement for consent, effectively...
...desire for sustainable growth (which contrasted rather sharply with the platitudes and vapidities of the following speaker, Malcolm Wicks, Gordon Brown's special representative on energy issues). "We need to get rid of poverty in India, we can't have 500m...
...MPs the opportunity to object to the indemnity to private firms. The row originally broke out after MPs discovered that Malcolm Wicks, the former energy minister, had used emergency procedures to get the deal through during the parliamentary recess. He had...
...the exercise again. It is often said that bad things flourish when good men are silent. Edward Leigh, Peter Luff and Malcolm Wicks are essentially decent human beings. But their collective failure to do the right thing at the time brings both government and...
...out in parliament over the government's decision to sign the deal after it was revealed that the former energy minister, Malcolm Wicks, appeared to have broken Treasury guidelines by failing to inform MPs properly with the result that no backbencher could...
...of putting details of the contract into the Commons library and alerting all MPs, former Energy Minister Malcolm Wicks simply notified two Conservative MPs – Edward Leigh and Peter Luff – who chair the Public Accounts Committee and the Business Enterprise...
...refusal to accept the need for nuclear power in his first major speech on energy since taking over from ex-energy minister Malcolm Wicks. Mr O’Brien’s attack came hours after new Scottish Secretary Jim Murphy purported to hold out an olive branch at a meeting...

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