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China / Defence / Education / Policy / World

MI6 fears over UK university links to Beijing as at least 12 of them are probed by spooks

Published by The Mail on Sunday (7th February, 2012) (Written with Glen Owen, Political Editor) More than a dozen British universities are under investigation over commercial relationships with […]

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Africa / China / Politics / Rwanda / World

The man who turned amorality into an art form

Published in The Daily Mail (January 12th, 2013) When Tony Blair visited Beijing a few weeks ago to open a prestigious conference on philanthropy, he showed he had […]

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Africa / Libya

MI6 role in Libyan rebels’ rendition ‘helped to strengthen al-Qaida’

Published in The Guardian (October 25th) British intelligence believes the capture and rendition of two top Libyan rebel commanders, carried out with the involvement of MI6, strengthened al-Qaida […]

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Africa / Libya

How Labour secretly put Libyan dissidents under house arrest at Gaddafi’s behest following Blair’s ‘deal in the desert’

Published in The Mail on Sunday (September 11th, 2011) Labour used controversial control orders to put Libyan dissidents in Britain under house arrest – at the behest of […]

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Africa / Libya

Devastating secret files reveal Labour lies over Gaddafi

Published in The Mail on Sunday (September 4th, 2011) The startling extent to which Labour misled the world over the controversial release of the Lockerbie bomber is exposed […]

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Ian Birrell is an award-winning columnist, foreign correspondent, feature writer and investigative journalist. He is contributing editor of The Mail on Sunday, a weekly columnist in The i Paper and writes frequently for other papers and platforms. He is also co-founder with Damon Albarn of Africa Express, the acclaimed collaborative music project. (Pictured: Talking to refugees in Iraq fleeing Islamic State)... Read More.

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