Britain 'planned to cut off Nile'
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Britain drew up plans to cut off the Nile to Egypt to force a return of the Suez Canal, files from 1956 reveal.
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The Christian Science Monitor - British prime minister Tony Blair announced Wednesday the beginning of the end of British military involvement in Iraq, starting with a 25 percent drawdown before summer.
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Britain will withdraw around 1,600 troops from Iraq in the coming months and aims to further cut its 7,100-strong contingent by late summer if Iraqi forces can secure the country's south, Prime Minister Tony ...Comment
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Britain has drafted a Security Council resolution authorizing the joint African Union-UN peacekeeping force for Darfur approved by Khartoum and warning of possible sanctions if the Sudanese parties failed to cooperate, diplomats said Wednesday.
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A proposed solution to channel water into the rapidly shrinking Dead Sea could carry critical side effects, a local expert warns.
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ABUJA/KHARTOUM, Aug 24, 2004 (dpa) -- As British Foreign Minister Jack Straw visited Sudan&#39;s western Darfur region during his two-day factfinding mission, day two of peace talks between the Sudanese government and Darfur rebels got underway in the
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The government of Sudan has ordered the country directors of two British-based aid agencies that provide relief to displaced people in the Darfur region to leave
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Sudan decided to postpone a decision  to expel the country heads of two British aid agencies on  Monday, citing administrative difficulties and humanitarian  grounds, the state minister for humanitarian affairs said.
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Action is needed to protect British wildlife from the effects of a changing climate, a report says.
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Scientist proposes 'Biblical-style flood' A sonar probe of the bed of the English Channel has produced evidence that Britain may have become an island is less than 24 hours, the Daily Telegraph reports.â¦
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Britain's biggest water supplier, Thames Water, planned to slash one quarter of its workforce as part of a massive cost-cutting programme, according to an email sent to staff which was just published.
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Egypt launched a major operation to drain off water from the Nile threatening two prized pharaonic temples in the Luxor region in the south of the country.
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KHARTOUMâSudan has agreed to a joint withdrawal of government and rebel forces from Darfur and to boost the number of international ceasefire monitors in the province, British Prime Minister Tony Blair said yesterday.
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Britain supports a U.S. proposal to impose U.N. sanctions against the government of Sudan for its role in Darfur's bloodshed, an official said Wednesday.
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Britain was separated from mainland Europe after a big flood about 200,000 years ago, a sonar study confirms.
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ABU SHOUK CAMP, Sudan  - The Sudanese government  is trying to meet U.N. demands to end the conflict in Darfur  that has killed up to 50,000 people but needs to do more,  British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw said on Tuesday.
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Climate change is warming Britain's waters, eroding its coastline, harming its marine wildlife and increasing the likelihood of devastating storms and floods, the government said in a report published Wednesday.