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Prime Minister Ehud Olmert convened a sudden noontime press conference - and announced he has operable prostate cancer. for more click here

It’s rarely been more expensive to be an American abroad.A dollar will now buy you less than 50p in Britain, and it’s at an all-time low in the eurozone.

That’s certainly bad news for Americans who are traveling, and for those poor benighted UK-based American investment bankers whose bonuses apparently are calculated in dollars. As Hamish McRae put it in the Independent on Sunday, the ‘poor dears’.

But it’s not just itinerant Americans who should fear the weak dollar…
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Parliamentarians from Commonwealth nations and regions ranging from Norfolk Island to the Punjab will debate ways to strengthen parliamentary democracy in the Commonwealth, at an event at the Scottish Parliament this week. Thirty-four parliamentarians will take part in the 19th Commonwealth Parliamentary Seminar, which runs from Monday 29 October until Friday 2 November. The opening ceremony will be webcast on Monday morning. for more click here

Liberal Democrat acting leader Vince Cable has been making headlines today with
news that he is to boycott the state visit of King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia.

He wrote to the Saudi ambassador explaining his decision:

“I have introduced three debates in Parliament this year expressing serious
concerns over the al-Yamamah contract and the corruption allegedly involved. I
have, in my arguments, also been very critical of members of the Saudi royal
family and the Saudi record on human rights, including its maltreatment of
British citizens.”

You can read the full story on Corruption is a Crime at
http://tinyurl.com/2qkbjr
 
The Corruption is a Crime Team

P.S.: Please encourage friends and family to sign our petition for an inquiry
into the ending of the SFO investigation into the al-Yamamah arms deal at
www.corruptionisacrime.com

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 David Cameron has been accused of threatening the break-up of the United Kingdom after the Tories unveiled proposals to strip Scottish MPs of the right to vote on English matters at Westminster.

Ministers rounded on the Conservatives, accusing them of “playing fast and loose” with the constitution amid growing tensions between London and Edinburgh. for more click here

ALEX Salmond announced proposals yesterday to scrap 50 quangos and government agencies to free up the money which he needs to meet his party’s ambitious spending plans.

The First Minister promised to end the “overlap and duplication” which he claimed was rife in Scotland’s 200 public bodies and he used his keynote speech at the SNP conference to announce moves to axe a quarter of them. for more click here

Two men are in custody after allegedly attempting to ensnare a member of the Royal Family in a £50,000 gay sex and drugs blackmail plot. for more click here

First lady Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner declared victory in Argentina’s presidential vote on Sunday and was set to become the first woman elected to lead the country. for more click here

GAZA CITY — The streets are quiet now and the electricity works most of the time. Crime is down and even weapons smuggling is at least being regulated. But four months after Hamas seized control of Gaza, the already precarious economy has been sent into a tailspin as the militant Islamic group reigns over a pariah state. for more click here

Gordon Brown was forced to defend Douglas Alexander yesterday, after his embattled election co-ordinator came under increasing pressure to resign over his role in the Holyrood election fiasco.

In a heated exchange at Prime Minister’s Questions, Mr Brown said that all parties should share the blame for the mistakes made in the Scottish election, which led to 140,000 ballot papers being rejected. for more click here