Jack Straw
Jack Straw
John Whitaker Strawis an English politician who served as the Member of Parliamentfor Blackburn from 1979 to 2015. Straw served in the Cabinet from 1997 to 2010 under the governments of Tony Blair and Gordon Brown. He held two of the traditional Great Offices of State, as Home Secretary from 1997 to 2001 and Foreign Secretary from 2001 to 2006 under Blair. From 2007 to 2010 he served as Lord Chancellor and the Secretary of State for Justice throughout Brown's...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth3 August 1946
frankly market minds
That frankly was not in people's minds because there is a world market in oil,
abide government homeless human law left respect rule thousands vulnerable
that have reportedly left thousands of the most vulnerable homeless and destitute and called on the government to abide by the rule of law and respect for human rights.
community defiance however individual isolation nations
that isolation and defiance of the international community does not work, however fanciful individual nations may think that it can work.
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That is the evidence. We look to the Iranians to desist from anything that they have been involved in the past, and also to use their very considerable influence with Hezbollah to ensure that this continued use of Hezbollah technology stops in Iraq,
action careful targeting
targeting was very careful and that action was proportionate.
available continue facilities needs resolved work
It needs to be resolved by all facilities available to the international community, that is what we have been working on and continue to work on,
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As far as 'Syria next on the list', we made clear that it is not,
british clear position prisoners regardless share status technical treated
The British government's position is that prisoners -- regardless of their technical status -- should be treated humanely and in accordance with customary international law, ... We have always made that clear and the Americans have said they share this view.
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That obviously includes France, Germany, and Italy, who are offering forces as part of this coalition and all the other member states as well.
asked council later security taking
(Annan) asked that arrangements should be made for a briefing of the security council and that will be taking place later today.
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Electricity generation still around 25 percent below war levels, and transmission undermined by looting and sabotage,
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Each is overwhelmingly Muslim and each, in their separate ways, is crucial to whether the world can be bound together, or fractured along deep political and theological divides,
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not a fight against Islam, it's a fight against terror.
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(It's) very shocking, with what seems to be a large loss of life. Our hearts and our prayers go out to those who have lost loved ones.