Robin Oakley
Robin Oakley
Robin Oakley, OBEin Kidderminster, Worcestershire is a British journalist. He was European Political Editor at CNN International. Prior to CNN, he was Political Editor at the BBC...
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were very much trying to present themselves as reluctant warriors. They were very much reacting to demonstrations of public opinion.
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Lawmakers say that if the Hutton inquiry finds the government guilty of sharp practice in helping the media identify Dr. Kelly, then the beleaguered Hoon may have to fall on his sword.
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such a hot potato that it was dropped.
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Jean-Marie Le Pen was like a man who just had six birthdays in one day.
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We are not going to see a full NATO operation,
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It's been a very, very big turnout and it will mean a huge sigh of relief for the 10 applicant countries and for European Union leaders across the continent.
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They will underline their readiness to keep more troops there if necessary, as well as their readiness to press ahead with a new U.N. resolution -- partly because that new U.N. resolution is the key to getting countries like France and Germany, who were opposed to the war in Iraq, much more involved in post-conflict operations,
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They are now talking much more about the suffering of the Iraqi people. The British government used to say nothing of regime change, ... both (leaders) need a second U.N. resolution.
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(Blair) was saying that one way or another inaction was not a possibility -- there has to be action of one kind or another.
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(Blair) looking to jumpstart the Middles East peace process.
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There is skepticism among unionists as the IRA is blamed for the huge Northern Bank robbery last year and the question they are asking is: Will that money be used as pensions for old IRA fighters or to buy new arms,
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The whole chemistry of the relationship between Moscow and the West is really changing now,
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For him to lecture these applicant countries or these accepted members on their way in was really behavior like the worst of what the French complain about in the United States,
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There's a lot of breast thumping as leaders take up their negotiation positions, and certainly Polish President Aleksander Kwasniewski and German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder have indicated that this summit could turn into a real standoff,