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NSFW: POGO ED’s Letter to Hillary Clinton BARES ALL. 8 US Embassy Guards in Kabul Sacked.
In what appears to be the direct result of a letter from The Project on Government Oversight (POGO) Executive Director, Danielle Brian to the Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton bringing to light the transgressions of the security guards posted at...
Tags: POGO, Letter, Hillary Rodham Clinton, US Embassy, Guards, Kabul, Sacked, The Project on Government Oversight, Executive Director, Danielle Brian, Secretary of State, ArmorGroup, AGNA, turnover, security guards, Ineffectual Oversight, Mansour Square, massacre, Iraq, Gurkhas, pictures, photographs, lewd, nudity, naked, Camp, Afghan, religious tolerance, Islam, tenets, Ethics, Military, McCain, trade-off, PRONTO, Hobsons Choice, myVox
Joanna Lumley remembers fallen Gurkhas
Dharān :: Nepal | 3 months ago
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Campaigner Joanna Lumley has laid a wreath in memory of Gurkhas killed in conflicts around the world. The British actress is continuing her visit to Nepal where she has been spending time in Kathmandu. Since her arrival over the weekend she has received...
Tags: Joanna Lumley, Gurkhas, Gurkha Welfare Trust, Nepal, Kathmandu
JOANNA LUMLEY MEETS NEPALESE LEADERS
Britich actress Joanna Lumley, who campaigned for the rights of Gurkhas, have met leaders including the prime minister Madhav Kumar Nepal and foreign minister Sujata Koirala today after receiving a heroic welcome on arrival at the Tribhuvan International...
Tags: Joanna Lumley, GURKHAS, NEPAL, PRIME MINISTER, Madhav Kumar Nepal, SUJATA KOIRALA, DR RAM BARAN YADAV, HOME COMING, Gordon Brown, BRITISH GOVERNMENT, GURKHAS RIGHTS
Gurkhas give an absolutely fabulous star welcome
Kathmandu :: Nepal | 4 months ago
Credibility Lumley received a hero's welcome from hundreds of Gurkhas and their families as she arrived in Nepal. The actress, who played a pivotal role in a campaign to allow those who fought for Britain to settle here, was mobbed by well-wishers yesterday as she...
Tags: Nepalese, Madhav Kumar Nepal, Gurkhas, Joanna Lumley, Ayo Gurkhali, actress joanna, Ms Lumley, Britain, meets nepal, Kathmandu City Hall
Gurkhas welcome Joanna Lumley in Nepal "homecoming"
London :: United Kingdom | 4 months ago
Credibility The actress Joanna Lumley was garlanded with strings of marigolds as she arrived in Nepal today to a hero's welcome...The old soldiers had come to the voice appreciation -- even veneration -- felt here for the actress after she spearheaded a campaign...
Tags: Joanna Lumley, Nepal Updated, Gurkhas, Ms Lumley, Britain, actress joanna, Kathmandu
UK Prime Minister Allows Gurkhas to stay
Gordon Brown has performed a political U turn allowing Gurkhas to settle in the United Kingdom. Joanna Lumley who has been championing their cause has proclaimed they are "coming home" after the UK government finally relented on...
Tags: United Kingdom, Gurkhas, Joanna Lumley, Nick Clegg, Tories, Liberal Democrats, Gordon Brown
Gurkhas win right to settle in UK
London :: United Kingdom | 6 months ago
Credibility All former Gurkhas who have served for four years with the British army and wish to live in the United Kingdom will be allowed to do so, the home secretary, Jacqui Smith, announced today. In a reversal of previous guidelines that prevented all but a small...
Tags: Gurkhas, Joanna Lumley, Britain, Gordon Brown, Baroness Lumley, La Lumley, gurkha veterans, prime minister, downs street, Jacqui Smith
Brown indicates shift on Gurkhas
London :: United Kingdom | 6 months ago
Credibility At Prime Minister's Questions, Mr Brown said it was possible to honour the UK's commitment to the Gurkhas "in a way that protects the public finances". Campaign lawyer David Enright said victory seemed "a fait accompli, but we have had several false dawns...
Tags: Gurkhas, Gordon Brown, Britain, Mr Brown, prime minister, House of Commons, Joanna Lumley, gurkha veterans, Tory, minister gordon
Actress in public clash on Gurkhas
London :: United Kingdom | 6 months ago
Credibility Joanna Lumley says the immigration minister has "reassured" her over Gurkhas' rights to settle in the UK, in an unscheduled and dramatic meeting. The actress and Phil Woolas came face-to-face in highly-charged scenes at the BBC's Westminster office and...
Tags: Gurkhas, Joanna Lumley, immigration minister, Phil Woolas, gurkha soldiers
To the bitter end
London :: United Kingdom | 6 months ago
Credibility Gordon Brown is hunkering down in his bunker at Downing Street as the plotters scheme but he is going nowhere, writes James Macintyre Shortly after the 2001 general election, a meeting took place in Downing Street to discuss the idea of part-privatisation...
Tags: Gordon Brown, Joanna Lumley, Labour MP, Gurkhas, prime minister, Royal Mail
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