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Data protection watchdog to be briefed over lapses (AFP) Posted: 08 Sep 2008 03:14 AM CDT AFP - The Ministry of Justice will brief Information Commissioner Richard Thomas Monday on the progress of an inquiry after a disc containing the personal details of 5,000 justice staff went missing in yet another embarrassing data loss blunder.

Brown gets personal as he squares up for fightback (AFP) Posted: 08 Sep 2008 03:01 AM CDT AFP - Prime Minister Gordon Brown will tell his ministers to face up to tough times ahead as he delivers a rallying call to his beleaguered government Monday.

Shannon's stepfather to go on trial (AFP) Posted: 08 Sep 2008 02:28 AM CDT AFP - The partner of Shannon Matthew's mother will go on trial Monday accused of possessing child pornography.Fishmonger Craig Meehan, 22, is to presented before magistrates in Dewsbury, accused of 11 specimen offences for the possession of indecent images of children.

British unions press for tax cuts amid downturn (AFP) Posted: 07 Sep 2008 11:18 AM CDT AFP - British trade unions called Sunday for tax cuts for lower-income workers, and tax hikes for the rich, as Prime Minister Gordon Brown's goverment grapples with a sharp economic downturn.

Brown struggles to mount fightback (AFP) Posted: 07 Sep 2008 04:17 AM CDT AFP - Beleaguered Prime Minister Gordon Brown will launch a fresh bid to revive his government's dire fortunes this week, but deepening economic gloom and growing party sniping threaten any fightback.

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