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2010-03-09 BBC holds firm over Ethiopia famine funds report Media The Guardian

A programme broadcast last week by the BBC World Services Africa editor, Martin Plaut, suggested that rebels in the province of Tigray tricked aid workers into giving them the money, which was meant to buy food for the starving.

He also accused Berhe of bias and challenged the BBC to substantiate its claims. "Produce one shred of evidence; one iota of evidence not some dissident, exiled malcontent," he said. "Produce me one shred of evidence and I promise you I will properly investigate it," he said. "I will properly report it and if there is any money missing, I will sue the Ethiopian government who are the rebels who were fighting the war in Tigray for that money back now and I will spend it on aid. "

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Bob Geldof and charities deny aid was spent on weapons but corporation executives say reports are credible - BBC Ethiopia International aid and development Charities Television industry Media UK news World news Society Media

2010-03-07 Rebels with a grudge and the anatomy of a damning smear - TV and Radio, Media - The Independent

The story, by the BBC World Services Africa analyst, Martin Plaut, said that in 1985 the rebels of the Tigrean Peoples Liberation Front diverted 95 per cent of the aid sent to the north of Ethiopia into its fight to overthrow the government of the time. He quoted two senior rebel soldiers as saying that rebels had dressed up as merchants to trick aid agencies into handing over large amounts of cash, purportedly to buy food. To back up the claims he cited recently released CIA documents and quoted a senior US diplomat as saying that at the time they had believed that aid was "almost certainly being diverted for military purposes". It all sounds incredibly damning and ndash; until you ask who is making these allegations.

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Live Aid millions spent on arms," headlines have said all over the world in the past few days after a year-long BBC investigation announced it had found evidence that millions of dollars earmarked for victims of the Ethiopian famine of 1984-85 went to buy weapons.

2010-03-06 M and S to return to BBC Good Food Show

The news comes as regular sponsor Sainsburys has announced that it will continue to support the main theatres at each of the BBC Good Food Shows, including the BBC Summer Good Food Show, BBC Good Food Show Scotland, MasterChef Live and BBC Good Food Show Birmingham until 2011.

At Sainsburys we believe that MasterChef Live and the BBC Good Food Shows provide us with an excellent opportunity to engage with and inspire both new and existing customers, in a relaxed and relevant environment," said Sainsburys external event and sampling manager Samuel Egginton.

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Marks and Spencer has confirmed it will be exhibiting at the BBC Good Food Show Birmingham taking place at the NEC this November, following a six-year absence. - Event magazine event experiential creative live venue catering exhibition BBC Good Food M and S Marks and Spencer Sainsburys

2010-03-05 TPLF blocked food aid during Tigrays 1984 famine in Ethiopia - BBC - Jimma Times

According to the BBC, Senior TPLF officials and Americas CIA sources have admitted that Meles Zenawis TPLF blocked and diverted food aid and millions of dollars donated to the 1984 famine victims in Tigray, in order to buy weapons and recruits against the Soviet backed Mengistu regime. TPLF rebels posed as merchants and officials of NGOs like the Relief Society of Tigray (R. E. S. T. ) to deceive western NGOs. Today, TPLFs ngos and civilian organizations like E. F. F. O. R. T. and R. E. S. T. continue to monopolize the Ethiopian economy and the transfer of aid to millions of Ethiopians. The TPLF and EPLF rebels were also known to use terrorist tactics to rob Ethiopian government owned NGOs and bomb civilian targets but they were supported as "freedom fighters" by anti-Soviet UK and US officials. While anti-Soviet

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2010-03-02 Somali opposition group al-Shabaab to block WFP food aid - Wikinews, the free news source

We fear they are suffering even more because food assistance cannot reach them, and some of them may be forced to leave Afgoye as conditions in the camp deteriorate," he added. A statement released by the WFP claims that its motivations in Somalia were "impartial and non political". On the agencys official website, the WFP describes Somalia as being "one of the most dangerous places in the world", and having "the highest humanitarian need for the size of its population".

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2010-03-01 The feral beast: Will Weinberg dodge the chop - Press, Media - The Independent

Former Today news editor Adrian Addison launches into a stinging attack of the BBC over its dismissal of Angus Stickler, once Sony Journalist of the Year. "Its a total shocker," he fumes in an email to friends, "BBC News has millions of drone-like, identikit reporters, and few actual investigative hacks that can genuinely and ndash; consistently and ndash; turn up, and stand up, good tales. Letting Stickler go is just stupid, plain stupid. It is yet more proof, if more were needed, that the Today programme has little interest in getting its own stories. Yet another, yawn, forensic interview with a politician is far easier and ndash; and cheaper. " Ouch.

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More than 50 jobs are going at The Times,but what of Joanna Weinberg

2010-02-28 BBC News - Indias land of rising shares - and prices

Indias land of rising shares - and prices

At the end of each month, BBC World News business presenter Jamie Robertson takes a look at the worlds major stock markets. This month he weighs up the positive - and negative - impact on Indias booming market.

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At the end of each month, BBC World business presenter Jamie Robertson takes a look back at the worlds major stock markets. This is his February report. - BBC News BBC News news online world uk international foreign british online service

2010-02-22 Goose Island Beer Co. CEO John Hall on Friedman, Gladwell and Bryson Crains Chicago Business

A food magazine, "covers the whole world and has great little articles on things that are new and interesting. " Liked

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John Hall, 67, founder and CEO of Goose Island Beer Co. , the Chicago craft brewery, likes to see the world from the seat of a bike. At home, he cycles through these: Scans the New York Times in print and online all day. CNBC is a good fit: - Chicago People and Profiles Chicago Food and Drink Goose Island Beer Co. Crains Chicago business news money financial news business analysis business articles

2010-02-21 BBC News - Mongolia: Life in the extreme cold

Mongolia: Life in the extreme cold

Horses, cows, sheep, goats, and camels are the five traditional animals of Mongolia, and the horse to person ratio is 13:1. Many people rely heavily on animals for food, drink, transport, and other raw materials like wool, leather and bones.

The United Nations has warned that extreme winter weather has killed more than one million livestock animals in Mongolia and is likely to harm the countrys food supply and worsen poverty.

When walking through town, I could stumble into any Mongolians home and would be immediately offered tea and maybe even food.

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Aid workers tell us their experiences of extreme winter weather in Mongolia, where some provinces have been hit by -35C temperatures. - BBC News BBC News news online world uk international foreign british online service

2009-12-06 Hix Fix shots - Recipes, Food and Drink - The Independent

This is a jellified version of our house cocktail which is inspired by the delicious brandy of Julian Temperley ( ), who recently won the Special Judges Award at the BBC Radio 4 Food and Farming Awards. Cheers, Julian.

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This is a jellified version of our house cocktail which is inspired by the delicious brandy of Julian Temperley ( ), who recently won the Special Judges Award at the BBC Radio 4 Food and Farming Awards. Cheers, Julian.