...Ukrainians, Austrians, Russians,Cossacks, French, British, and others who died - unless...Russians waving French passports and British medals from the World War...Tolstoy proved yet again that British libel laws are flawed. The...also points out that the British government "pressed consistently and successfully...and Japanese governments to compensate British victims of their wartime atrocities...

A Touch of British Wit -- Tibet: the West can use the Olympics as a weapon against Beijing / Michael Portillo "The unprecedented grandiosity of the ... Berlin Olympics as a showcase for Nazism turned to fury when the black American athlete Jesse Owens won four gold medals. The Chinese leadership must by now be wondering whether staging the Games in Beijing will bring the regime more accolades...

...would have been called simply, "victims". All our returning troops are heroes. All our fire personnel are heroes. A bit like Russia in the Soviet era where *every* fireman had a medal "For bravery in fire". Mugging victims are heroes. Rape victims aren't, for some reason. Ancient Chinese proverb : Girl with knickers off run much faster than man with trousers down. Cricket ...

... shoot him was of the same calibre employed by British forces. " And the exact same calibre employed by the ..., it was NATO 5.56mm ammo. Not exclusively British. "According to the paper, the only other possibility is that Taliban fighters got hold of British weapons on the black market, or stole them....story - either a enemy got hold of a british rifle and fired or a pommy unit shot their...

http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,20867,21239619-31477,00.html dubious story - either a enemy got hold of a british rifle and fired or a pommy unit shot their own man.. sad either way.. scandal morely...

...17260172/detail.html Army sergeant given Soldier's Medal at Fort Bragg http://www.chron.com/disp...Infantry troops to go for war gaming with British Army http://www.business-standard.com/india/storypage... from 'The La Salle County Regiment' earned Medals of Honor for http://mywebtimes.com/ottnews/...-them-20080822-40dk.html Malawian shines in British Army http://www.dailytimes.bppmw.com/article....

... for. They were allies because they were paid. Consider Tony Blair. Blair's own head of British intelligence told him that the Americans were fabricating the evidence to justify their already planned attack on Iraq...He was awarded the Legion of Honor by the President of France and the US Treasury's Silver Medal for "outstanding contributions to the formulation of US economic policy."

..., just like the women's team, which lost an early lead and stumbled to a silver medal. But what added to the sting was what he had to pay for his seat in ... $475 for a seat. "That's why it hurts a little for the silver medal," Deosthale said. "For $475 we should have gotten the gold medal." At least he didn't have to pay the British, the prize of Hong Kong for their own disdeeds.

.... Just as it's a certaintly that should a British track and field athlete get a bronze medal they will be lauded to the skies in the media ...if, as is expected, Vickie Pendleton picks up multiple gold medals in the track cycling it may make a footnote on ... wins? Yet in a few weeks time the same British athlete could break a world record and not have it ...

...Olympics. Just as it's a certaintly that should a British track and field athlete get a bronze medal they will be lauded to the skies in the media ..., as is expected, Vickie Pendleton picks up multiple gold medals in the track cycling it may make a footnote on ... broadsheets. Yet in a few weeks time the same British athlete could break a world record and not have it...