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Gordon Brown holds cabinet meeting in London
Jack Straw, the Ministry of Justice, arrives at No.10 Downing St. for the weekly cabinet meetings on May 5, 2009 in London. Prime Minister Gordon Brown's leadership is under pressure after a series of leaks from fellow ministers. (UPI Photo/Hugo Philpott)

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MP: Some Pakistanis target 'easy meat'
LONDON, Jan. 8 (UPI) -- A British member of Parliament stoked ethnic issues, telling The Daily Telegraph Pakistani men were capitalizing on white women as "easy meat" for sale.
Jack Straw: No ban on burkas in Britain
LONDON, Feb. 10 (UPI) -- Muslim women should be free to wear face-covering burkas and niqabs on British streets, Foreign Secretary Jack Straw said Tuesday.
Straw to check Powell phone records
Straw to check Powell phone records
LONDON, Feb. 9 (UPI) -- Former British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw says he will check records of his pre-Iraq invasion phone calls with then-U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell.
London deflects oil link to Lockerbie
LONDON, Feb. 1 (UPI) -- Jack Straw, the former British justice secretary, denied a Freedom of Information request from lawmakers examining links to the Lockerbie bomber and Libyan oil.
Witness contradicts Straw's Iraq testimony
LONDON, Jan. 26 (UPI) -- A former lawyer for the British Foreign Office gave testimony Tuesday contradicting Jack Straw's claim he was a reluctant backer of the Iraq invasion.
Jack Straw says he held keys to Iraq war
LONDON, Jan. 21 (UPI) -- Former British Justice Secretary Jack Straw told a London inquiry into the Iraq war Thursday that he could have blocked a decision to invade Baghdad in 2003.
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Brit official: Police like staying warm
LONDON, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- Britain's justice secretary downplayed claims police are overworked by saying some officers enjoy being "warm" inside filling out paperwork.
Liverpool fan freed on government pardon
LONDON, Sept. 9 (UPI) -- British Justice Secretary Jack Straw says his decision to grant a pardon to a soccer fan convicted of attempted murder was based on another man's confession.
Straw: Oil a factor in Libya prisoner pact
LONDON, Sept. 6 (UPI) -- British Justice Minister Jack Straw says trade and Libyan oil were factors in his change of heart on the release of the man convicted of the Lockerbie bombing.
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“ I do not believe that this is a matter which should be the subject of the criminal law in which we were expecting the police to remove these items of apparel from women who choose for religious or cultural reasons to wear them, ”
Jack Straw: No ban on burkas in Britain
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“ Everybody who has been made aware of these unfolding events, of course, is surprised by the nature of the raid, and I certainly understand the concern of my parliamentary colleagues, ”
Straw: Smith acted properly in leak case
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“ As soon as I heard about the course at HMP Whitemoor, I instructed that it must be immediately canceled, ”
Inmates miss out on prison comedy class
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“ There's no question that the 10-pence tax has affected some people, not as many as the newspapers suggest, but those who it has affected it has affected adversely, ”
Straw: Labor can overcome local defeats
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“ They see these young women, white girls who are vulnerable, some of them in (social) care ... who they think are easy meat, ”
MP: Some Pakistanis target 'easy meat'
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