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Thursday January 29, 2004
MediaGuardian.co.uk
April-June 2002: Ministry of Defence scientist David Kelly is consulted as the dossier on Iraq’s weapons of mass destruction is put together.

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What Lord Hutton concluded during his investigation into the death of government weapons expert David Kelly.
Wednesday January 28, 2004
MediaGuardian.co.uk
466.In this chapter I set out the conclusions which I have reached on the question how Dr Kelly came to his death and on the five groups of issues which arise from the evidence which I have heard.

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Tokyo dispatch
From the Guardian Tuesday January 27, 2004
Japan’s deployment of troops in Iraq has led to conflict between the press, who want to tell the real story, and the government, who would rather they didn’t, says Justin McCurry

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From No 10 to the BBC, Guardian writers look at the difficult questions posed by the Hutton inquiry to the leading institutions involved
Michael White, Richard Norton-Taylor, Patrick Wintour and Matt Wells
Monday January 26, 2004
Guardian
Downing Street
For Tony Blair the long wait for Lord Hutton to report has been a time of immense frustration. Here is a restlessly active politician in his prime, for once unable to pick up the phone and do something to resolve a crisis that may end his premiership. He wants to “move on” and thinks that most voters do too.

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Japan media warned over Iraq mission
From Aljazeera.Net, Friday 16 January 2004, 14:18 Makka Time, 11:18 GMT

(Up to 600 troops will be sent to Iraq on a humanitarian mission)

Ahead of its most sensitive dispatch of troops abroad since World War II, the Japanese government has warned media not to “obstruct” its mission in Iraq or face a news blackout, a stance that has local critics fuming

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From the IHT/Asahi Shimbun 15 Jan. 2004
As Japanese troops prepare for deployment to Iraq, the Defense Agency abruptly announced it will scale back regular news conferences involving key officials.

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Confused by Dingemans and Gompertz, Hoon and Tebbitt? It’s all much more straightforward than it seems, writes the Tories’ Hutton expert, David Cameron
David Cameron
Thursday January 8, 2004
Guardian Unlimited
Round one of the parliamentary bout over the Hutton inquiry started yesterday when Michael Howard challenged Tony Blair at prime minister’s question time in the House of Commons.

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