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The UK foreign secretary has defended the next head of MI6 after details of his private life were removed from social networking site Facebook.David Miliband denied security had been compromised after the wife of Sir John Sawers posted family photographs and details of their children and home. Mr Miliband told the BBC: "You know he wears a Speedo swimsuit. That's not a state secret." Some Tories said the disclosure was damaging and Lib Dems want an inquiry. However, other senior Conservatives have played down the risks. Sir John is the UK's ambassador to the United Nations and is due to take up his new post in November. The Mail on Sunday said information published on Facebook included the couple's friendships with senior diplomats and actors, including Moir Leslie from BBC Radio 4's The Archers.
The UK foreign secretary has defended the next head of MI6 after details of his private life were removed from social networking site Facebook.
David Miliband denied security had been compromised after the wife of Sir John Sawers posted family photographs and details of their children and home.
Mr Miliband told the BBC: "You know he wears a Speedo swimsuit. That's not a state secret."
Some Tories said the disclosure was damaging and Lib Dems want an inquiry.
However, other senior Conservatives have played down the risks.
Sir John is the UK's ambassador to the United Nations and is due to take up his new post in November.
The Mail on Sunday said information published on Facebook included the couple's friendships with senior diplomats and actors, including Moir Leslie from BBC Radio 4's The Archers.
The foreign secretary, David Miliband, today played down the significance of internet photographs showing Britain's new spy boss holidaying with his children, and other relatives and friends.The family photos were posted on Facebook by Sir John Sawers's wife, Shelley, and included an image of the next head of MI6 playing frisbee on a Cornish beach in his swimming trunks. Other snaps indicated the location of the London flat used by the couple and the whereabouts of their three children and of Sawers's parents, the Mail on Sunday reported.The paper, which published a series of the Facebook photos, suggested they could compromise his safety and that of his family. However, Miliband dismissed calls for the appointment of Sawers, currently British ambassador to the United Nations, to be reviewed.
The foreign secretary, David Miliband, today played down the significance of internet photographs showing Britain's new spy boss holidaying with his children, and other relatives and friends.
The family photos were posted on Facebook by Sir John Sawers's wife, Shelley, and included an image of the next head of MI6 playing frisbee on a Cornish beach in his swimming trunks. Other snaps indicated the location of the London flat used by the couple and the whereabouts of their three children and of Sawers's parents, the Mail on Sunday reported.
The paper, which published a series of the Facebook photos, suggested they could compromise his safety and that of his family. However, Miliband dismissed calls for the appointment of Sawers, currently British ambassador to the United Nations, to be reviewed.
The family photos were posted on Facebook by Sir John Sawers's wife, Shelley, and included an image of the next head of MI6 playing frisbee on a Cornish beach in his swimming trunks.
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A Turkish game show is challenging atheists to reassess their views and win "the biggest prize ever". Penitents Compete will bring together an Islamic imam, a Jewish rabbi, a Buddhist monk and a Greek Orthodox priest seeking to convert the atheists.
Penitents Compete will bring together an Islamic imam, a Jewish rabbi, a Buddhist monk and a Greek Orthodox priest seeking to convert the atheists.
Thirty chimpanzees have escaped from their enclosure at a zoo in Cheshire, forcing it to be closed.The animals found their way into a nearby keepers' area, where their food is usually prepared, at about 1240 BST, Chester Zoo said. A spokeswoman for the zoo said the animals had been contained and the zoo was closed as a security measure. How the animals came to leave their quarters is not known but they were not in an area accessed by the public. Sarah Jones, from Chester, was among the visitors at the zoo when the animals left their enclosure. "My two young boys had only just gone into the chimpanzee house when we heard terrifying loud noises," she said.
Thirty chimpanzees have escaped from their enclosure at a zoo in Cheshire, forcing it to be closed.
The animals found their way into a nearby keepers' area, where their food is usually prepared, at about 1240 BST, Chester Zoo said.
A spokeswoman for the zoo said the animals had been contained and the zoo was closed as a security measure.
How the animals came to leave their quarters is not known but they were not in an area accessed by the public.
Sarah Jones, from Chester, was among the visitors at the zoo when the animals left their enclosure.
"My two young boys had only just gone into the chimpanzee house when we heard terrifying loud noises," she said.
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Melanchthon will recognize the prestidigitator ;-) You can't be me, I'm taken
MICHAEL Jackson fans are in a frenzy over a possible sighting of the star's GHOST at Neverland. An eerie shadow resembling Jacko's figure appeared on a wall in the singer's former home during a live television programme last week - and walked across the corridor. It moved quickly from left to right before disappearing.
An eerie shadow resembling Jacko's figure appeared on a wall in the singer's former home during a live television programme last week - and walked across the corridor. It moved quickly from left to right before disappearing.
