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Given that ministers – including the prime minister, David Cameron – had campaigned for his release, he was unlikely to be detained on arrival.

Given that ministers have made the decision to abolish HEFCE, the only logical solution is to move its research functions into BIS, which is effectively England's higher education ministry.

Aamer may be questioned by anti-terrorism police or MI5 officers, but given that ministers – including Cameron – had campaigned for his release, he is unlikely to need to spend his first night back on British soil in a police cell.

It was not known if Aamer would be questioned by anti-terrorism police or MI5 officers, but given that ministers – including the prime minister, David Cameron – had campaigned for his release, he is unlikely to need to spend his first night back on British soil in a police cell.

To be fair, Huppert argues that this might not mean too much given that prime ministers tend to deal directly with cabinet colleagues rather than junior ministers, but Cameron has given no other signs of support.

Moreover, the dispute risks disrupting the Sinn Fein-DUP axis, given that even ministers in the cabinet have taken radically opposing positions about the rights and wrongs of the marches past St Patrick's over the summer.

Via the SCME acting as pan-European forum of debate on education, it acted as the breeding ground of EU education policy, given that the ministers of education in the Community also belonged to SCME.

Charges may be less likely given that Prime Minister Najib Razak recently announced that he intends to repeal the Sedition Act.

Dreyfus said it was a "total waste of money", given that others minister such as Julie Bishop has released similar extracts.

Slaughter points out a slew of conflict of interest claims given that the minister has neither resigned or removed himself from discussions from which he could personally profit.

BAGHDAD — The Iraqi government said Thursday that it would reinstate 20,000 army officers who served under Saddam Hussein, a surprising move given that Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki has focused his campaign in the coming parliamentary elections around denouncing the former Baath government.