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UK About-Face On Sailors Selling Stories

Public outcry leads to ban on further embarrassing interviews

By Colleen Barry,  Newser Staff

Posted Apr 10, 2007 6:14 AM CDT

(Newser) – The British Ministry of Defense bowed to public opinion last night and banned further media deals for the sailors and marines released from captivity in Iran. The decision to let the detainees sell their stories had "not reached a satisfactory outcome," the defense...   Read full story »

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