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Charity worker Keith bin Laden to appear on Who Do You Think You Are?

keen to explore details of exotic foreign relatives After being abandoned on the doorstep of a London orphanage as a two-week-old baby, celebrity do-gooder Keith bin Laden is desperate to discover the identity of the parents he has never met.

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Posted: Oct 24th, 2010
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Global charities admit ‘Keep your cash: Our coffers are full’

Some of the world’s largest charities have appealed to donors to keep their cash after admitting their bank accounts are stuffed to breaking point.

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Posted: Nov 4th, 2009
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Aid agencies slam TV news report of happy Africans

Aid agencies have damned a Channel 4 news report that depicted Africans as contented, happy human beings, going cheerfully about their daily lives

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Posted: Jul 31st, 2009
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Middle class couple concerned about sponsored child’s academic progress

A Manchester couple have expressed concern about the educational progress being made by their Ugandan sponsored child and are now threatening to pull her out of her village school.

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Posted: Jan 25th, 2008
More from Education, World News



British public rush to give cash to private school ‘charities’

Ordinary shoppers rushed to stuff five pound notes in the tins of the young toffs in top hat and tails.

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Posted: May 28th, 2007
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