The green paper announced on Wednesday saw the BBC as the cornerstone of public service broadcasting, but the proposed cuts would undermine its work, said the unions.

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Elizabeth May, leader of the Canadian Green Party and its one green MP, later came down to the BBC booth for an interview on World Service radio.

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The funeral service will be relayed on loud speakers along The Mall and outside Westminster Abbey on North Green.

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In an adjoining room, a file on Mr. Mehiri, bound in a green folder marked with the name of Libya's internal-security service, lay amid scores of others stacked in floor-to-ceiling shelves.

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