The BBC appealed to the Information Commissioner and was told by the CPS in December 2011 that the claim related to a "failed request for anonymity at a trial".

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The Information Commissioner Rosemary Agnew finds that ministers failed to deal with Catherine Stihler's request for information.

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Dr Dre and his label, Aftermath Entertainment, sued Napster after the company failed to co-operate with a written request to remove his tracks from its database.

BBC: Napster

On September 24th Spain's government, which has never been enthusiastic about the Pinochet prosecution and only forwarded Mr Garzon's extradition request to Britain because it felt it had to, failed in a second bid to get a Spanish court to rule that Mr Garzon did not have jurisdiction in the case.

ECONOMIST: The Pinochet case

Nato, meanwhile, failed on Thursday to reach a final agreement on a US request lodged last month for help in any war against Iraq, postponing the decision until next week.

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The email, released after a Freedom of Information request, said that Mr Daubney was facing "a serious leadership challenge" and that his council had failed to procure alternative technology to the plant.

BBC: Derrick Murphy