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  • “EU slashes overseas phone costs.” They have done no such thing. Archduke comments in more detail.
  • Brian writes:

    You might like to link to these… BBC answers my query.

    The BBC … Soldiers are always captured

    and the second part…

    The BBC answers Part II

  • Andrew Paterson commented on a phrase in this article: “Israel is also continuing a separate offensive in the Gaza Strip. An Israeli soldier was captured there last month.”

    Mr Paterson said, “Spot the factual error! Spot the subtle but significant difference to the context of the story the error makes. I’ve sent them an email.” In case any of our readers didn’t spot the error, Cpl Shalit was not captured in the Gaza strip but in Israel – an act of war.

    Looks like it’s been hastily and badly corrected; it now says “An Israeli soldier was in a cross border raid by Palestinian militants last month.” (Emphasis added.) However the same error is still present in the last line here.

    (Further confirmation [ADDED LATER: i.e. confirmation that this particular error is being propagated through several BBC stories] from Bryan and others later.)

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