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Was Cathy Ashton the best choice?

Baroness Cathy Ashton (Credit: Reuters)

Virtual unknown Baroness Ashton becomes Europe's foreign minister after horse trading by EU leaders and, Channel 4 News has learnt after similar horse trading in Gordon Brown's inner circle. Cathy Newman reports.

Match-fixing arrests across Europe

A football (picture: Reuters)

Police make 15 arrests around Europe, including Britain, in connection with a suspected football match-fixing that may have affected the outcomes of 200 matches.

'Unknown' Ashton gets top EU job: reaction

Ashton (Credit: Reuters)

How does the press around Europe see the British Baroness Cathy Ashton's appointment as the EU high representative for foreign policy?

Baroness Ashton: EU foreign minister

Baroness Ashton (picture: Getty Images)

The European Union appoints Baroness Ashton as its first foreign minister just ten years after she was working as chairman of Hertfordshire Health Authority. Harry Anscombe reports.

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