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October 17, 2006
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The BBC will appeal to Britain’s High Court to avoid publication of a report that may demonstrate the news agency’s bias against Israel. In response to a challenge by London attorney Steven Sugar, the Information Tribunal set up to deal with inquiries under Britain’s Freedom of Information Act ruled that the BBC cannot keep private a report presented in 2004 to BBC news executives by Malcolm Balen, its senior adviser on the Middle East.

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