• A review of Freedom, the memoir of the former German chancellor Angela Merkel, gave her birthplace as East Germany. In fact, she was born in Hamburg, West Germany, but raised in East Germany, her family having moved there when she was a child (“Her lips are sealed”, 1 December, New Review, p38).
• Other recently amended articles include:
More than 600 Brazilians deported by Home Office on three secret flights
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