Foreign Minister John Baird was the first foreign dignitary to be welcomed to the state department by Mr Kerry since he took office last week.

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Not John Baird, Canada's combative minister of the environment.

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John Baird, the Canadian environment minister, referred this week to the American move when he unveiled new proposals to reduce industrial emissions in Canada, including the oil sands, by 20% by 2020.

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Another legendary event, among many, was the first public demonstration of television by John Logic Baird in 1925.

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The Baird Group of Lurgan is to base the project at its John Hanna subsidiary in Kells, County Antrim.

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