Francis is UNESCO Chair of African Peace and Conflict Studies in the Department of Peace Studies at the University of Bradford.

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But Professor Paul Rogers, of the University of Bradford's department of peace studies, said white phosphorus could be considered a chemical weapon if deliberately aimed at people.

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Dr Shaun Gregory is reader in international security at the University of Bradford and has been researching the risks of nuclear war between India and Pakistan in Islamabad and Delhi for the last three years.

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In a 2001 paper Andrew Bernard of Dartmouth College and Bradford Jensen, now of Georgetown University, analysed the sources of America's export boom in 1987-92.

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Paul Rogers, professor of peace studies at Bradford University, said there was little alternative but to talk to the Taliban.

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Peter William Sutcliffe, of 6 Garden Lane, Bradford, is accused of murdering 20-year-old university student Jacqueline Hill, who was killed in Leeds seven weeks ago.

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Mr. Bradford holds a BBA in Finance from the University of Georgia and an MBA from Emory University.

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Mike Poulsen of Macquarie University, in Australia, told a London conference last week that Bradford's Pakistanis are now as isolated as African-Americans in New York.

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Mr Griffiths, who was studying criminology at Bradford University, appeared at the city's crown court on 28 May accused of murdering Ms Blamires, 36, Ms Rushworth, 43, and Ms Armitage, 31.

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He told Sunday's rally in Bradford that his 85% share of the vote in the city's diverse university ward showed he had support of people of all races and religions.

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