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From: AP Online
Date: 20050104
Author:ROBERT BARR, Associated Press Writer

ROBERT BARR, Associated Press Writer
AP Online
01-04-2005
Dateline: LONDON
Britons get their first opportunity to test the country's new Freedom of Information Act on Tuesday, when the nation goes to work after an extended New Year holiday.

But the government was already making clear that there were limits to its new openness, insisting in particular that it would not release the attorney general's advice on the legality of the Iraq War.

"Whether or not information is disclosed depends on the act, but every government needs space to take advice. I don't think any government with an act such as ...

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