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Sir Michael Lyons, Chairman of the BBC Trust, began a fightback against plans to slice off part of the BBC’s £3.6 billion licence fee as hopes grew that the scheme could be overturned with the help of unhappy Labour MPs.
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U.S. soldiers stand near a hole that damaged the roof of the BBC headquarters in Baghdad after a rocket attack Friday, May 9, 2008. A rocket hit the BBC office in Baghdad on Friday but no one was wounded in the attack, the British broadcaster said.
