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Up All Night: 15/07/2010

15/07/2010

BBC Radio 5 Live - Up All Night, 15/07/2010

A team of native American lacrosse players have been prevented from playing in the UK.

Dr Karl’s Science phone in, a controversial billboard comparing Obama to Hitler and the team of native American lacrosse players that can’t play in the UK.

A controversial billboard advert created by a North Iowa Tea party group comparing President Obama to Adolf Hitler and Vladimir Lenin has been removed. John White, State Co-ordinator for the National Tea Party Patriots in Iowa explains to Rhod their motivations.

A team of native American lacrosse players will not be allowed into UK - on passports bearing their Iroquois nationality. The UK Consulate announced the decision one day before the team was supposed to play in the World Lacrosse Championships in Manchester.

Hours earlier the US State Department had issued the okay for the team to use non-US passports after Secretary of State Hilary Clinton's office stepped in. Dr. Percy Abrams is the Executive Director of the Iroquois Nationals Lacrosse team he told Rhod about their Dilema.

Dr Karl’s Science phone in - this week Dr Karl joins Rhod from Canberra to spend another hour answering your science questions.

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