World: 'Aid for some of the poorest countries should be linked to their defence and security needs, a Government paper says. Hilary Benn, the Secretary of State for International Development, said the strategy paper, published today, did not herald a return to "aid for arms" which was outlawed by the Blair government in 2001. But the report, Fighting Poverty to Build a Safer World, produced by the Department for International Development, was likely to cause alarmin non-governmental aid organisations over concern that aid money could be switched to defence spending by poor countries.' (Independent)