foursquare event api cant get the global intent to work - foursquare

Hi I cant get the global intent to work for me
I am trying to use the intent=global, which says that the other parameters are then ignored:
"global Finds the most globally relevant venues for the search, independent of location. Ignores all other parameters other than query and limit."
So I thought, Ok I'll add a near to satisfy the api and the global intent will then ignore it. however it doesn't ignore my near. Here's the parameters I am trying:
v=20130618&limit=1&intent=global&query='beirut%20hilton' which fails with "Must provide parameters (ll and radius) or (sw and ne) or (near and radius)"
v=20130618&limit=1&near='harpenden'&intent=global&query='beirut%20hilton'
and of course this finds what I was really after:
v=20130618&limit=1&near='harpenden'&intent=global&query='beirut%20hilton'
when I add a near of somewhere ion the UK, its returning UK based results - which is not the intent!
What am I doing wrong? Thanks.

If you are looking for venues in a specific region, do not provide intent=global. intent=global and near= are not compatible.

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