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Miliband rules out running for EU foreign policy post - Update
London - British Foreign Secretary David Miliband Wednesday ruled himself out as a candidate for the new post of the European Union's foreign policy chief. Miliband, speaking at a news conference in London, said: When I said I was not a candidate, I...

[Posted on : 2009-11-11 ] Category : [ UK (World) ]

Britain shows signs of unease over rising Afghan toll - Feature
London - Every picture tells a story as conventional British reserve gives way to an uninhibited outpouring of emotion over the rising death toll in Afghanistan. Grown men in uniform c...

[Posted on : 2009-11-11 ] Category : [ UK (World) ]

British Armistice Day commemorations focus minds on Afghanistan
London - Commemorations to honour the war dead were given special poignancy in Britain Wednesday by the rising death toll of troops deployed in Afghanistan and the absence for the first time of World War I veterans. Queen Elizabeth II attended a serv...

[Posted on : 2009-11-11 ] Category : [ UK (World) ]

PROFILE: David Miliband - Labour's rising star - tipped for EU job
London- Relative youth, a formidable brain, a winning smile and a recently discovered Russian relative are among the characteristics that distinguish Britain's David Miliband from most othe...

[Posted on : 2009-11-11 ] Category : [ UK (World) ]

Britain reportedly urges Karzai to make peace with Taliban
Hamburg - Britain has quietly urged Afghan's newly re-elected president, Hamid Karzai, to make peace with the less radical part of the Taliban, a German magazine, Stern, claimed Monday. In a story on its website, stern.de, it said that London's confi...

[Posted on : 2009-11-09 ] Category : [ UK (World) ]

Major British paper turns against Afghan conflict, urges pullout
London - The liberal Independent on Sunday newspaper in its lead article Sunday cited waning public support for Britain's involvement in the conflict in Afghanistan and argued for a pullout. In an article titled Afghanistan: Time to Leave the newsp...

[Posted on : 2009-11-08 ] Category : [ UK (World) ]

Two punters crack 100-million-euro lottery jackpot in Britain
London - Two players in Britain have cracked the jackpot of 100 million euros (146 million dollars) in the Euromillions lottery, the Camelot lottery company said Saturday. The two winning tickets would divide the pot evenly. In the event that the tic...

[Posted on : 2009-11-07 ] Category : [ UK (World) ]

Brown warns Afghanistan over loss of international support - Summary
London- Britain Friday warned Afghan President Hamid Karzai that he risked the withdrawal of international support if his government fails to improve security and root out corruption. I am not prepared to put the lives of British men and women in ha...

[Posted on : 2009-11-06 ] Category : [ UK (World) ]

British ministers concede fading hopes on firm climate change deal
London - The British government echoed US warnings Friday that a binding deal on climate change is now unlikely to be agreed upon at a United Nations (UN) climate change summit in Copenhagen next month. The barriers to agreement on climate finance r...

[Posted on : 2009-11-06 ] Category : [ UK (World) ]

Brown warns Afghanistan over international support
London - Afghan President Hamid Karzai risks the withdrawal of international support if his government should fail to improve security and root out corruption, Prime Minister Gordon Brown warned Friday. I am not prepared to put the lives of British ...

[Posted on : 2009-11-06 ] Category : [ UK (World) ]

 

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