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...
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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...
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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...
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2009-11-09 ] Category : [
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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...
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2009-11-07 ] Category : [
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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 ...
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2009-11-06 ] Category : [
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