Struggling Blackburn Rovers sack manager Ince
London - Struggling English Premier League club Blackburn Rovers sacked manager Paul Ince on Tuesday after just 17 games in charge. Blackburn sit one place off the bottom of the league table, with only three wins all season. A new manager is yet to b...
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Portsmouth stunned by fine over transfer of forward Benjani
London - Portsmouth pronounced themselves astounded on Monday after being fined for breaching rules over the transfer of Benjani Mwaruwari to and from the club. An independent commission imposed a 15,000-pound (23,000-dollar) fine and have given th...
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Britain to step up Afghan troops on 'temporary basis'
London - Britain is to boost the number of troops serving in Afghanistan by around 300 to an overall force of 8,300, Prime Minister Gordon Brown told parliament Monday. Brown, who paid a flying visit to Afghanistan, Indian and Pakistan over the weeke...
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Brown and Fayyad back 'economic road map for peace' - Summary
London - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown on Monday called for 2009 to be the Middle East year of peace as a new Palestine Trade and Investment Forum was launched in the presence of Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad in London. During break...
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Pakistani militants behind Mumbai carnage, Brown says - Update
New Delhi - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said Sunday the Mumbai terrorist attacks were carried out by Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba, and Islamabad had a great deal to answer for. Brown made an unscheduled visit to India amid rising tensions ...
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Brown reiterates UK's commitment to Afghanistan - Summary
Kabul - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown reiterated on Saturday that his country would continue its fight against terrorism in Afghanistan, support democracy in the war-wracked country and help the Western-backed government to root out endemic cor...
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Brown to visit India, Pakistan to ease tension in South Asia
New Delhi/Islamabad - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown will make an unscheduled visit to India and Pakistan as ties between the nuclear-armed neighbours came under severe strain following the terrorist attacks in Mumbai, officials said Saturday. B...
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Suicide, roadside attacks kill 4 British soldiers in Afghanistan
Kabul - Three British troops were killed in a suicide attack believed to have been carried out by a 13-year-old boy in southern Afghanistan, while a fourth soldier was killed in a roadside blast in the same region, officials said Saturday. The soldie...
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British jury returns open verdict on police killing of Brazilian
London - A British jury returned an open verdict Friday on the controversial police killing of Brazilian Jean Charles de Menezes, who was mistaken for a terrorist in London in July 2005. The majority verdict means that the jurors do not believe that ...
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