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  • March 2008

    • Brown Upbraids UK Public for Taunting Troops

      Daily Telegraph (UK)  |  Mar 7, 08 5:34 PM CST

      Brown Upbraids UK Public for Taunting Troops

      (Newser) - After reports that officers in Britain's Royal Air Force advised members against wearing uniforms in public, Prime Minister Gordon Brown urged troops to show their colors, the Telegraph reports—and chastised citizens for the verbal abuse that prompted the guidelines. Brown said troops should “have the respect and gratitude of the British people” and police should work to stop any abuse. More »

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      Great Britain  • United Kingdom  • Gordon Brown  • England  • abuse  • British military  • Royal Air Force  • uniforms  • harassment

    • UK-Russia Relations Remain Frosty

      Times (UK)  |  Mar 4, 08 10:20 AM CST

      UK-Russia Relations Remain Frosty

      (Newser) - As Gordon Brown extended only the most cursory congratulations to Dmitry Medvedev yesterday, the frozen diplomatic relations between Russia and Britain seem unlikely to thaw, reports the Times of London. The UK prime minister sent a letter rather than making the usual phone call to a president-elect, and he pointedly declined to invite Medvedev to London, saying they'll meet at the next G8 summit. More »

  • February 2008

    • British Hostage Appears on Arab Television

      Times (UK)  |  Feb 27, 08 10:27 AM CST

      British Hostage Appears on Arab Television

      (Newser) - One of the five British men kidnapped in Baghdad eight months ago appeared on Arab television last night, begging Prime Minister Gordon Brown to free nine Iraqi prisoners in exchange for the Britons. “Release their people so that we can go home. It’s as simple as that," Peter Moore said in remarks dubbed into Arabic. It was the first sign of the hostages since December, writes the Times of London. More »

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      Iraq  • Gordon Brown  • kidnapping  • Nouri al-Maliki  • David Petraeus  • hostage  • Muqtada al-Sadr  • Mahdi Army  • al-Jazeera

    • CIA: Rendition Flights Landed in UK Territory

      BBC  |  Feb 21, 08 2:17 PM CST

      CIA: Rendition Flights Landed in UK Territory

      (Newser) - Two US flights carrying terror suspects for interrogation abroad—a practice known as extraordinary rendition—landed on British territory in 2002, confirmed CIA Director Michael Hayden today. Though the UK previously denied such landings, Foreign Secretary David Miliband admitted planes refueled on the Indian Ocean island of Diego Garcia, reports the BBC, a fact revealed in a recent search of US records. More »

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      Great Britain  • Condoleezza Rice  • Gordon Brown  • CIA  • War on Terror  • Tony Blair  • David Miliband  • rendition  • Diego Garcia

    • How Bad Is Northern Rock?

      Financial Times (UK)  |  Feb 19, 08 1:08 PM CST

      How Bad Is Northern Rock?

      (Newser) - The subprime crisis has forced the British government to do what it dreaded: nationalize a bank. What's the fallout from the Northern Rock takeover? Gordon Brown "put quite a good face" on an unpalatable decision, says Philip Stephens of the Financial Times. Nationalization hasn't hurt him much, but the dithering has. Result: An election is probably years away. More »

    • Wealth Doesn't Always Aid Health

      BBC  |  Feb 18, 08 3:17 AM CST

      Wealth Doesn't Always Aid Health

      (Newser) - Citing new child mortality statistics, analysts say a nation's wealth doesn’t always translate into better health for its youngest citizens, the BBC reports. Every year, 10 million children die before their fifth birthday, with 99% of the fatalities occurring in the developing world. But even when conditions improve, survival is often just a “lottery,"  depending on where a baby is born, said a spokesman for Save the Children. More »

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      health  • India  • Gordon Brown  • doctor  • wealth  • Nepal  • Bangladesh  • Tanzania  • Malawi  • Save the Children  • malnutrition  • ancient customs  • Angola

    • UK Scraps Plan To Tax Rich Foreigners

      Financial Times (UK)  |  Feb 13, 08 12:17 PM CST

      UK Scraps Plan To Tax Rich Foreigners

      (Newser) - Facing criticism from Britain's financial establishment and within his own Labour party, Treasury Minister Alistair Darling yesterday scrapped plans to tax "non-domiciled" foreigners as much as $60,000 a year. Investors worried the levy would push rich foreigners out of London and compromise the financial sector, the Financial Times reports. The troubles at the Treasury have led to speculations on Darling's future. More »

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      United Kingdom  • Gordon Brown  • Labour Party  • Alistair Darling

    • UK Plans Gamer Crackdown

      Guardian (UK)  |  Feb 9, 08 5:38 PM CST

      UK Plans Gamer Crackdown

      (Newser) - Big Brother is looking to land hard on the video game industry in the UK, the Guardian reports, as the government plans to rate games for violence and make it illegal to sell them to children. Government ministers are also considering measures to block kids' Internet access to unsuitable games, emails or sites, the paper reports. More »

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      Gordon Brown  • video game  • video violence

    • Fury After Head of Anglicans Condones Sharia in UK

      Times (UK)  |  Feb 8, 08 7:49 AM CST

      Fury After Head of Anglicans Condones Sharia in UK

      (Newser) - The Archbishop of Canterbury made the cover of almost every British newspaper today after condoning the application of sharia law in Muslim communities in Britain. Although Rowan Williams rejected the extreme versions of sharia practiced in parts of the Muslim world, he said in a lecture last night that the spread of the religious law in Britain was "inevitable" and that for settling some issues, such as marital disputes, he favored "constructive accommodation." More »

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      United Kingdom  • Gordon Brown  • Islam  • Sharia law  • Jacqui Smith  • Archbishop of Canterbury

    • NATO Faces a Split Over Afghanistan

      Reuters  |  Feb 6, 08 5:43 PM CST

      NATO Faces a Split Over Afghanistan

      (Newser) - US Defense Secretary Robert Gates said today that NATO risks splitting into a "two-tiered alliance" because some members aren't willing to pull their weight in Afghanistan. The vast majority of the fighting against the Taliban in the country is done by Canadian, British, American and Dutch troops, and those countries want other nations to chip in, Reuters reports. More »

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      Afghanistan  • Condoleezza Rice  • Gordon Brown  • NATO  • Robert Gates  • NATO summit

    • Blair Eyes Role as Europe's First President

      Guardian (UK)