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G20 Will Push
for End to
Tax Havens

Brown enlists Obama to help crack down on offshore facilities

Feb 19, 09 7:52 AM CST
(Newser) - Ahead of the G20 financial summit in London this April, Gordon Brown is pushing ahead with a major diplomatic effort to crack down on international tax havens that cost governments $150 billion a year. The British PM has held talks with fellow world leaders, including Barack Obama, reports the Guardian.... More »

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Barack Obama • Gordon Brown • Switzerland • tax evasion • Cayman Islands • G20 • tax haven

Downturn 'Worst for 100 Years': UK Minister

Brown ally says current crisis surpasses
Great Depression

Feb 10, 09 5:53 AM CST
(Newser) - The current economic crisis will be the worst in a century, surpassing even the Great Depression, according to Gordon Brown's closest political ally. Ed Balls, a minister sometimes tipped as a future British leader, said that the downturn would be "more extreme and more serious than that of the... More »

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depression • United Kingdom • Gordon Brown • Labour • recession • Britain • recession depression • Ed Balls

Sarkozy Disses Brown, Vows to Avoid British 'Mistakes'

Paris tries to smooth over diplomatic rift after president's interview

Feb 6, 09 8:56 AM CST
(Newser) - Nicolas Sarkozy used a 90-minute TV interview last night to defend his handling of the global economic downturn—and swore to avoid the "mistakes" of his frequent ally, Gordon Brown. The French president claimed the Brit's decision to cut sales tax had "absolutely not worked." This morning... More »

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Nicolas Sarkozy • France • Gordon Brown • recession • tax cuts

 Paris: Acting Dumb Is Hard 

Heiress mistakes chef for prime minister

Jan 28, 09 11:00 AM CST
(Newser) - Paris Hilton is no dummy—just ask her. The hotel heiress blames her stint on The Simple Life for her international reputation as a five-star ditz, the Daily Mirror reports, and she insists she didn't really mistake TV chef Gordon Ramsay for British PM Gordon Brown. “I know exactly... More »

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reality TV • London • Prince Harry • Gordon Brown • Paris Hilton • The Simple Life • prime minister • Britain • Chelsy Davy • Gordon Ramsay

Desperate Times: UK Mulls 3-Day Week

Gov't may compensate workers to avoid higher cost of mass layoffs

Jan 25, 09 10:39 AM CST
(Newser) - Now officially in recession amid the global downturn, the specter of a three-day work week has emerged in Britain, the Independent reports. Though officials say it’s "not imminent," the government has discussed paying firms to cut hours with public cash going toward compensating employees for the lost... More »

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work • Gordon Brown • recession • unemployment • Britain • Alistair Darling • employees • hours • recession depression

 Brown Bags First Euro Call, 
 Visit From New President 

Obama rings Britain's Brown to discuss Afghanistan, economy

Jan 24, 09 7:01 AM CST
(Newser) - Gordon Brown was the proud recipient of Barack Obama's first European phone call as president, the Guardian reports. The two leaders spoke for 15 minutes and discussed the need to make Afghanistan a priority. Obama, whose first overseas calls as president were to Palestinian Authority chief Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli... More »

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Barack Obama • diplomacy • Mahmoud Abbas • Gordon Brown • Stephen Harper • Obama administration • President Obama

Bush Makes Last Calls to World Leaders

Round of goodbyes includes Putin, Brown, Saakashvili, Berlusconi

Jan 19, 09 10:34 AM CST
(AP) - With just hours left in his presidency, President George W. Bush today made a round of phone calls to leaders around the globe. A National Security Council spokesman said the president was simply saying his goodbyes, thanking the leaders for the hospitality they had shown him and first lady Laura... More »

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Vladimir Putin • Gordon Brown • Taro Aso • Mikheil Saakashvili • Silvio Berlusconi • George W. Bush • Vicente Fox

UK Rolls Out Another Bank Bailout, Tightens Controls

New package increase its control over banks, insures troubled assests

Jan 19, 09 7:44 AM CST
(Newser) - The British government today rolled out a new bank rescue plan that includes $147 billion to insure troubled mortgage assets, reports the New York Times. It also offers an additional $73.5 billion to the Bank of England to buy up struggling banks’ “high-quality assets” to insure credit lines... More »

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Gordon Brown • Royal Bank of Scotland • bailout • banking industry • financial crisis

 Gordon Brown: 
 Harry's Sorry, 
 Now Move On 

But victim's dad slams prince

Jan 12, 09 7:35 AM CST
(Newser) - Britain’s PM defended Prince Harry today amid an uproar over an army training-camp home video in which Harry calls a colleague “our little Paki friend,” the Daily Mail reports. “I think Prince Harry knows that these comments aren't acceptable,” Gordon Brown said, in calling for... More »

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Prince Harry • Gordon Brown • video • Britain • British royals • racial slurs

(Newser) - Egypt called Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip "murder" today as world leaders appealed for peace in the region, the AFP and Jerusalem Post report. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon said he was "deeply alarmed" by the violence, and, like Russia and the European Union, called for a... More »

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Israel • Gaza • Mahmoud Abbas • Hamas • Gordon Brown • Hosni Mubarak • civilian casualties • Egypt • Israel and Palestinians • airstrike • Gaza Egypt border

 Brown Announces 
 July Withdrawal 
 in Baghdad 

Brown says troops home by July in surprise Baghdad visit

Dec 17, 08 5:47 AM CST
(Newser) - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown made a surprise visit to Baghdad today and announced that all but a handful of British troops will leave Iraq by July 2009. About 4,000 British service members remain in Iraq, mostly around Basra, though at the height of the war 100,000 were... More »

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Iraq • United Kingdom • Gordon Brown • Basra • British troops • British Army • Britain • Iraq exit strategy

 Brown Hints 
 He'd Nix Obama 
 Plea for Troops 

Time for other nations to step up in Afghanistan, warns prime minister

Dec 15, 08 2:44 AM CST
(Newser) - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has hinted that Britain would defy a request by Barack Obama to send 2,000 more troops to Afghanistan, the Times of London reports. After hearing of bleak progress there against the resurging Taliban, Brown warned that other nations will have to shoulder further deployments.... More »

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Afghanistan • War on Terror • Barack Obama • troop surge • Gordon Brown • British troops • Britain

India Fighter Jets
Buzz Pakistan

Pakistan downplays 'accident,' while Brown reads riot act to Zardari

Dec 14, 08 8:20 AM CST
(Newser) - India fighter jets crossed into Pakistan territory yesterday before being intercepted by Pakistani aircraft who harried them back to their own nation, according to officials in Islamabad. The jets buzzed two regions where Indian officials charge that terrorists are being trained, reports the New York Times. Pakistan downplayed the "... More »

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Pakistan • India • Gordon Brown • Kashmir • Mumbai • Asif Ali Zardari • Lashkar-e-Taiba • terror attack • Mumbai attacks

French-German Relations Cool Ahead of EU Summit

France, Germany, UK clash over handling recession

Dec 11, 08 3:41 PM CST
(Newser) - French President Nicolas Sarkozy began his six-month European Union presidency by quibbling with Germany, and he appears to be ending his term the same way, Bloomberg reports. Half a year after clashing with German Chancellor Angela Merkel over a Mediterranean alliance, Sarkozy shrugged off the traditional France-Germany pre-summit chat and... More »

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Angela Merkel • Germany • European Union • United Kingdom • Nicolas Sarkozy • France • Gordon Brown • budget deficit • sales tax • financial crisis

 UK TV Broadcasts 
 an Assisted Suicide 

UK debates right to die after terminally ill patient euthanized

Dec 11, 08 10:38 AM CST
(Newser) - A documentary that aired on Sky TV last night showed an assisted suicide, stirring up a major debate in Britain about the right to die and the responsibility of television programmers, the Independent reports. Craig Ewert, 59, who suffered from motor neuron disease, traveled to a Swiss clinic, drank a... More »

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television • United Kingdom • Gordon Brown • assisted suicide • euthanasia • Dignitas • documentary • Britain • Bill Maher Grid

 Recession's 
 Fashion Must: 
 a Purple Tie 

Brown's rocking the regal color—but Mrs. Obama started it

Dec 8, 08 9:30 AM CST
(Newser) - In the past, a male politician wanting to project seriousness would opt for the old standby of a red necktie. But in recent months Gordon Brown, the British prime minister and go-to guy of the global financial crisis, has conspicuously chosen purple ties, as have his foreign secretary and the... More »

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fashion • Michelle Obama • Gordon Brown • clothes • neckties

opinion

 Gleeful Brown 
 Is Acting Like a 
 Drunk Dowager 

Brits' PM 'swanks' and 'preens,' but the economy is his fault

Nov 25, 08 10:56 AM CST
(Newser) - Gordon Brown, "known as a gloomy old nail-biting misery-guts," has turned into the life of the party ever since the economic downturn hit Britain, writes Boris Johnson in the Telegraph. Deeming that the swooning market and plummeting home prices demand action, he's gleefully launched measures that will incur... More »

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London • government spending • Gordon Brown • government • consumerism • Britain • economic stimulus package • Boris Johnson • financial crisis

OPINION

As Crisis Bites, UK Changes Stance on Tibet

After a century of hedging, Britain says region is part of China

Nov 25, 08 8:25 AM CST
(Newser) - Last month Gordon Brown called on China to pump more money into the International Monetary Fund, whose coffers are nearly bare as more nations succumb to the global financial crisis. Only a few days later, writes Robert Barnett in the New York Times, the British government quietly announced a change... More »

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China • Gordon Brown • David Miliband • sovereignty • Tibet • Dalai Lama • Tibetan independence

Upset Election Victory Gives Brown a Boost

Surging popularity helps party win open parliament seat

Nov 7, 08 7:51 AM CST
(Newser) - Labour won a stunning come-from-behind victory in a special election in Scotland early this morning, reports the Times of London, offering the first evidence that Gordon Brown's political recovery may be lasting. The election was called after the death of a Labour MP. The seat looked set to go to... More »

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United Kingdom • British Parliament • Gordon Brown • UK politics • Labour Party • Scottish National Party • special election

OPINION

World Reacts With Open Arms, Eye on Reconciliation

Global pundits weigh in on a historic victory

Nov 5, 08 12:13 PM CST
(Newser) - The election of Barack Obama has been watched around the world, and pundits from all over are weighing in.
  • In Germany's Der Spiegel, Gabor Steingart says the president-elect's genius is his "tone of political romanticism." Americans warmed to his message of sympathy and reflection—and made
... More »

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Barack Obama • diplomacy • Europe • Gordon Brown • Tzipi Livni • international relations • Election 2008 • President Obama

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