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  • August 2008

    • Putin: US Sparked Georgia War

      CNN  |  Aug 29, 08 4:26 AM CDT

      Putin: US Sparked Georgia War

      (Newser) - Invoking the era of Cold War conspiracies, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has accused the US of sparking conflict in Georgia to give John McCain a campaign boost. “They need a small victorious war,” the told CNN. He insisted the US encouraged Georgia to attack their two breakaway regions earlier this month, forcing Russia to intervene. The White House called the accusations “absurd." More »

    • EU Threatens Sanctions on Russia

      Guardian (UK)  |  Aug 28, 08 8:21 AM CDT

      EU Threatens Sanctions on Russia

      (Newser) - The European Union is considering sanctions against the Great Bear over its incursion into Georgia, French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner said today, as EU leaders head to an emergency summit. And a Russian plea for support from the East was strongly rebuffed by members of an Asian alliance that includes China, the Guardian reports.  More »

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      Russia  • Georgia  • European Union  • sanctions  • Bernard Kouchner  • David Miliband  • economic sanctions  • alliance  • Shanghai Cooperation Organization

    • West to Put Screws to Russia

      Reuters  |  Aug 27, 08 2:25 AM CDT

      West to Put Screws to Russia

      (Newser) - The West is preparing to crank up diplomatic pressure on Russia after its challenging move formally recognizing breakaway Ossetia and Abkhazia in the wake of its invasion of Georgia. The US, Europe and NATO have condemned the action, but Russia remains defiant. "We are not afraid of anything, including a new cold war," said Russian President Dmitri Medvedev after formally recognizing Georgia's restive states. "If Europeans want a worsening in relations, they will get it of course." More »

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      Russia  • Georgia  • United States  • European Union  • Vladimir Putin  • NATO  • Dmitry Medvedev  • Angela Merkel  • South Ossetia  • Abkhazia  • Kremlin  • Viktor Yushchenko  • David Miliband  • Mikheil Saakashvili  • Yulia Tymoshenko

    • Leaked Blair Memo Blasts Brown 'Vacuity'

      Guardian (UK)  |  Aug 4, 08 6:42 AM CDT

      Leaked Blair Memo Blasts Brown 'Vacuity'

      (Newser) - Gordon Brown took further lashed from his own party over the weekend as allies of Tony Blair leaked an old memo from the former prime minister bashing Brown's tenure. In the memo, written last year after Brown called off a mooted snap election, Blair accuses his successor of "hubris and vacuity." Blairites are also preparing to launch a series of statements and policy proposals to force Brown out. More »

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      Great Britain  • United Kingdom  • Gordon Brown  • Tony Blair  • Labour Party  • David Miliband

  • July 2008

    • Top Allies Look to Unseat Gordon Brown

      Times (UK)  |  Jul 29, 08 9:12 AM CDT

      Top Allies Look to Unseat Gordon Brown

      (Newser) - Several of the leading members of Gordon Brown's government will try to oust him as prime minister, reports the Times of London. Two contenders have emerged in a possible leadership challenge: David Miliband, the youthful foreign secretary allied with Tony Blair; and Harriet Harman, the deputy leader of the Labour Party. The paper says that a cabinet revolt will probably take place in September, after the summer break. More »

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      United Kingdom  • Gordon Brown  • Labour Party  • David Miliband  • Labour  • UK politics  • Harriet Harman

  • June 2008

    • First British Woman Killed in Afghanistan

      Guardian (UK)  |  Jun 18, 08 6:32 AM CDT

      First British Woman Killed in Afghanistan

      (Newser) - An attack on a British military convoy in Afghanistan killed four troops, including the first British female soldier to die since the conflict began. The soldiers died in an explosion in Helmand province, Afghanistan's most volatile region, reports the Guardian . British Foreign Secretary David Miliband expressed his "deepest condolences" and admitted that the situation in Afghanistan has become "grim." More »

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      Afghanistan  • David Miliband  • British military  • female troops

  • March 2008
  • February 2008

    • 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

    • Rice Pays Surprise Visit to Kandahar

      Daily Telegraph (UK)  |  Feb 7, 08 5:58 AM CST

      Rice Pays Surprise Visit to Kandahar

      (Newser) - US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and her British counterpart David Miliband made a surprise visit today to Kandahar, the dangerous city in southern Afghanistan that diplomats rarely visit. Rice and Miliband will meet Hamid Karzai later today to try to reassure the Afghan president that his country remains a top NATO priority, reports the Telegraph . More »

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      Afghanistan  • Condoleezza Rice  • Hamid Karzai  • Kandahar  • David Miliband

  • October 2007

    • After Gaffes, Queen Hopes to Placate Saudis

      Times (UK)  |  Oct 30, 07 11:00 AM CDT

      After Gaffes, Queen Hopes to Placate Saudis

      (Newser) - Queen Elizabeth will have to put on a brave face when she welcomes Saudi King Abdullah today, following yesterday's gaffe-filled beginning to his London visit. Abdullah's widely reported outburst over the 7/7 attacks left Downing Street open-mouthed, writes the Times of London, but then Britain's foreign secretary skipped a meeting with his Saudi counterpart. More »

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      Gordon Brown  • Queen Elizabeth II  • King Abdullah  • David Miliband  • snub

    • UK Secretary in DC to Mend Fences With US

      Daily Telegraph (UK)  |  Oct 23, 07 9:30 AM CDT

      UK Secretary in DC to Mend Fences With US

      (Newser) - The British foreign secretary arrived in Washington last night, and David Miliband now faces the unenviable task of mending a deepening rift between the Bush administration and Gordon Brown. The speed of the UK's pullback in Basra—not to mention the PM's coolness toward President Bush—has irked a White House accustomed to Bush-Blair coziness, the Telegraph reports. More »

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      George W. Bush  • Condoleezza Rice  • Gordon Brown  • Tony Blair  • David Miliband

  • September 2007

    • 'Scars' of Iraq Evident in Britain: Minister

      Times (UK)  |  Sep 26, 07 2:16 PM CDT

      'Scars' of Iraq Evident in Britain: Minister

      (Newser) - Britain's new foreign secretary has proposed a break with Blair-era policy and admitted his country was "scarred" by failures of the Iraq war. In his address yesterday to the annual Labour Party conference, David Miliband dismissed the idea of a "military 'solution'" to the world's problems. But at this year's conference, policy has been overshadowed by gossip of early elections. More »

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      Iraq war  • Gordon Brown  • Labour Party  • David Miliband  • British elections

  • August 2007

    • Britain Defies US on Iraq Pullout

      Times (UK)  |  Aug 28, 07 11:48 AM CDT

      Britain Defies US on Iraq Pullout

      (Newser) - The UK foreign secretary has challenged American criticism, asserting that only his government will dictate the pace and timing of a British withdrawal from Iraq. David Miliband responded to allegations from a retired US general that the UK army must step up efforts in Basra. "The British national interest," not wider coalition success, will be his focus, Millband said. More »

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      Iraq  • Iraq war  • United Kingdom  • Gordon Brown  • David Petraeus  • British troops  • David Miliband

  • June 2007