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Budgets and BP on agenda for Cameron's US visit
In a meeting at the White House on Tuesday, US President Obama and the visiting British Prime Minister, David Cameron, are expected to discuss the furor over BP's lobbying for a prisoner-transfer agreement between Britain and Libya that led to the release of the convicted Lockerbie bomber from a Scottish prison. The prime minister called the releas...
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Results bring no majority in British votes
After one of the most passionately contested elections in decades, Britain faced the stalemate of a hung Parliament on Friday, with no party likely to command an outright majority despite significant gains by the opposition Conservatives and damaging losses for Prime Minister Gordon Brown. But, as the country braced for days of wrangling to form a ...
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British voters swing to Tories, but majority is in doubt
After one of the most passionately contested elections in decades, the opposition Conservative Party was headed toward big, though not necessarily decisive, gains in Britain early on Friday.
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Britain prepares for its first campaign TV debates
When Prime Minister Gordon Brown was asked in a television interview last fall whether he would agree to televised debates in the 2010 general election - breaking a taboo that has lasted in Britain since the dawn of the television age - he vacillated.
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Tougher for Indian students to get into UK
Home secretary Alan Johnson has announced new measures intended to cut the number of student visas issued abroad.
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Former minister says Blair deceived cabinet on Iraq
Only days after Tony Blair offered an impassioned defense of his decision to take Britain to war in Iraq, a Cabinet minister who resigned over the war delivered a blistering condemnation of the former prime minister.
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Britain warned businesses of China spy threat
British business executives dealing with China were given a formal warning more than a year ago by Britain's security service, MI5, that Chinese intelligence agencies were engaged in a wide-ranging effort to hack into British companies' computers.
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Expenses scandal: Brown to repay £12,000
The British Prime Minister is being forced to repay over 12,000 pounds stemming from disputed claims following an audit into how British lawmakers spent public money.
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Budgets and BP on agenda for Cameron's US visit
In a meeting at the White House on Tuesday, US President Obama and the visiting British Prime Minister, David Cameron, are expected to discuss the furor over BP's lobbying for a prisoner-transfer agreement between Britain and Libya that led to the release of the convicted Lockerbie bomber from a Scottish prison. The prime minister called the releas...
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Results bring no majority in British votes
After one of the most passionately contested elections in decades, Britain faced the stalemate of a hung Parliament on Friday, with no party likely to command an outright majority despite significant gains by the opposition Conservatives and damaging losses for Prime Minister Gordon Brown. But, as the country braced for days of wrangling to form a ...
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British voters swing to Tories, but majority is in doubt
After one of the most passionately contested elections in decades, the opposition Conservative Party was headed toward big, though not necessarily decisive, gains in Britain early on Friday.
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Britain prepares for its first campaign TV debates
When Prime Minister Gordon Brown was asked in a television interview last fall whether he would agree to televised debates in the 2010 general election - breaking a taboo that has lasted in Britain since the dawn of the television age - he vacillated.
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Tougher for Indian students to get into UK
Home secretary Alan Johnson has announced new measures intended to cut the number of student visas issued abroad.
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Former minister says Blair deceived cabinet on Iraq
Only days after Tony Blair offered an impassioned defense of his decision to take Britain to war in Iraq, a Cabinet minister who resigned over the war delivered a blistering condemnation of the former prime minister.
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Britain warned businesses of China spy threat
British business executives dealing with China were given a formal warning more than a year ago by Britain's security service, MI5, that Chinese intelligence agencies were engaged in a wide-ranging effort to hack into British companies' computers.
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Expenses scandal: Brown to repay £12,000
The British Prime Minister is being forced to repay over 12,000 pounds stemming from disputed claims following an audit into how British lawmakers spent public money.
