Britain's Margaret Thatcher back at Downing Street for good _ in new official portrait Former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher is returning to ...
Prime Minister Gordon Brown's governing Labour Party is closing the gap on the Conservatives, a new poll showed on Sunday, raising the prospect ...
'Rompuy-pumpy' and Cathy Who?: Critics underwhelmed by EU's choice for new top jobs Catherine Ashton: International woman of mystery. Ashton is Europe's new foreign policy chief, the international representative of half a billion people, with a euro7 billion ($10.5 billion) budget and ...
NOTTINGHAM, ENGLAND - NOVEMBER 20: Britain's leader of the House of Commons and Minister for Women, Harriet Harman, arrives for a cabinet meeting November 20, 2009 in Nottingham, England. The Cabinet met in Nottingham today in a regional away-day for Gordon Brown's ...
CAMBRIDGE, UNITED KINGDOM - NOVEMBER 19: A line of electricity pylons crosses the Essex countryside on November 19, 2009 near Cambridge, United Kingdom. As world leaders prepare to gather for the Copenhagen Climate Summit in December, the resolve of the industrial nations ...
EU leaders on Thursday picked little known Belgian prime minister Herman Van Rompuy as Europe's first president with a mission to give the continent a greater world profile. Catherine Ashton of Britain became the European Union's foreign policy supremo in the new ...
European leaders chose Belgian Prime Minister Herman Van Rompuy as the European Union's first president on Thursday, the EU presidency announced, after Britain dropped its backing for Tony Blair. Britain in exchange secured the prestigious diplomatic post of European foreign policy supremo ...
Britain's opposition Conservatives said Thursday they would work with the EU's new president and foreign policy supremo, despite opposing the treaty that created the positions. Conservative foreign affairs spokesman William Hague congratulated the pair appointed earlier Thursday, and said the party would ...
Prime Minister Gordon Brown on Thursday gave up his bid to secure the job of EU president for Tony Blair but won support for commissioner Catherine Ashton to become foreign policy supremo. Brown was one of eight socialist heads of government meeting ...
Prime Minister Gordon Brown on Thursday dropped Tony Blair as his candidate for the job of European Union president, a Downing Street spokesman said. Brown was one of eight socialist heads of government meeting to agree a common position on candidates for ...
BARKING, ENGLAND - NOVEMBER 19: BNP leader Nick Griffin (L) arrives at Barking Town Hall on November 19, 2009 in Barking, England. Mr Griffin launched his general election campaign today, visiting Barking in East London where protests and demonstrations were expected. (Photo ...
CAMBRIDGE, ENGLAND - NOVEMBER 19: Queen Elizabeth II meets members of staff as she tours the Marshall Aerospace factory on November 19, 2009 in Cambridge, England. The privately-owned aerospace engineering company specialises in the conversion, modification and maintenance of military, corporate and ...
