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British PM unveils plans for bank crackdown

AFP Global Edition 3 days ago

British Prime Minister Gordon Brown unveiled a crackdown on the banking industry on Wednesday as part of a voter-friendly agenda designed to boost his party's chances at elections barely six months away. In a traditional Queen's Speech detailing its final legislative plans ...

Pomp meets politics as British govt unveils agenda

AP News 3 days ago

Pomp, ceremony and politics: Queen Elizabeth II opens new session of Parliament Royal pageantry met hard-nosed electioneering Wednesday, as Queen Elizabeth II donned the diamond-encrusted Imperial State Crown to announce the government's plans for the next parliamentary session. With just months to ...

PM unveils final plans before election

AFP European Edition 3 days ago

Prime Minister Gordon Brown unveiled a crackdown on the banking industry Wednesday as part of a voter-friendly agenda designed to boost his party's chances at elections barely six months away. In a traditional Queen's Speech detailing its final legislative plans before ballots ...

British govt to unveil new plans ahead of election

AFP Global Edition 4 days ago

British Prime Minister Gordon Brown's government will unveil Wednesday a crackdown on the banking industry as part of a series of policies aimed at boosting its chances at the general election. The government will also announce assistance for the elderly and a ...

Slovakia to add 250 NATO troops to Afghan mission

AP News 4 days ago

Slovakia says it will double number of troops serving with NATO in Afghanistan to about 500 Slovakia pledged about 250 extra soldiers Tuesday to the NATO-led force in Afghanistan, the first of what British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said would be a ...

Britain Slovakia

AP News 4 days ago

Britain's Prime Minister Gordon Brown, talks at a joint news conference with Slovakia's Prime Minister Robert Fico at Downing Street in London, Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2009. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth) Copyright 2009 AP News

Britain plans Afghan handover conference

AFP Asian Edition 4 days ago

British Prime Minister Gordon Brown offered to host an international conference on Afghanistan in London, which he said could set a time-frame for a handover of security to Afghan forces from 2010. In a speech here late Monday, Brown stressed that such ...

Britain plan Afghan handover conference

AFP Asian Edition 4 days ago

British Prime Minister Gordon Brown offered to host an international conference on Afghanistan in London, which he said could set a time-frame for a handover of security to Afghan forces from 2010. In a speech here late Monday, Brown stressed that such ...

Brown eyes Afghan summit to set handover timetable

AFP European Edition 5 days ago

Prime Minister Gordon Brown offered to host an international conference on Afghanistan in London, which he said could set a timeframe for a handover of security to Afghan forces from 2010. In a speech here late on Monday, Brown stressed that such ...

Al-Qaeda on back foot, but key threat: British PM

AFP European Edition 5 days ago

US-led forces in Afghanistan combined with the Pakistan army are "disrupting and disabling" Al-Qaeda's leadership, Prime Minister Gordon Brown said Monday. But in a speech strongly defending the country's military involvement in Afghanistan, Brown conceded that international terrorism remains the biggest threat ...

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