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Gap between Labour and Tories narrowing down: Poll

Gap between Labour and Tories narrowing down: Poll

November 22nd, 2009 - 2:05 pm ICT by ANI -
London, Nov. 22 (ANI): The Conservative party is ahead of the Labours just by six points, according to a new poll. It has been the narrowest gap reported by a poll ...

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Brown launches campaign to gather Labour support for Afghan war

Brown launches campaign to gather Labour support for Afghan war

November 20th, 2009 - 3:13 pm ICT by ANI -
London, Nov. 20 (ANI): British Prime Minister Gordon Brown along and three of his cabinet colleagues has launched a campaign to gather Labour support for Britain's role in Afghanistan. In a joint ...

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Belgian PM Herman Van Rompuy appointed first EU President

Belgian PM Herman Van Rompuy appointed first EU President

November 20th, 2009 - 12:06 pm ICT by ANI -
London, Nov. 20 (ANI): Belgian Prime Minister Herman Van Rompuy has been elected as the first President of the European Union, while Britain's European Trade Commissioner, Baroness Ashton, is the new ...

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Germans to block Blair bid to be Europe President

Germans to block Blair bid to be Europe President

November 19th, 2009 - 2:22 pm ICT by ANI -
London, Nov.19 (ANI): Britain is locked in a dramatic clash with Germany over backing former prime minister Tony Blair's bid to be President of Europe.With Berlin deciding not to back Blair, ...

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‘British proposals could hit legal migrants in recession’

‘British proposals could hit legal migrants in recession’

November 18th, 2009 - 6:02 pm ICT by IANS -
By Dipankar De Sarkar London, Nov 18 (IANS) Indian and other non-European migrants could find themselves doubly disadvantaged in the recession if immigration proposals currently before parliament end up wrongly targeting legal ...

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Queen’s speech to be Brown’s last-ditch effort to repair his reputation

Queen’s speech to be Brown’s last-ditch effort to repair his reputation

November 18th, 2009 - 3:26 pm ICT by ANI -
London, Nov. 18 (ANI): In a bid to rescue his ruined political reputation before the next general election, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown will make a final attempt when the Queen ...

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Hundreds of Al Qaeda terrorists being trained in Pakistan: British PM

Hundreds of Al Qaeda terrorists being trained in Pakistan: British PM

November 17th, 2009 - 6:07 pm ICT by IANS -
By Dipankar De Sarkar London, Nov 17 (IANS) Hundreds of Al Qaeda terrorists remain in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) of Pakistan, continuing to receive explosives and weapons training in camps ...

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Brown promises exit timetable for leaving Afghanistan

Brown promises exit timetable for leaving Afghanistan

November 17th, 2009 - 12:00 pm ICT by ANI -
London, Nov. 17 (ANI): In a bid to quell increasing public criticism of the Afghanistan war, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has promised to set an exit timetable for leaving Afghanistan. After ...

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Australia apologises for ‘great evil done’ to kids, Britain to follow suit

Australia apologises for ‘great evil done’ to kids, Britain to follow suit

November 16th, 2009 - 6:06 pm ICT by IANS -
London, Nov 16 (IANS) British Prime Minister Gordon Brown is to follow the example set by his Australian counterpart who has formally apologised for his countrymen's physical and mental abuse of ...

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British mission in Afghanistan disabling Al Qaeda: Gordon Brown

British mission in Afghanistan disabling Al Qaeda: Gordon Brown

November 16th, 2009 - 2:24 pm ICT by ANI -
London, Nov. 16 (ANI): In a bid gather public support for the Afghanistan war, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown is set to assert the deployment of British troops in that war-torn ...

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UK’s Brown to use Lord Mayor’s banquet to launch his re-election campaign

UK’s Brown to use Lord Mayor’s banquet to launch his re-election campaign

November 16th, 2009 - 2:21 pm ICT by ANI -
London, Nov.16 (ANI): British Prime Minister Gordon Brown will use the impartial setting of the Lord Mayor's banquet tonight to launch his New Labour Party's campaign for re-election six months down ...

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Brown asked to investigate legitimacy of Blair’s companies

Brown asked to investigate legitimacy of Blair’s companies

November 15th, 2009 - 4:49 pm ICT by ANI -
London, Nov. 15 (ANI): British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has been asked to investigate the legitimacy of his predecessor Tony Blair's multi-million pound companies and partnerships, which he set up after ...

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British troops in Afghanistan to get 100-mn-pound bunker-busting missiles

British troops in Afghanistan to get 100-mn-pound bunker-busting missiles

November 15th, 2009 - 4:49 pm ICT by ANI -
London, Nov. 15 (ANI): British troops in Afghanistan will soon be equipped with 1,300 bunker-busting missiles worth 100 million pounds.The Eraser, a shoulder-launched Javelin, is believed to be ideal to use ...

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Seven out of 10 Brits want their army out of Afghanistan

Seven out of 10 Brits want their army out of Afghanistan

November 15th, 2009 - 3:35 pm ICT by ANI -
London, Nov. 15 (ANI): Seven out of 10 British want the UK forces out of Afghanistan within a year, a new poll has found. According to a poll conducted by ComRes for ...

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Gordon Brown ‘launches poll campaign’ in Indian-majority constituency

Gordon Brown ‘launches poll campaign’ in Indian-majority constituency

November 13th, 2009 - 4:26 pm ICT by IANS -
By Dipankar De Sarkar London, Nov 13 (IANS) British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has chosen an Indian-dominated London suburb to give his nation a long-awaited speech on immigration, setting off speculation this ...

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Brown announces tough rules on student visas, migrant skilled workers

Brown announces tough rules on student visas, migrant skilled workers

November 13th, 2009 - 3:00 pm ICT by ANI -
London, Nov.13 (ANI): British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has announced tough new rules on student visas and cut the number of skilled foreign workers allowed into Britain, thereby acknowledging public concerns ...

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Brown gets a popularity ratings boost with Labour by-poll win Glasgow North East

Brown gets a popularity ratings boost with Labour by-poll win Glasgow North East

November 13th, 2009 - 1:19 pm ICT by ANI -
London, Nov.13 (ANI): British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has got a much needed popularity ratings boost with his Labour Party securing a huge victory in the Glasgow North East by-election on ...

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UK PM for more nations to share troops burden in Afghanistan

UK PM for more nations to share troops burden in Afghanistan

November 13th, 2009 - 12:33 pm ICT by ANI -
London, Nov.13 (ANI): British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has has ordered the country's Defence Secretary Bob Ainsworth and senior foreign policy adviser Simon McDonald to embark on a round of diplomatic ...

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Denmark invites 192 state, government heads to UN climate talks

Denmark invites 192 state, government heads to UN climate talks

November 13th, 2009 - 2:32 am ICT by IANS -
Copenhagen, Nov 13 (DPA) Denmark has invited 192 heads of state and government to the UN climate-change talks it will host next month in Copenhagen, reports said Thursday. Danish Prime Minister Lars ...

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Obama tops world’s most powerful list, Manmohan at No. 36

Obama tops world’s most powerful list, Manmohan at No. 36

November 12th, 2009 - 10:16 pm ICT by IANS -
By Arun Kumar Washington, Nov 12 (IANS) After winning a surprise Nobel Peace Prize, President Barack Obama has been ranked by the Forbes magazine as the world's most powerful person, with Prime ...

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NATO chief says more troops needed in Afghanistan

NATO chief says more troops needed in Afghanistan

November 12th, 2009 - 9:58 pm ICT by IANS -
London, Nov 12 (DPA) NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said Thursday that more troops will "definitely" be needed in Afghanistan to train Afghan soldiers and the police but the level ...

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Britain will clamp down on skilled migrants too: Brown

Britain will clamp down on skilled migrants too: Brown

November 12th, 2009 - 6:25 pm ICT by IANS -
London, Nov 12 (IANS) British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, besieged by immigration issues six months ahead of elections, Thursday whittled down a list of jobs that are open to highly-skilled migrants, ...

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Remembrance Day: UK backs India’s Security Council aspirations

Remembrance Day: UK backs India’s Security Council aspirations

November 12th, 2009 - 5:29 pm ICT by IANS -
By Dipankar De Sarkar London, Nov 12 (IANS) Britain renewed its support to India's ambition to be a permanent member of the UN Security Council as a host of politicians joined ex-servicemen ...

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Gordon Brown’s handwriting shows a man in ” extreme turmoil”, says expert

Gordon Brown’s handwriting shows a man in ” extreme turmoil”, says expert

November 11th, 2009 - 5:15 pm ICT by ANI -
London, Nov 11 (ANI): A handwriting expert has said that British Prime Minister Gordon Brown's scrawl shows a man in "extreme turmoil". Deborah Jaffe, a scientific handwriting analyst, examined the letter the ...

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Gordon Brown’s phone bust-up with outraged dead soldier’s mum

Gordon Brown’s phone bust-up with outraged dead soldier’s mum

November 10th, 2009 - 5:39 pm ICT by ANI -
London, November 10 (ANI): British Prime Minister Gordon Brown was said to have been involved in a phone bust-up with the mother of a dead soldier, whose name he misspelt in ...

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Gordon Brown sends error-filled condolence letter to dead soldier’s mum

Gordon Brown sends error-filled condolence letter to dead soldier’s mum

November 9th, 2009 - 12:03 pm ICT by ANI -
London, Nov 9 (ANI): British Prime Minister Gordon Brown left the grieving mother of a dead British soldier in disgust by sending her an error-filled letter of condolence. The hand-written note to ...

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Brown takes up jogging

Brown takes up jogging

November 8th, 2009 - 5:48 pm ICT by ANI -
London, Nov.8 (ANI): British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has joined other world leaders in taking up running as part of a new exercise regime. The Prime Minister, who is 58, can be ...

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Two-thirds of Brits against war in Afghanistan: BBC

Two-thirds of Brits against war in Afghanistan: BBC

November 8th, 2009 - 3:25 pm ICT by ANI -
London, Nov 8(ANI): An opinion poll commissioned by the BBC has found that 64 percent people believe that it is impossible to win the war in Afghanistan The ComRes opinion poll also ...

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Taliban threat to UK troops forces McChrystal to keep them out of harm’s way

Taliban threat to UK troops forces McChrystal to keep them out of harm’s way

November 8th, 2009 - 12:34 pm ICT by ANI -
Kabul, Nov.8 (ANI): Amid growing fears that the Taliban will target UK troops more than the others in the run-up to next May's general election, US President Barack Obama's top commander ...

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British PM revives global tax idea at G20 meet

British PM revives global tax idea at G20 meet

November 7th, 2009 - 10:16 pm ICT by IANS -
London, Nov 7 (IANS) British Prime Minister Gordon Brown Saturday resurrected the idea of the international community imposing a global tax on banks as a repayment for the billions of pounds ...

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