Bankers warn against isolated U.S., UK steps on banks

2010-04-16T07:18:53Z

DAVOS, Switzerland (Reuters) - Leading bankers and industry groups warned on Wednesday against isolated initiatives by the United States and Britain to regulate banks, saying one set of rules were needed to gover...

Japan aid crucial to Afghanistan: US senator

2010-06-25T18:58:36Z

Japan may pledge "several hundred million dollars" for Afghan national reconciliation at a January 28 summit in London on promoting stability in the war-torn country, a US senator said Tuesday.

"There is a real hope that Japan has a particular interest in coming in with perhaps as much as, well, several hundred million d...

Blair's stance 'hardened' after Bush talks: probe

2010-04-16T08:51:51Z

Britain's Tony Blair may have swung behind US calls for regime change in Iraq after meeting President George W. Bush at his Texas ranch in 2002, a top diplomat told an inquiry into the war on Thursday.

Blair's role, US tensions in spotlight at Iraq probe

2010-04-16T08:51:52Z

Pre-war UK, US relations in spotlight at Iraq inquiry

2010-04-16T08:51:57Z

Britain's Tony Blair may have swung behind US calls for regime change in Iraq after meeting president George W. Bush at his Texas ranch, a former top diplomat told an inquiry into the 2003 war Thursday.

Britain pledges extra troops as US mulls Afghan options

2010-06-25T20:16:52Z

Britain announced it was sending an extra 500 soldiers to Afghanistan, as US President Barack Obama huddled with his war cabinet to decide whether to deploy thousands more US troops.

Pledging more forces, Prime Minister Gordon Brown urged

Oscar Bait in the Emissions Debate

2010-10-26T23:17:42Z

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Editorial Roundup

2010-04-16T10:38:15Z

Excerpts from recent editorials in newspapers in the United States and abroad:

Aug. 21.

The New York Post on Lockerbie bomber's release:

Scottish officials cited reasons of "compassion" in freeing the Libyan bomber of Obama flexes dealmaking skills abroad, but may have mixed results in wooing Congress on agenda

Let's make a deal.

President Barack Obama honed his dealmaking skills on his maiden international trip, to Europe and the Middle East.

The trip helped burnish his image abroad. But can he translate that into...

Obama arrives in Britain for G20, Europe tour

2010-06-26T01:36:35Z

US President Barack Obama arrived in Britain Tuesday ahead of the G20 economic summit, on his eagerly awaited first trip outside of North America since he moved into the White House.

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iPod man will keep president tuned in

2010-10-21T10:35:46Z

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Millions in AIG bonuses fuel political storm

2010-04-16T16:03:24Z

President Barack Obama's top economic adviser Sunday blasted "outrageous" conduct at AIG as the bailed-out insurance giant readied to hand out millions in bonuses to top executives.

Lawrence Summers, director of the British prime minister hopes to forge global economic pact during talks with President Obama

British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said Saturday he will try to forge a global pact to buck the global economic downturn during talks with U.S. President Barack Obama next week.

Brown travels to Was...

Obama stage musical set for London run

2010-04-16T17:25:32Z

Obama's name in lights: Campaign musical to open in London in March

Barack Obama's presidential campaign inspired millions. Now, it has inspired a London musical.

"Obama on My Mind" will open at a small theater in the British capital in March, producers have announced. The play's book, music and lyrics are by U.S.-born writer Teddy Hayes.

Former British resident may soon leave Guantanamo

2010-04-16T15:17:24Z

Former British resident held at Guantanamo tells lawyer he's about to be released

A former British resident imprisoned at Guantanamo Bay since 2002 claims he is about to be released, the man's attorney said Sunday.

Binyam Mohamed said in a letter to his attorney that "several reliable sources" told him his release to Britain should accept inmates from the Guantanamo Bay detention camp to help the new US administration close down the notorious centre, former premier Tony Blair's chief legal advisor said Friday.

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Britain ready to take Guantanamo prisoners: report

2010-04-16T15:30:26Z

Britain is now preparing to take in detainees from Guantanamo Bay to help US president-elect Barack Obama shut down the prison camp, The Times newspaper said Thursday, citing government sources.

London has previously said it would consider any US reque...

Rice says she won't give Clinton too much advice

2010-04-16T14:03:07Z

Rice says she will give private counsel to successor Clinton, then get out of the way

Happily contemplating another woman as the top U.S. diplomat, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Monday she will offer advice, privately, and then get out of the way.

"She won't — and you won't — hear from me again," Rice said on the day President-elect ...

Britain to host G-20 meeting in April

2010-04-16T14:08:21Z

London will host second G-20 summit on the financial crisis in April

British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said Wednesday that London will host an April meeting of the Group of 20 industrialized and emerging economies on the financial crisis.

Brown told lawmakers that...

A home win for US journalism

2010-04-16T14:33:39Z

It was 'the longest, most expensive election in history' - and it ended with the most expensive night. Never in media history had so many pundits, presenters and digital demons dished up so much stuff. What did it mean for newspapers? Probably, in Britain, that simple still works best on the news stand. 'Mr President' cried the Indy, clearing every jot of its front page for a smiling Obama. But, as the bills and ratings came in...

TV matters

2010-04-16T14:37:31Z

To an unusual degree, this US election was driven by television moments: Obama's 30-minute advertorial, Colin Powell's endorsement of the Democrat on NBC's Meet the Press, Sarah Palin's ruinous in...

Newsdesk notes for Friday February 1

2010-04-16T14:42:32Z

Political commentator Michael White discusses the thinktank Progress and its warning to Gordon Brown that he must offer voters a programme of Blairite reforms if he is to win the next election.

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Why Bush won't back Howard

2010-10-13T13:59:05Z

When George W. Bush arrives for his European visit next week, a special ceremony will be laid on in Brussels: the discreet burial of hatchets. Dinner with Jacques Chirac will start the rapprochement with Old Europe while other leaders wait in line, olive branch in hand. But there...

Dickens on How Clinton Made History By Staying Alive

2010-04-16T14:55:20Z

DENVER—City Councilwoman Inez Dickens of Harlem supported Hillary Clinton during the primaries, and even though she said she plans to vote for Barack Obama in the roll call this week, she thinks Clinton’s candidacy was historic, especially in the context of other women who ...

Brown hopes to turn a page with new US leader

2010-04-16T14:57:53Z

Britain hailed incoming US president Barack Obama as a "true friend" Wednesday, as London eyes opening a new chapter in its "special relationship" with Washington after recent cool ties.

Brown hails Obama as 'true friend of Britain'

2010-04-16T14:57:53Z

Prime Minister Gordon Brown congratulated US president-elect Barack Obama Wednesday, hailing his "energizing" politics and vision and calling him a "true friend of Britain."

Brown, who took over from Tony Blair as premier last year, has been widely seen as tryin...

Diary

2010-04-16T12:36:26Z

One of the disappointments of yesterday's central London seminar on business loan schemes - an event graced by Alistair Darling and Peter Mandelson - was the no-show by Baroness Shriti Vadera, the minister for economic competi...

Wall Street slides as bail-out optimism fades

2010-06-16T10:55:40Z

Wall Street failed to take any early comfort today from the US Senate's vote in favour of the $700bn (&amp;#163;390bn) bail-out plan last night.

Faced with another weak set of unemployment data and a shock fall in demand for goods made in Europe's main stock markets were rising Thursday after Asian indices mostly closed lower following the US Senate's approval of a modified rescue package for the stricken American financial sector.

Wall Street, which had ended lower on Wednesday ahead of the vote, was due to reopen at 1330 GMT.

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Brown suggests no US-style bailout for UK banks

2010-06-12T02:48:46Z

British Prime Minister Gordon Brown suggests UK will not offer its banks US-style bailout

British Prime Minister Gordon Brown suggested Friday that his county would not offer its banks a U.S.-style bailout.

Brown, who was in Washington for a meeting with

Strategic Vision Then and Now

2010-11-02T16:21:18Z

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House Panel Focuses in on Targeted Advertising

2010-10-23T10:08:53Z

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Barack Obama gets surprise backing from Boris Johnson

2010-04-16T16:26:11Z

The London mayor, Boris Johnson, has endorsed the US presidential candidate Barack Obama, saying a win for him would be a "fantastic boost" for...

Has IT Lost Its Cachet?

2010-10-22T23:06:16Z

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Conservatism: Alive and Well in Western Europe

2010-10-23T10:00:29Z

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The Daily Muck

2010-06-26T02:04:18Z

Just one week before General Petraeus is expected to testify about the progress of the surge, General Richard Cody, the army's vice chief of staff, asserted that the 30,000 additional troops sent to Iraq have inflicted Britain's Prince Charles and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, as they react as their car is attacked by angry protesters in London. British police released a video Tuesday Jan. 4, 2011 of ...

Britain Soccer Premier League

2011-01-02T11:00:17Z

Chelsea's Florent Malouda, left, is fouled by Aston Villa's Stilian Petrov during their English Premier League soccer match at the England, Saturday Jan. 1, 2011, after about 40 prisoners began a riot and set alight to some of the buildings inside the open prison, according to the a Ministry of Justice official. (AP Photo / Chris Ison, PA) UNITED KINGD...

Britain Prison Riot

2011-01-01T11:01:05Z

Specialist prison officers stand outside a fire damaged building at the Ford Open Prison near Arundel, 60 miles (95 kms) south of London, after prisoners began a riot and set alight the low-security prison Saturday Jan. 1, 2011. Officials said about 40 inmates at the prison began the disturbance at around midnight New Year's Eve after some prisoners refused to take breath tests for alcohol. (AP Photo/Chris Ison/PA Wire)

Margaret Thatcher

2010-12-30T08:00:27Z

FILE- In a June 7, 1984 file photo, President Ronald Reagan has a word in the ear of Britain's Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, at a reception given by the British Government at London's

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