Gordon Brown to testify before Iraq inquiry
British leader Gordon Brown won’t testify before his country’s investigation of the Iraq war until after the next general election, the committee behind the inquiry said Wednesday. The Iraq Inquiry, which is investigating the 2003 U.S.-led invasion, said Gordon Brown and other senior ministers wouldn’t be quizzed until after...
Sarkozy and Brown call for ‘global compact’
Gordon Brown and Nicholas Sarkozy, the French President, put on a united front today as they called for other world leaders to impose a tax on bankers’ bonuses after weeks of simmering tensions between the UK and France. In a joint article in The Wall Street Journal, the two leaders called for the creation of a “long-term global...
Gordon Brown to call on Europe to help push for growth
The Prime Minister will claim that investment from China can drive the domestic recovery. Mr Brown will repeat his “going for growth” plea that he first outlined in an interview with the Daily Telegraph last month. He will have been buoyed by what appears to be a recent change in Conservative language and what Labour claim is an acknowledgment...
Gordon Brown apologises to grieving mother
Gordon Brown said on Tuesday he had apologised to the grieving mother of a British soldier killed in Afghanistan, who had taken offence at a sloppily written condolence note from the Prime Minister. Jacqui Janes had called the handwritten note, which appeared to mis-spell her son’s surname, a “hastily scrawled insult.” In...
Germany to mark fall of Berlin Wall
Germans are to stage a number of celebrations later on Monday to mark the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, a symbol for the ending of the Cold War. The celebrations include concerts boasting Beethoven and Bon Jovi, a memorial service for the 136 people killed trying to crossover the Berlin Wall from 1961 to 1989, candle lightings...
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