EU Budget: Leaders Try To Thrash Out Deal
David Cameron and other European leaders are preparing to meet in Brussels to try to reach a settlement on the European Union's long-term budget.
View ArticleCracks appear in European banking union scheme
BRUSSELS/ FRANKFURT (Reuters) - It was billed as a reform that would tighten policing of Europe's banks and end their ability to suck states into crisis. Now fears are growing that a central element of...
View ArticleAssad's forces try to beat back rebels edging into Damascus
AMMAN, Feb 8, Reuters - President Bashar al-Assad's forces fought back on Friday in an effort to retake sections of the Damascus ring road from rebels trying to tighten their noose around the capital,...
View ArticleTens of thousands mourn slain Tunisia opposition leader
TUNIS (Reuters) - Tens of thousands of Tunisians took to the streets amid scattered violence on Friday to mourn secular opposition leader Chokri Belaid, whose assassination has plunged Tunisia deeper...
View ArticleFirst Eastleigh poll: Tories take the lead
The Conservatives have entered the Eastleigh by-election with a slim lead, according to the first poll conducted in the constituency.
View ArticleHorse meat scandal: Is Downing Street sleeping on the job?
The scandal around horse meat in beef products threatened to engulf the government today, as critics grew increasingly angry at the absence of government action.
View ArticleCameron triumphant: PM wins European budget victory
David Cameron was celebrating an extraordinary diplomatic victory today, as he secured an improbable cut on the EU budget.
View ArticleCameron hails EU budget cut 'first'
David Cameron has hailed a real-terms cut in the European Union's next seven-year budget.
View ArticleCameron savours EU budget win as battles loom
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Prime Minister David Cameron won praise from his party's anti-EU camp with a successful fight to cut the European Union budget, but tougher battles lie ahead when he seeks to win...
View ArticleGovernment condemns "criminal" horsemeat scandal
LONDON (Reuters) - The government accused unknown criminals for a growing scandal of horsemeat being sold in imported beef products that has generated shock headlines in a country where many recoil in...
View ArticleCameron claims victory in EU budget talks
Prime Minister David Cameron claimed victory in his battle to slash the EU budget Friday, saying marathon talks proved that his promise of a referendum on EU membership had not left Britain isolated.
View ArticleCameron urges Scotland not to go it alone
LONDON (Reuters) - Prime Minister David Cameron conceded on Sunday that Scotland had what it takes to be an independent nation, but said it currently enjoyed "the best of both worlds", imploring it not...
View ArticleExiting U.S. general says Afghan women's rights are key
KABUL (Reuters) - Advancing women's rights in Afghanistan is key to preventing the Taliban from reimposing a radical form of Islam once most foreign troops leave by the end of 2014, the commander of...
View ArticleObama to lay out economic growth plan in State of Union speech
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama will describe his plan for spurring the economy in his State of the Union address on Tuesday, offering proposals for investments in infrastructure,...
View ArticleScotland better off in UK - Cameron
Prime Minister David Cameron has launched a defence of the United Kingdom as his government prepares to put the "facts" about Scottish independence to the public.
View ArticleCameron urges Scots not to break up nation
David Cameron has urged Scotland to avoid breaking the nation apart, saying that it had the best of both worlds as things are.
View Article'Scotland Is Better Off In Britain' Says Cameron
David Cameron has launched a defence of the UK as his Government prepares to put the "facts" about Scottish independence to the public.
View ArticleRelax pension scheme rules - MPs
Workers are in danger of being shut out of the best value pensions unless the Government lifts restrictions around a scheme which is key to its landmark retirement reforms, a committee of MPs have warned.
View ArticleEastleigh: Tory leadership calls for clean fight, but do backbenchers care?
The Tory leadership tried to prevent the Eastleigh by-election turning into a bloodbath yesterday, but backbenchers appeared ready to carry on regardless.
View ArticleRising panic: New horse meat evidence discovered as minister gives statement...
The government's response to the horse meat scandal was in danger of turning into a laughing stock today, as new cases of contamination were found in Tesco's products as the secretary of state gave...
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