Ex-Mubarak spy chief shakes up Egypt vote race
CAIRO (Reuters) - Hosni Mubarak's former intelligence chief formally applied to enter the presidential race on Saturday, shaking up Egyptian politics as liberals and Islamists tried to decipher the...
View ArticleSnow from avalanche that buried Pakistani soldiers 80 feet deep
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Snow from an avalanche that buried over 100 Pakistani soldiers near the Indian border on Saturday was up to 80 feet deep, state television reported, suggesting their chances of...
View ArticleVoters 'believe PM chooses chums'
Most voters believe David Cameron is running a "Government of chums", according to a new poll.
View ArticleBritons' trust in leaders' economic policy hits low
LONDON (Reuters) - Britons' trust in their leaders' ability to steer the country through current economic troubles has fallen to its lowest point since the government announced its spending review in...
View ArticleCatholic Leader Says No Need For Gay Marriage
The head of the Catholic Church in England and Wales has told Sky News that Prime Minister David Cameron's plans to legalise gay marriage are unnecessary.
View ArticleCameron hails state pensions boost
Prime Minister David Cameron has hailed a £5.30 weekly boost to state pensions that has come into force as proof of the Government's "commitment to the elderly".
View ArticleCameron 'to visit Myanmar this week'
Prime Minister David Cameron is due in Myanmar this week on the first visit by a top Western leader since decades of military rule ended last year, officials said on Monday.
View ArticleCameron eyes Britain-Japan defence trade
David Cameron arrived in Tokyo on Tuesday hoping to prise open Japan's potentially lucrative defence market for firms from Britain.
View ArticlePoll: Boris pulls ahead of Ken in London race
Ken Livingstone is losing ground to Boris Johnson in the race for City Hall, with just under a month of campaigning to go.
View ArticleHamza faces US extradition after losing legal battle
Radical cleric Abu Hamza looks set to be extradited to the US after he lost his eight year legal battle against deportation this morning.
View ArticleArgentina borrowed UK money to fund Falklands invasion
Argentina borrowed money from the UK for some of the equipment it used during the invasion of the Falklands, according to a debt forgiveness group.
View ArticleCameron: Clegg signed off on snooping plan
David Cameron lashed out at Nick Clegg's opposition to internet snooping plans today as he insisted senior Liberal Democrat figures had backed the proposal.
View ArticleBritain and Japan pledge joint defence projects
Britain and Japan pledged on Tuesday to expand collaboration on defence equipment as Prime Minister David Cameron looked to prise open Tokyo's potentially lucrative arms market.
View ArticlePM To Meet Suu Kyi In Landmark Burma Trip
David Cameron is to make a landmark trip to Burma where he is expected to meet pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, who he has described as "inspirational".
View ArticleCar Maker Nissan To Create 1,000 New UK Jobs
Car maker Nissan is to create more than 1,000 new UK jobs, in an announcement made as Prime Minister David Cameron arrived in Japan for a Far East and South East Asia trade mission.
View ArticlePM under fire over non-UK plane
David Cameron has come under fire for using an Angolan plane on his high-profile trade mission to south-east Asia.
View ArticleMan sent threatening email to MP
A 60-year-old man sent a Conservative MP a threatening email telling her she would have to choose which one of her children would die.
View ArticleBorder Agency 'has bunker mindset'
The under-fire UK Border Agency must rid itself of its "bunker mentality" or risk raising suspicions that it is trying to mislead Parliament and the public, MPs have warned.
View ArticleChina ejects Bo from elite ranks, wife suspected of murder
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's Communist Party has banished the country's brashest and most controversial politician from its top ranks and detained his wife in connection with the murder of a British...
View ArticleShooter in Trayvon Martin case "emotionally crippled"
SANFORD, Florida (Reuters) - The neighbourhood watch volunteer who shot and killed unarmed black Florida teenager Trayvon Martin has been so "emotionally crippled" by the racially charged case that he...
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