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BBC: British foreign minister David Miliband declines chance to become EU envoy
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The deaths of five British soldiers at the hands of an Afghan policeman with whom they were working has unleashed an outcry in Britain and highlighted the vulnerability of Western troops as they carry out a key part of the counterinsurgency strategy to train more Afghan army soldiers and police officers.
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British Foreign Secretary David Miliband on Saturday accused critics of U.S. President Barack Obama of foolishly expecting him to fix the world's woes singlehandedly.
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Brown Warns Afghan Leader on Corruption
In unusually harsh terms reflecting international frustration with President Hamid Karzai of Afghanistan , Prime Minister Gordon Brown said Friday that the Kabul government would forfeit its right to support against the Taliban insurgency if it failed to root out corruption.
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Lord Mandelson has called for new leadership in Europe to give the EU a key role in the world.
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The deaths of five British soldiers gunned down by an Afghan policeman as they made tea after a patrol has shaken public support for the war in Afghanistan, intensifying debate about the human cost of the conflict and increasing calls for a pullout.
Scandals, fear and 2010 U.K. elections
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British MP calls for Afghanistan withdrawal as five UK soldiers are killed
A major rift in Britain's governing party over the war in Afghanistan opened up Wednesday when a former Foreign Office minister became the first senior British politician to call for a withdrawal of British troops.
Kim Howells, a Labour Party MP who chairs a parliamentary committee overseeing intelligence and security, published his article calling for withdrawal just ahead of news that five British troops were shot dead in southern Afghanistan. Analysts say his senior position, and the access to classified information it affords him, will likely give his words resonance among the broader British public.
Five U.K. Soldiers Killed in Afghan Shooting; Assailant May Be Policeman
Five U.K. soldiers were killed yesterday in a shooting at an Afghan police base in southern Helmand province, making this the deadliest year for British troops in more than two decades.
After scandal over outrageous claims, British lawmakers face tighter new expense regime
British lawmakers will be banned from using taxpayers' money to make mortgage payments on second homes or hiring family members as staff under new rules published Wednesday in the wake of a scandal over legislators' allowances.
Saved from the death squads: Darfuris given asylum in UK
Hundreds of Darfuris fleeing persecution in Sudan will be given protection in Britain after a government U-turn on its handling of asylum claims brought by refugees from the troubled African state.
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Thousands of workers facing job losses at Tata-owned Jaguar and Land Rover factories.
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Foreign Secretary: David Miliband 'has not lived up to his honourable tradition' The office of Foreign Secretary is one of the highest in the United Kingdom.
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Two more drug advisers to the British government have stepped down amid an increasingly heated debate over the country's marijuana policy.
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