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- Britain prepared to part-fund GM Europe takeover
LUTON, England: Britain is prepared to help underwrite the planned takeover of the European arm of General Motors, possibly in the form of loans, Business Secretary Peter Mandelson said yesterday. Speaking at GM unit Vauxhall's plant in Luton, north of
- British PM's Wife Joins 1000s at Gay Pride Parade
The wife of British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has joined thousands of revelers in London's annual gay pride march. Sarah Brown held a red, white and pink version of the Union Jack as the noisy parade wound through the city center before a rally and
- Crisis, what crisis? How recession hit the UK
Lunchtime on London's Canary Wharf. Finance workers spill out of offices in their thousands, filling public spaces of landscaped concrete and an underground maze of shopping malls that link the three tallest buildings in Britain. There is a hint of
- Contractors must be paid, says British trade minister
British contractors and suppliers in Dubai that are owed money ?need to be paid?, the British trade minister, Lord Davies, said during a visit to Abu Dhabi. Several reports have emerged in recent months of foreign companies working in Dubai?s
- Anti-G8 demonstrators clash with police in Italy
Ian Simpson VICENZA A, Italy A Police in riot gear fired teargas at protesters to prevent them from crossing a bridge and moving r to a contested U.S. military base in the northeastern city of Vicenza. The demonstrators, some of them wearing motorcycle
- Canadians keep falling for Nigerian letter scam
The Competition Bureau is warning that recessions are 'boom times for scammers' and predicts desperate Canadians will fall into traps offering easy cash online, by phone and mail. Statistics provided by Phonebusters -- the Canadian anti-fraud call centre
- New H1N1 flu cases in northeastern Kenya
Public Health and Sanitation minister Beth Mugo at a press conference where she announced Kenya's first swine flu case. Photo/CORRESPONDENT Eight more people are suspected of having the H1N1 flu virus in Garissa town. Addressing a news conference on
- Central African Republic rebels sign peace deal: mediator
LIBREVILLE (AFP) The head of a rebel group which refused to endorse a 2008 peace deal for the Central African Republic has performed a U-turn, mediators said Saturday. Abdoulaye Miskine, leader of the Democratic Front for the Central African People
- Comoros begins month of mourning for victims
AFP/Moroni Comorans began 30 days of national mourning yesterday for the victims of the Yemenia Airbus crash as France threatened to blacklist the airline and appointed an ambassador for victims? families.?From today, our country is in a period of
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