Berlin - German Chancellor Angela Merkel, French President Nicolas Sarkozy and British Prime Minister Gordon Brown issued a joint statement Saturday to the governments of Israel and Egypt supporting efforts for a lasting ceasefire in the Gaza Strip.
According to the statement, the three EU countries "declared our readiness to take a series of measures that would contribute to the end of weapons smuggling into Gaza."
London - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown is mulling a new multi-billion pound rescue package to for the country's debt- ridden banks, including possible plans to establish a "bad bank" to buy up their bad debts, the Daily Telegraph reported Saturday.
The paper said Brown's ministers were spending the weekend meeting with senior banking executives, in drafting what could be plan for upwards of 200 billion pounds of taxpayer money used to underwrite a writeoff of the major banks' bad assets.
London - Villagers wept and environmentalists pledged "direct action" as battle lines were drawn Thursday over the British government's decision to allow a major expansion of London's Heathrow airport - notorious around the world for its perennial problems with congestion, punctuality and lost luggage.
"I lose everything. It will mean totally starting again," said Debbie Power, whose pub in the village of Sipson is among the 700 properties earmarked for destruction if the plan to build a third runway and a sixth terminal at Heathrow goes ahead.
Berlin - The gas dispute between Russia and Ukraine demonstrates to the world the need to diversify energy supplies, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said Thursday.
Events of recent weeks showed how a commercial dispute could impact across Europe, Brown told a news conference after talks with German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Berlin.
Merkel urged Russia and Ukraine to return to the negotiating table and resolve their differences so that gas supplies could be resumed as quickly as possible.
London, Jan. 15 : Britain's Business Minister and one of Prime Minister Gordon Brown''''s closest allies, Baroness Shriti Vadera, has invited fierce criticism from certain quarters for claiming to see "green shoots" of economic recovery, even as the rest of the world continues to suffer from a meltdown.
London, January 12 : British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has condemned Prince Harry's `Paki' remark directed towards his fellow comrade, dubbing it "unacceptable".
Accused of racism, the Prince, training to pilot the meanest attack machine in the British Army, is facing probe by military officials after a home video containing his "Paki" and "raghead" jibes against other cadets emerged.
Clarence House had immediately issued a statement apologising for Harry's behaviour, adding, "there is no question that he was in any way seeking to insult his friend".
Berlin - German Chancellor Angela Merkel, French President Nicolas Sarkozy and British Prime Minister Gordon Brown issued a joint statement Saturday to the governments of Israel and Egypt supporting efforts for a lasting ceasefire in the Gaza Strip.
London - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown is mulling a new multi-billion pound rescue package to for the country's debt- ridden banks, including possible plans to establish a "bad bank" to buy up their bad debts, the Daily Telegraph reported Saturday.
London - Villagers wept and environmentalists pledged "direct action" as battle lines were drawn Thursday over the British government's decision to allow a major expansion of London's Heathrow airport - notorious around the world for its perennial problems with congestion, punctuality and lost luggage.
London, Jan. 15 : Britain's Business Minister and one of Prime Minister Gordon Brown''''s closest allies, Baroness Shriti Vadera, has invited fierce criticism from certain quarters for claiming to see "green shoots" of economic recovery, even as the rest of the world continues to suffer from a meltdown.
London, January 12 : British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has condemned Prince Harry's `Paki' remark directed towards his fellow comrade, dubbing it "unacceptable".
