London- A fifth suspect has been arrested as part of investigations into a threat to kill British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, police said Wednesday.
A 29-year-old man was arrested in Derby, police said. Three men were arrested about two weeks ago in Manchester and a fourth on Tuesday in Blackburn. They were all aged between 20 and 30.
London, Aug 27 : A terror suspect held over threats to kill British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has allegedly had contact with Osama Bin Laden’s deputy, Ayman Al-Zawahiri.
He is one of four men being quizzed by police over messages on an extremist website calling for the Prime Minister to be assassinated.
Cops are thought to be probing an Internet message he allegedly sent to awahiri, the al-Qaeda No. 2 who dreamt up the 9/11 atrocities.
London - A political row was brewing Monday over proposals for a British Olympic football team to play at the 2012 Games in London.
Chancellor Gordon Brown's call for the British men's team to be coached by Manchester United's Sir Alex Ferguson was dismissed as a "massive own goal" by Scotland's First Minister, Alex Salmond.
The proposals put forward by Brown, who is himself a Scot, show that he is "seriously out of touch with Scotland," said Salmond, leader of the pro-independence Scottish Nationalist Party.
There has been no British Olympic football team since 1960, partly because of fears it could jeopardise the status of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland within the sport's governing body, FIFA.
London, Aug 23: Three suspected terrorists have been arrested over Internet threats to kill British Prime Minister Gordon Brown.
Two men were arrested at Manchester Airport last week as they prepared to leave the country and a third, was detained in Accrington, Lancashire where he worked as a security guard.
The men arrested were all British-born Muslims of Asian origin from Blackburn, Lancashire, and were aged 21, 22 and 23.
Beijing - Prime Minister Gordon Brown met with Chinese President Hu Jintao Friday, telling China's leader that the Beijing Olympics were a "spectacular success" and that London would try to follow the new standard set by Beijing when it is host to the Games in 2012, Chinese state media reported.
"With the whole world watching, the Beijing Olympic Games have captured the imagination of the whole global community," said Brown, according to Xinhua news agency.
China is ready to share its experiences of hosting the Olympics, said Hu.
Brown will attend the Games closing ceremony on Sunday during which the Olympic flag will be formally handed over by China to Britain. London is hosting the 2012 Olympics.
London - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown told British soldiers on a surprise visit to the British troop base Helmand in Afghanistan Thursday they were in the "front line in the fight against the Taleban".
Rejecting fears that the battle against the al-Qaeda linked Taleban was losing ground, he said: "You know that by what you are doing here you prevent terrorism coming to the streets of Britain."
London- A fifth suspect has been arrested as part of investigations into a threat to kill British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, police said Wednesday.
London, Aug 27 : A terror suspect held over threats to kill British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has allegedly had contact with Osama Bin Laden’s deputy, Ayman Al-Zawahiri.
London, Aug 23: Three suspected terrorists have been arrested over Internet threats to kill British Prime Minister Gordon Brown.
London - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown told British soldiers on a surprise visit to the British troop base Helmand in Afghanistan Thursday they were in the "front line in the fight against the Taleban".
