London  - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown travelled to Northern Ireland Monday for talks with army commanders and political leaders after the shock murder of two British soldiers in the province.

Brown was due to visit the Massereene military base north of Belfast where gunmen killed two soldiers on Saturday in a drive-by-shooting.

A further two soldiers and two pizza delivery men were seriously injured in the attack, the first of its kind since 1997.

Washington, Mar. 8 : Barack Obama''s weary approach towards Gordon Brown''s Washington visit last week has been attributed to president's exhaustion over America''s economic crisis, White House sources said.

Despite British diplomats insisting that brown's visit was a success, official sources told the Sunday Telegraph that Prime Minister should have been granted a full-blown press conference and a formal dinner, as was customary.

They conceded that Obama aides seemed unfamiliar with the expectations that surround a major visit by a British prime minister.

London, Mar 5 : British Prime Minister Gordon Brown didn't quite say "I love you America," but he couldn't have been much more effusive about the other partner in the special relationship.

He opened his address to a joint session of Congress with the words "America's faith in the future has been, is and will be an inspiration to me."

Washington - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown on Wednesday urged the United States and other countries to resist protectionist policies while trying to cope with the worldwide economic crisis.

Brown became the fifth British prime minister to address a joint session of the US Congress during his visit to Washington to discuss the economic downturn with President Barack Obama.

Washington, Mar. 4 : British Prime Minister Gordon Brown''s expected `Messiah' moment with US President Barack Obama appeared to buried under snow here on Tuesday.

No sooner had his plane touched down at Andrews Air Force on Monday evening when word was passed to travelling Westminster correspondents that the press conference they''d been told to expect had been called off "because of snow".

Brown and Obama had their working lunch in the Old Family Dining Room, but the exact timing of it was vague.

Washington, Mar 4 : British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, who is presently in Washington to bolster Britain''s relations with the US, is expected to warn American politicians to avoid economic protectionism.

Brown is likely to urge a search for global solutions to end the menace during his address to Congress in Washington on Wednesday.

According to The Telegraph , several US senators and representatives favour "Buy American" policies as a way of boosting domestic economic recovery.