Long wait over for Britain's Brown
LONDON, (Reuters): Sure of becoming prime minister after long years of waiting, Gordon Brown smiles much more now. He's got tailored suits and whiter teeth, and is making a huge effort to appear more personable.
Suicide blast kills 25, uproar in Parliament
ISLAMABAD (Reuters): A bomb killed 25 people in north-west Pakistan yesterday, while in the capital opposition politicians walked out of Parliament, forcing the chamber to postpone a debate on weekend violence in Karachi. No one claimed responsibility...
US evangelist Jerry Falwell dies
WASHINGTON (Reuters): United States evangelist Jerry Falwell, a leader of the Christian right, died yesterday, his assistant said.Falwell, 73, was found unconscious in his office and was taken to a nearby hospital in...
Poll boost for Britain's Labour Party
LONDON (Reuters): Britain's governing Labour Party received a boost yesterday as an opinion poll showed the party was catching up with the opposition Conservatives after Prime Minister Tony Blair announced he would resign in June.
Iraq a "terrorist Disneyland" if US goes
LONDON (Reuters): A U.S. troop pull-out from Iraq would leave the country as a potent launchpad for international terrorism and Washington would be forced to go back in within a couple of years, a leading al Qaida expert said yesterday.
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