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The Truth About Lockerbie May Now Never Come Out Thanks to Gordon Brown's Thirst for Libyan Oil

Vicky Ward | Posted 09.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: Lockerbie, Lockerbie Bombing, Britain, United Kingdom, United Nations, Abdel-Basset-Al-Megrahi, Kenny MacAskill, Abdel Baset Ali Al-Megrahi, Lockerbie Scotland, Gordon Brown, Libya, Lockerbie Bomber, Lockerbie Bomber Released, Pan Am 103, Muammar El-Qaddafi, Robert Mueller, Scotland, Politics News

Megrahi's release and hero's welcome in Libya, along with the leak of two letters from Britain's justice minister, have prompted calls for British Prime Minister Gordon Brown to stop evading the issue.

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Mayor Michael Wildes and Rabbi Shmuley Boteach of Englewood, NJ, Confirm that Sunday's Rally Against Kaddafi Remains On

Rabbi Shmuley Boteach | Posted 09.29.2009 | Politics

Read More: Gordon Brown, Lockerbie Bomber, Englewood, Englewood New Jersey, Qaddafi, Muammar El-Qaddafi, Michael Wildes, Moammar Gadhafi, Steve Rothman, Politics News

We will push for the Libyan government to sell their compound in Englewood and clear out of the neighborhood. We don't want a terrorist-funding government in our midst.

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What Is Justice for Lockerbie?

Deepak Chopra | Posted 09.28.2009 | Politics

Read More: Justice, Abdelbaset Ali Al-Megrahi, Lockerbie Bomber Released, Gordon Brown, Libya, Jon Corzine, Qaddafi, Scotland, Hillary Clinton, World News, Politics News

As bystanders to tragedies like the Lockerbie disaster, you and I have no moral weight; we are outsiders. But we aren't outsiders in our own lives, where we face moral choices just as tangled.

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Lockerbie Outrage Continues: Just follow the Stench of Oil

Rabbi Abraham Cooper | Posted 09.28.2009 | World

Read More: Gordon Brown, Al-Megrahi, Pan Am 103, Scotland, Libya, Lockerbie, Khadafi, Times of London, Terrorism, World News, World News

Another media report from Scotland raises the question as to whether doctors who promoted release of the mass murderer may have been paid by the Libyans.

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Lockerbie Bomber Release Has "Obvious" Links With Trade Talks: Gaddafi's Son

guardian.co.uk | Severin Carrell, Scotland Correspondent | Posted 09.28.2009 | World

Read More: Lockerbie, Gordon Brown, Uk, Libyan-Leader, Lockerbie Bombing, Libya, Lockerbie Bomber, Lockerbie Bomber Released, United Kingdom, Libya Oil, Lockerbie Bomber Freed, Lockerbie Bomber Libya, Lockerbie Scotland, Africa, World News

Gordon Brown is under renewed pressure to release details about the UK's dealings with Libya after Colonel Muammar Gaddafi's son said there was an "ob...

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Chanos Gave Secret Presentation To G7 Finance Ministers Warning Of Economic Collapse

Evening Standard | Paul Waugh | Posted 09.26.2009 | Business

Read More: Gordon Brown, Secret Presentation, Jim Chanos, Hedge Funds, G7 Finance Ministers, Economic Collapse, Paul Singer, Business News

This happy band of G7 finance ministers looked perfectly relaxed as they arrived for their gathering in Washington in April 2007. But it now turns ...

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Ted Kennedy Reactions

Posted 09.25.2009 | Politics

Read More: Ted Kennedy Dead, Ted Kennedy Dies, Kennedy Dead, Ted Kennedy, Ted Kennedy Death, Ted Kennedy Statements, Ed Kennedy, Edward Kennedy, Senator Kennedy, Teddy Kennedy, Ted Kennedy Reaction, Sarah Palin Ted Kennedy, Maria Shriver, Arnold Schwarzenegger, George H.W. Bush, Nancy Pelosi, Sarah Palin, Orrin Hatch, Harry Reid, Nancy Reagan, Kennedy Family, Obama Kennedy Reaction, Barack Obama, Obama Kennedy, Tony Blair, Gordon Brown, Benjamin Netanyahu, Brian Cowen, Politics News

Here are reactions to Ted Kennedy's death: President Obama: Michelle and I were heartbroken to learn this morning of the death of our dear friend, S...

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Gordon Brown Breaks Silence On Lockerbie Bomber: "Repulsed" By Libya Welcome

AP | MATTI FRIEDMAN | Posted 09.25.2009 | World

Read More: Gordon Brown, England, Libya, Lockerbie Bomber, Gordon Brown Lockerbie, Abdel Baset Al-Megrahi, Brown Lockerbie, Lockerbie, Prime Minister Gordon Brown, Scotland, Lockerbie Bombing, World News

LONDON — British Prime Minister Gordon Brown broke his silence on the Lockerbie bomber Tuesday, saying he was repulsed by the hero's welcome Lib...

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Why Britain Should Apologize for Releasing the Lockerbie Killer -- and Why it Won't

Vicky Ward | Posted 09.25.2009 | World

Read More: Gordon Brown, Britain, Bernard Madoff, Lockerbie Bomber Released, Abdel Baset Ali Al-Megrahi, Tony Blair, Muammar El-Qaddafi, World News

Imagine if Bernie Madoff were to have cancer and he were to be released like the Lockerbie killer? There would, no doubt, rightly be outrage in the streets.

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How the Lockerbie Bomber Got Away With It

Michael Wolff | Posted 09.24.2009 | World

Read More: Gordon Brown, Lockerbie, Libya, Michael Wolff, Lockerbie Bomber, Scotland, Moammar Gadhafi, Abdel Baset Ali Al-Megrahi, World News

The Brits are in a mess: They have freed the Lockerbie bomber for reasons that nobody truly, or reasonably, believes. And yet, maybe they know what they're doing.

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Britain's New Royalty -- The Oil Potentates

Raymond J. Learsy | Posted 09.24.2009 | Business

Kowtowing to moneyed Middle Eastern and African oil interests may not be new, but as the release of the Lockerbie bomber shows, this has become Britain's new norm.

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Britons Defend Their Health Care From US Criticism

AP | GREGORY KATZ | Posted 09.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care Bill, Gordon Brown, British Health Care System, Nhs, England, Health Care Reform, National Health Service, Health Care, British Health Care, Politics News

LONDON — Britons love to mock their National Health Service – just don't let anyone else poke fun at it. They particularly resent the Bri...

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Eva Joly on Iceland's Devastating Plight

Alda Sigmundsdottir | Posted 09.11.2009 | World

Read More: Gordon Brown, European Commission, World, International Monetary Fund, Eva Joly, Landsbanki, Russia, European Union, Iceland Financial Crisis, Kaupthing Bank, Iceland Bank Crisis, World News, World News

In her article, Mme Joly denounces what she calls the "blackmailing of Iceland" by a number of states, as well as the IMF and the EU, into taking on billions of Euros in debt.

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Sarah Palin: What the British Might Think...

Cedric Perrier | Posted 09.01.2009 | Politics

Read More: Gordon Brown, Britain, Susan Boyle, Conservatives, Cedric Perrier, David Axelrod, Ronald Reagan, Elliot Spitzer, Sarah Palin, British Politics, Labour Party, Lew Wasserman, Alaska, Palin 2012, Politics News

Perhaps what America is observing is political opportunism in its freshest form. We see this a great deal in the new order of the entertainment industry: fame without responsibility.

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Gordon Brown Supports Holding Bankers' Bonuses for 5 Years

bloomberg.com | Gonzalo Vina and Andrew MacAskill | Posted 08.16.2009 | Business

Read More: Gordon Brown, Wall Street Bonuses, Banks, U.K., David Walker, Britain, Bank Bonuses, Business News

July 16 (Bloomberg) -- Prime Minister Gordon Brown said the U.K. government will adopt plans forcing banks to hold back half of all bonuses for senior...

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Britain Must Tell Obama: The Alliance of Denial Has to End

Simon Jenkins | Posted 09.03.2009 | World

Read More: Gordon Brown, Gordon Brown Afghanistan, Obama Afghanistan, Afghanistan, War in Afghanistan, Afghanistan War, World News

President Obama now owns Afghanistan. As a result, he and his British ally, Gordon Brown, are sucked into mendacity that is on the scale of Iraq's weapons of mass destruction.

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Afghanistan: Could Britain be Losing its Appetite for War?

Cedric Perrier | Posted 08.14.2009 | World

Defense is clearly at the sharp end of the Government's ongoing budget cuts. Yet British coffers alone may not be the only reason Brown is willing to stand firm.

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British PM Calls For $100 Billion Global Green Fund

AFP | Posted 08.13.2009 | Green

Read More: Developing World, Gordon Brown, Global, Climate Crisis, Climate Change, Alternative Energy Resources, Alternate Energy, Alternative Energy Supplies, Green Energy, Alternative and Renewable, Renewable Resources, Alternate Energy Sources, Clean Renewable Energy, Evolving Energy Tech, Alternative Renewable Energy, Alternative Energy Resource, Alternative Energy Sources, Alternative Energy Efficiency, Alternative Energy Demand, Renewable and Alternative, Renewable Energy Supplies, Green News

British Prime Minister Gordon Brown Friday called for a global fund worth $100 billion a year to tackle climate change in the developing world, ahead ...

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Gordon Brown's Climate Change Adviser Has Swine Flu

AFP | Posted 08.12.2009 | World

Read More: Gordon Brown, Michael Jacobs, Swine Flu Britain, Gordon Brown Adviser, Swine Flu, World News

A key adviser to Prime Minister Gordon Brown has contracted swine flu and was banned from attending the G8 summit in Italy, reports said late Sunday....

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Gordon Brown: Green Revolution Will Power Britain's Recovery

Guardian | Gordon Brown | Posted 08.12.2009 | Green

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wo centuries ago, Britain was at the forefront of a new industrial age that transformed our small island into the workshop of the world and a global e...

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Is the World Getting Saner? Consider These Rational International Developments

Steven Crandell | Posted 08.11.2009 | World

Read More: Gordon Brown, Britain, Nuclear Weapons, Nuclear Age Peace Foundation, Dmitry Medvedev, Non-Proliferation Treaty, President Obama, World News

There is no doubt that the time is right for our President to assert the importance of working through global cooperation to achieve the mutally-desirable goal of planetary survival.

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Twitter Revolution and President Obama: This time Let's Stand Up With Roozbeh and the People of Iran

Rabbi Abraham Cooper | Posted 08.07.2009 | World

Read More: Gordon Brown, Iran, Ahmadinejad, Stephen Harper, Internet, Simon Wiesenthal Center, United Nations, Angela Merkel, Twitter, Obama, World News

Twitter may have succeeded in proving to the world how much the Iranian people want change, but Internet technologies cannot deliver real freedom and hope.

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Ban Ki Moon in Burma: The Chance for a New Beginning

Gordon Brown | Posted 08.03.2009 | World

Read More: Gordon Brown, Aung San Suu Kyi, Burma Junta, Prime Minister Gordon Brown, Un-Secretary-General-Ban-Ki-Moon, Ban Ki-Moon, Burma, Gordon Brown Huffington Post, Huffington Post Gordon Brown, Burma News, Ban Ki Moon Burma, Ban Ki Moon in Burma, Banki Moon, World News

When UN Secretary-General Ban Ki Moon meets the military dictatorship in Burma today he will have the whole world with him. His mission is critical to the future of the Burmese people.

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London Diary: Gordon Brown's Obsessions, The Loyal Opposition's Cuddly Karl Rove, Bad Germs, and the Most Unusual Royal Honeymoon Ever

Arianna Huffington | Posted 08.01.2009 | World

Read More: Adam Smith, Gordon Brown, Guardian Conference, Frances Osborne, United Kingdom, Princess Michael, Sophie Winkleman, Travel, George Osborne, London, Sarah Brown, World News

I just ended three days in London that were like a cram session in British politics -- ranging from a conversation with Gordon Brown to dinner with Frances and George Osborne, the Tories' Shadow Chancellor.

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UN Chief Visits Burma: A Political Gamble

Evelyn Leopold | Posted 08.01.2009 | World

Read More: Aung San Suu Kyi, South Africa, Human Rights, Myanmar Junta, Myanmar, Ban Ki-Moon, Burma, Russia, Myanmar Cyclone, China, Laura Bush, Human Rights Watch, Kenneth Roth, Gordon Brown, Junta, United Kingdom, Britain, World News

With an agenda that asks the ruling military junta to open its doors to national "reconciliation", Ban Ki-moon is convinced he can persuade the country's leaders that reforms are for their own good.

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