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This Week In Cheating

Jeff Kreisler | Posted 06.08.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Uk, Get Rich Cheating, Parliament, Opposition, Carrie Prejean, Manny Ramirez, Willie Nelson, Dodgers, Manny, Miss California, Media, Loopholes, Gordon Brown, Business Reporters, Tax, Soccer, Breast Implants, Red Sox, Monty Python, Comedy News
Jeff Kreisler

Even if they close some loopholes, the Republican Party knows they can't catch us all. Just ask Willie Nelson and Wesley Snipes. You can't spell "making millions by cheating on taxes" with out "cheating on taxes."

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The Route to Economic Recovery Lies in Climate Recovery

Ed Miliband | Posted 05.29.2009 | Green

Read More: Gordon Brown, Climate, Climate Change, Environmentalism, Economic Recovery, Climate Recovery, Global Warming, Barack Obama, UK Climate Change, Green News
Ed Miliband

If governments and our businesses and citizens want it enough, a global deal to prevent climate change further damaging our environment, and our economies, is within reach.

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Gordon Brown 'Snubbed' By Pakistan President Zardari

Times Online | Posted 05.28.2009 | World

Read More: Gordon Brown, United Kingdom, England, Foreign Affairs, Pakistan, Asif Ali Zardari, Advocacy, World News

Gordon Brown received an apparent snub today as he arrived in Pakistan for talks with President Zardari only to be told that he was not available to a...

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UK Economy Sinks Amid Worst British Financial Crisis Since Great Depression

Sheldon Filger | Posted 05.25.2009 | Business

Read More: Gordon Brown, British Banking Crisis, Alistair Darling, Financial Crisis, Uk Economy, David Cameron, Business News
Sheldon Filger

The UK economy has been transformed, in effect, into a candle burning at both ends. Tony Blair may have been called George W. Bush's lap dog, but Gordon Brown is proving to be his economic disciple.

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The Republican Choice: React or Modernize

William Bradley | Posted 05.23.2009 | Politics

Read More: Tea Parties, John McCain, Proposition 8, Log Cabin Republicans, Secession, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Texas, Newt Gingrich, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Same-Sex Marriage, California, Dick Cheney, Gavin Newsom, Barack Obama, Iowa, San Francisco, Rick Perry, Steve Schmidt, Tony Blair, Gordon Brown, Margaret Thatcher, David Cameron, New Labour, Democratic Party, Britain, Tories, Labour Party, Conservative Party, Republican Party, Politics News
William Bradley

It's been a strange week for the Republican Party, with noisy events pushing the old-time religion, a speech urging a new moderation, and back-to-the-future reactions to Obama's friendly gestures to Chavez.

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Voices Struggling to Be Heard: Access to Information and the World Bank

Chad Dobson | Posted 05.21.2009 | Business

Read More: G20 Summit, Economy, Multilateral Development Banks, g20-London, World Bank, Imf, Market Meltdown, Structural Adjustment Loans, Gordon Brown, Egypt, Bretton Woods System, Financial Crisis, Sub-Prime Mortgage Crisis, Freedom of Information, Ifi, Business News
Chad Dobson

An improved disclosure policy requires a shift in thinking and a new business approach from the World Bank.

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Gordon Brown 'Sorry' Over Controversial Emails Sent By Former Aide

Press Association | Posted 05.17.2009 | World

Read More: Gordon Brown, Tories, Foreign Affairs, England, Damian McBride, Gordon Brown Apology, Damian McBride Quits, Gordon Brown Emails, Advocacy, World News

Prime Minister Gordon Brown apologised today over controversial emails sent by one of his closest aides. Damian McBride resigned at the weekend after...

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Gordon Brown 'Furious' Over Smear Emails

Press Association | Posted 05.15.2009 | World

Read More: Gordon Brown Smear Emails, Gordon Brown, Tom Watson, Tories, Damian McBride, England, Gordon Brown Aide Smear Emails, Red Rag, World News

Gordon Brown was "furious" when he found out about the smear emails written by a key aide about top Tories, his spokesman said today amid renewed Tory...

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Damian McBride, Senior Adviser To Gordon Brown, Forced To Quit Over Emails Smearing Opposition

Guardian | Gaby Hinsliff | Posted 05.12.2009 | World

Read More: Gordon Brown, Tories, Damian McBride, Damian McBride Quits, David Cameron, World News

Gordon Brown is today engulfed in crisis after a key aide resigned and the Tories threatened legal action over explosive leaked emails discussing how ...

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Obama's New Geopolitics: 10 Key Takeaways

William Bradley | Posted 05.10.2009 | World

Read More: Turkey, Dmitri Medvedev, Pakistan, George W. Bush, Iraq, G-20, Britain, Dick Cheney, Gordon Brown, Iran, Nato, Nuclear Weapons, Barack Obama, Russia, Vladimir Putin, Afghanistan, India, Cold War, London, World News
William Bradley

Obama's just-concluded big international tour is part of a major reshuffling in geopolitics. Here are 10 key takeaways from happenings in and around his trip.

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UK Terror Plot 'Very Big': Gordon Brown

Press Association | Posted 05.10.2009 | World

Read More: Gordon Brown, Manchester, Bob Quick and Gordon Brown, United Kingdom, Terrorism, Foreign Affairs, England, Bob Quick, Manchester Terror Raid, Advocacy, World News

The Prime Minister defended the anti-terror operation in the North West of England after the sudden resignation of Britain's most senior counter-terro...

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Bob Quick: UK Anti-Terror Chief Resigns Over Document Reveal

AP | NANCY ZUCKERBROD | Posted 05.10.2009 | World

Read More: Gordon Brown, Bob Quick and Gordon Brown, Britain Terrorism, War Wire, Uk Terror Documents, Bob Quick, Bob Quick Documents, Uk Anti-Terror Chief, London-United Kingdom, United Kingdom, Close Up of Bob Quick Document, Bob Quick Anti-Terror Document, Closeup of Bob Quick Photo, World News

LONDON — Britain's top counter-terrorist police officer resigned Thursday after he was photographed carrying clearly visible secret documents ab...

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Living In The Possibility-Based Global Community

Indra Adnan | Posted 05.09.2009 | Living

Read More: Yes We Can, Islam, Women, Michelle Obama, Nato, Turkey, Hope, Optimism, Globalization, Democracy, Media, Faith-Based Community, Barack Obama, Gordon Brown, Internet, G20 Summit, Positive Thinking, Hugging, Reality-Based Community, Soft Power, Youtube, Love, Living News
Indra Adnan

If we are unaware of the deliberate grasping and transforming of reality that Obama is exercising through the world's media, we will be constantly led by the images of Barack and Michelle "being the change."

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Public Pressure Made A Difference At The G20 - Here's Why

Paul Hilder | Posted 05.08.2009 | World

Read More: Green New Deal, Pressure, Avaaz, Unions, Green Hard Hats, Green Recovery, g20, Gordon Brown, Sarkozy, Hu Jintao, Merkel, Obama, London Summit, London-United Kingdom, United Kingdom, World News
Paul Hilder

It's far from time to go home and chill in satisfaction. But unprecedented processes have been put in motion to fix global finance.

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After the G20: What Was Achieved?

Danny Schechter | Posted 05.07.2009 | World

Read More: Gordon Brown, Michelle Obama, Regulation, Barack Obama, g20, Stimulous, London-United Kingdom, United Kingdom, World News
Danny Schechter

What was accomplished? Some windows were broken. A demonstrator died, The police, as usual, overreacted. The media has moved on. In all, not too encouraging.

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Re-Setting the Geopolitical Table: How Obama's Big Trip Is Going

William Bradley | Posted 05.04.2009 | World

Read More: Angela Merkel, Britain, Turkey, France, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iran, Prague, Vladimir Putin, London, Gordon Brown, Nato, Barack Obama, Poland, Germany, George W. Bush, Dick Cheney, Czech Republic, Iraq, Nicolas Sarkozy, Ankara, Dmitri Medvedev, Anti-Missile Shield, G-20, World News
William Bradley

The G-20 went well. Not as well as advertised, which is par for most any political course, but much better than most of the Gs -- 7, 8, or 20.

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Weekly Foreign Affairs Roundup

Christopher Herbert and Victoria Kataoka Rebuffet | Posted 05.04.2009 | World

Read More: Russia, Lebanon, Hu Jintao, Hague Summit, Arab Summit, Barack Obama, Dmitry Medvedev, Nicolas Sarkozy, Gordon Brown, G20 Summit, Manmohan Singh, Iraq Security, Angela Merkel, Turkey Summit, Israel, Palestinian Unity Talks, Azerbaijan, Nato Summit, World News
Christopher Herbert and Victoria Kataoka Rebuffet

The Week's Top Stories in Foreign Affairs:New Israeli Leadership Sounds the Drumbeat to War Facts: Israeli leader Binyamin Netanyahu, leader of the Li...

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What Europe Really Needs is a Good Shrink

Nathan Hegedus | Posted 05.04.2009 | World

Read More: Gordon Brown, Sweden, Silvio Berlusconi, Angela Merkel, European Union, Financial Crisis, Paul Krugman, g20, Nicolas Sarkozy, Psychotherapy, Therapy, Shrink, World News
Nathan Hegedus

Europe needs to make some huge psychological leap. I am living in Sweden and honestly, President Obama seems to care more about me than any of the big European leaders.

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G-20: I See England, I See France...

Rick Horowitz | Posted 05.04.2009 | World

Read More: Gordon Brown, Dmitri Medvedev, Michelle Obama, London Summit, G-20 Summit, Hu Jintao, Angela Merkel, Protectionism, Economic Stimuls, Group of 20, Barack Obama, Global Economic Crisis, Nicolas Sarkozy, g20, Obama and Queen Elizabeth, France, World News
Rick Horowitz

First the skinny guy shakes everybody's hand -- then he tells us he's got a cold!

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Obama's Foreign Policy: Nothing Personal

Charles J. Brown | Posted 05.04.2009 | World

Read More: Barack Obama, Gordon Brown, G20 Summit, Special Relationship, Bin Laden, President Obama, Great Britain, g20, Al Qaeda, State Dinner, World News
Charles J. Brown

Obama has to walk a pretty fine line on his current trip. He must demonstrate leadership without looking like the United States still has the ability -- or the credibility -- to define the agenda.

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What Real Diplomacy Looks Like

Ilan Goldenberg | Posted 05.03.2009 | World

Read More: Gordon Brown, Russia, G20 Summit, Afghanistan, Richard Holbrooke, Angela Merkel, Hillary Clinton, Iran, Diplomacy, g20, Dmitry Medvedev, Barack Obama, Nicolas Sarkozy, The Hague-Netherlands, Netherlands, Islamic Republic of Iran, Pakistan, Georgia, Iraq, World News
Ilan Goldenberg

Barack Obama showed up in Europe this week and the world did not simply swoon at his feet. Some may choose to portray that as failure, but they would be dead wrong.

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Live from the G-20 Summit: Another Blogger Breakthrough

Sam Graham-Felsen | Posted 05.03.2009 | Media

Read More: Gordon Brown, Sam Graham Felsen, Bloggers, Sam Stein, Richard Murphy, g20voice, G-20, London-United Kingdom, United Kingdom, Media News
Sam Graham-Felsen

Today, at the G-20 Summit in London, blogger Richard Murphy was called on by Prime Minister Gordon Brown -- another historic breakthrough for the blogosphere.

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G-20 Leaders Arrive At Summit (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Hanna Ingber Win | Posted 05.03.2009 | World

Read More: Gordon Brown, Video, Barack Obama, G-20 Video, g20 Leaders, Foreign Affairs, G-20 Summit, g20 Video, g20, G-20, London-United Kingdom, United Kingdom, World News

G-20 leaders arrived at the Excel Center in London today. Watch British Prime Minister Gordon Brown greet the heads of state. ...

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Alison Woodhead: Brown's Busiest Day

G20Voice | Posted 05.02.2009 | World

Read More: Gordon Brown, Australia, Kevin Rudd, G20 - London, United Kingdom, Oxfam, g20, g20voice, londonsummit2009, Global Financial Crisis, World News
G20Voice

Gordon Brown repeatedly made the point that Thursday is part of a process of building a new economy; not an attempt to solve it all in one day.

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Jason Linkins

Limbaugh: Obama May Give Gordon Brown "Anal Poisoning"

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.02.2009 | Politics

Read More: Gordon Brown, Video, Talk Radio, Rush Limbaugh Republicans, Andrew Klavan, Rush Limbaugh Obama, Hate Speech, Rush Limbaugh, Barack Obama, Anal Poisoning, Politics News

Wow. Whatever bet L.A. Times columnist Andrew Klavan thought he was making by daring people to listen to Rush Limbaugh and find one instance of the t...

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