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In a Sense, Abroad
Steven Weber | Posted 07.13.2008 | Politics
From England, the view of the states is much clearer than the one enjoyed by us -- our faces stuffed into Old Glory like hostages' noses pressed up against a chloroform-saturated hanky.
Queen Holds Tea Party For 8,000 People
AP | GREGORY KATZ | Posted 07.09.2008 | Life
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LONDON — The times they aren't a changing. Not at Buckingham Palace, at least. Tea with the queen Tuesday looked much the same as it would have...
Obama vs. McCain: What do the Brits Think?
Eric Kuhn | Posted 06.04.2008 | Politics
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The morning after the final Democratic Primary, I took to the streets of London to see what our friends across the pond thought about the elections.
The New London Season
Josa Young | Posted 05.22.2008 | Life
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I went to Hyde Park for a wonderful party at the Serpentine Gallery, London's most glamorous venue, last night. Everyone was outside, not just the smokers for a change.
My Conversation with David Miliband
Charlie Rose | Posted 05.19.2008 | Politics
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I talked with the British foreign secretary about Iran, Myanmar, climate change, and the importance of American leadership.
Not Mexican Independence Day: Cinco de Mayo
Rep. Joe Baca | Posted 05.05.2008 | Politics
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Since 1863, Californians have celebrated the fifth of May, and now people across the U.S. recognize the occasion as well. Yet it is virtually ignored in Mexico.
George Bush, Gordon Brown Press Conference: Bush Offers Brown A Well-Done Hamburger
Huffington Post | Nicholas Graham | Posted 04.17.2008 | Politics
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British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, visiting the U.S., held a joint press conference with President Bush this afternoon. One reporter asked the two ...
Gordon Brown, British Prime Minister, Won't Attend Olympics Opening Ceremony
AP | Posted 04.09.2008 | Home
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British Prime Minister Gordon Brown will not attend the opening ceremony of the Beijing Summer Olympics, a spokeswoman said Wednesday. Brown's office...
Raucous Protests Greet Olympic Flame
AP | BRYAN MITCHELL | Posted 04.06.2008 | Home
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LONDON — Demonstrators grabbed at the Olympic torch, blocked its path and tried to snuff out its flame Sunday in raucous protests of China's hum...
My Super [Bitter]Sweet British Tuesday
Fernanda Diaz | Posted 02.06.2008 | Politics
Despite what turned out to be quite the anticlimactic night in terms of results, I spent Super Tuesday evening busily discussing the election at a par...
Revealed: Britain's $2 Billion Olympics Black Hole
London Times | Jill Sherman | Posted 01.14.2008 | Business
Britain faces a £1 billion black hole after the 2012 Olympics because of "ludicrous" property price projections backed by ministers, it emerged last ...
How To Tie a Necktie
Steven Denlinger | Posted 01.04.2008 | Life
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Coming from a broken home in the 1940s was quite different than it is today, and my father must have felt the pain acutely.
Britain's Queen Elizabeth II Launches Special "Royal Channel" On YouTube
AP | THOMAS WAGNER | Posted 12.23.2007 | Media
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Britain's 81-year-old Queen Elizabeth II, considered an icon of traditionalism, launched her own special Royal Channel on YouTube Sunday. The queen w...
British Formally Hand Over Control Of Basra To Iraq Government
AP | LORI HINNANT | Posted 12.16.2007 | Politics
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British forces formally handed over responsibility Sunday for the last region in Iraq under their control, marking the start of what Britain hopes wil...
Of Tent Revivals, Wayward Husbands and Chicken Dinners
Steven Denlinger | Posted 11.24.2007 | Life
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I used to think that people make decisions logically. Jantzi understood better. Jantzi understood the power of tears.
Britain To Withdraw Nearly Half Of Its Iraq Troops
AP | DAVID STRINGER | Posted 10.08.2007 | Politics
Britain will withdraw nearly half its troops in Iraq beginning next spring, Prime Minister Gordon Brown said Monday, leaving a contingent of 2,500 sol...
Rule, Britannia? UK To Lay Claim To Vast Swaths Of South Atlantic
The Guardian (U.K.) | Owen Bowcott | Posted 09.21.2007 | Home
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Britain is preparing territorial claims on tens of thousands of square miles of the Atlantic Ocean floor around the Falklands, Ascension Island and Ro...
The Pint Lives On: EU Caves To Allow 'Imperial Measurements'
New York Times | DAN BILEFSKY | Posted 09.11.2007 | Home
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Britons and the Irish can still down a pint of beer, walk a mile, covet an ounce of gold and eat a pound of bananas after the European Union ruled tod...
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