London: Summoning a degree of national unity rarely seen outside times of war, Britain's Parliament will tell Rupert Murdoch on Wednesday to drop an expansion plan for his media empire while police probe possible crimes by his journalists. In a watershed moment for British politics, a barrier of fear of the Murdoch press that affected all parties has collapsed under the weight of public outrage. It has triggered a stampede...
04:36 PM, Jul 13, 2011
London: He's looked defensive, he's looked outraged, he's looked scared. But recently, Prime Minister David Cameron has rarely looked like he's in charge. The British leader has lost his confident aura as his friendships with figures central to the tabloid hacking scandal hand his government its biggest crisis since he entered No. 10 Downing Street. Questions are mounting about whether the scandal will poison his premiership. From the moment allegations...
02:09 AM, Jul 13, 2011
London: Prime Minister David Cameron's former communications chief and an ex-royal reporter were arrested on Friday in a phone hacking and police corruption scandal that has already toppled a major tabloid and rattled the cozy relationship between British politicians and the powerful Murdoch media empire. The 168-year-old muckraking tabloid News of the World was shut down on Thursday after being engulfed by allegations its journalists paid police for information and...
07:25 AM, Jul 09, 2011
London: Police arrested David Cameron's former spokesman on Friday over the scandal that has shut down Rupert Murdoch's News of the World, forcing the prime minister to defend his judgment while promising new controls on the British press. As Cameron fielded hostile questions over why he had hired the paper's former editor Andy Coulson in 2007, despite knowing that one of his journalists had been jailed for hacking into voicemails...
03:20 AM, Jul 09, 2011
London: Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron said on Friday the government had to follow proper legal procedures when deciding on the takeover of BSkyB and the decision would take 'some time'. "Governments must follow the proper legal processes and procedures. That is exactly what (culture secretary) Jeremy Hunt is doing. His role is to take the advice of independent regulators. And, as his department made clear, given the events of...
03:13 PM, Jul 08, 2011
London: UK has told Pakistan to move decisively against al Qaeda following the death of the terror outfit's chief Osama bin Laden. "Now there is an opportunity to move decisively against al Qaeda following Osama bin Laden's death," British Prime Minister David Cameron told Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari on Friday during a meeting at 10, Downing Street in London. Bin Laden was killed in a US Navy SEALs raid...
07:24 AM, Jul 02, 2011
London: The NATO-led air campaign in Libya will have cost the UK at least 260 million pounds ($415 million) if it continues for another three months, Britain's Defense Secretary Liam Fox said on Thursday. Fox said the projected cost for Britain's involvement in a mission which started March 19 - and could continue until later this year - is "in the region" of 120 million pounds. In a statement to...
02:52 AM, Jun 24, 2011
Tripoli, Libya: Possible cracks emerged in NATO's Libya air campaign on Wednesday as Italy expressed concern about the accidental killing of civilians and called for a suspension in hostilities to allow the delivery of humanitarian aid. However, Britain insisted the alliance was "holding strong." Skepticism over the military campaign is growing as weeks of airstrikes have failed to unseat Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi and outrage rises over allegations that airstrikes...
12:52 AM, Jun 23, 2011
London: Britain and Bill Gates on Monday joined hands to pledge more than $ 2.3 billion to vaccinate over 80 million children against preventable conditions such as pneumonia and diarrhoea in poor nations by 2015. British Prime Minister David Cameron told the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunisation (GAVI), a donors conference here, that the new funding arrangement would help "vaccinate more than 80 million children against diseases such as...
07:04 PM, Jun 13, 2011
London: The British government has given clearance for the use of its attack helicopters in Libya, putting the final decision on deployment in NATO's hands. Prime Minister David Cameron and British ministers have given clearance "in principle" to put Apache helicopters at NATO's disposal, a person familiar with the matter said on Thursday. Whether or not to deploy the helicopters is now a matter for operational commanders, the person added,...
07:12 AM, May 27, 2011
New Delhi: 48 hours after Osama bin Ladens killing, the White House said Osama was unarmed when he was killed but his photos are too gruesome and inflammatory to be made public. Meanwhile, theres more embarrassment for Pakistan that insists that they knew of Operation Geronimo - The CIA says that US deliberately kept them in the dark for fear of spread of information. It was decided that any effort...
07:00 AM, May 04, 2011
London: Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden must have had a support network in Pakistan, British Prime Minister David Cameron said on Tuesday, promising to continue to cooperate with the Pakistanis to fight extremism. The disclosure bin Laden had holed up in a luxury compound in the military garrison town of Abbottabad, possibly for five to six years, before he was killed in a US raid has prompted many US...
09:56 PM, May 03, 2011
Washington: The following is reaction from US politicians and others to the news that al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden was killed in a raid involving the US military on a compound in Abbotabad, Pakistan: Former US President George W Bush: "This momentous achievement marks a victory for America, for people who seek peace around the world, and for all those who lost loved ones on September 11, 2001. The...
10:51 AM, May 02, 2011
Though, the Confederation of the British Industry believes that an extra public holiday usually costs the economy around 6 billion pounds in lost output, the British government has said it hopes the day will give the UK a boost during a fragile economic recovery. ...
08:09 AM, Apr 30, 2011
London: Former England soccer captain David Beckham and singer Elton John mingled with monarchs and politicians as an eclectic cast attended Britain's royal wedding on Friday. Beckham, his hair swept back and with a medal awarded by Queen Elizabeth on his lapel, chatted with British film director Guy Ritchie before the ceremony in Westminster Abbey. John waved to the crowds and gave a thumbs-up as he arrived with his partner...
05:29 PM, Apr 29, 2011
London: British Prime Minister David Cameron will wear a formal morning suit with long tails to the royal wedding after all, his office said today. A spokesman had indicated earlier this week that Cameron would opt for a business suit at the April 29 event instead of the traditional tails associated with upper-class English weddings. But Cameron's office said the prime minister now plans to wear a more formal suit....
12:08 PM, Apr 21, 2011
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Prime Minister David Cameron made a landmark visit recently to Pakistan. It has gone a long way in reinforcing and cementing the profound relationship enjoyed ...
09:55 AM, Apr 15, 2011
Islamabad: British Prime Minister David Cameron will call for a new start in relations with Pakistan on Tuesday, eight months after sparking a diplomatic row by saying Pakistan should not be allowed to "look both ways" on terrorism. Cameron, who made those controversial comments on a trip to India in July 2010, will meet Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani in Islamabad, seeking to improve...
12:28 PM, Apr 05, 2011
