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Peter Mandelson's demise last night prompted a rushed Cabinet and ministerial reshuffle in the United Kingdom.
An effective Aids vaccine could be found as early as 2012, saving six million lives if the world is willing to put £10-billion a year into a new programme, the British chancellor, Gordon Brown, said in a speech on Wednesday night in Tanzania. Brown put forward a four-point package to fight HIV/Aids as a central strand of Britain's presidency of the G8 this year.
The Crown Prosecution Service's decision to charge former News International chief executive Rebekah Brooks came as the British Cabinet met on Tuesday
The British Cabinet risked the wrath of Labour Party backbenchers on Thursday by endorsing the dispatch of 650 Black Watch troops into a high-risk United States-controlled area south of Baghdad. The troops will move north shortly, and will be replaced by Scots Guards now based in Cyprus. The decision means the United Kingdom will increase the number of troops it has in Iraq by 600.
Peter Mandelson's demise last night prompted a rushed Cabinet and ministerial reshuffle in the United Kingdom.
An effective Aids vaccine could be found as early as 2012, saving six million lives if the world is willing to put £10-billion a year into a new programme, the British chancellor, Gordon Brown, said in a speech on Wednesday night in Tanzania. Brown put forward a four-point package to fight HIV/Aids as a central strand of Britain's presidency of the G8 this year.
The Crown Prosecution Service's decision to charge former News International chief executive Rebekah Brooks came as the British Cabinet met on Tuesday
The British Cabinet risked the wrath of Labour Party backbenchers on Thursday by endorsing the dispatch of 650 Black Watch troops into a high-risk United States-controlled area south of Baghdad. The troops will move north shortly, and will be replaced by Scots Guards now based in Cyprus. The decision means the United Kingdom will increase the number of troops it has in Iraq by 600.
