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/ 5 September 2007
Seven developing countries in Africa and Asia will be the first to take part in a new global health campaign aimed at directing aid more effectively at the basic needs of poor countries. Health ministers from Burundi, Ethiopia, Kenya, Mozambique, Zambia, Cambodia and Nepal will take part in the launch of the initiative at British Prime Minister Gordon Brown’s office later on Wednesday.
British officials said on Friday they were investigating a new suspected case of foot and mouth outside a previously infected area, but the farmer involved said vets were sure his animals were disease-free. Britain’s chief veterinary officer said early on Friday there was a new suspected case outside a 10km surveillance zone.
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown was expected to walk a fine line in talks on Monday with President George Bush, keeping some distance on issues like Iraq while preserving the ”special relationship” with the United States. The Camp David meeting is the first between the new British prime minister and Bush since Brown succeeded Tony Blair last month.
Prime Minister Gordon Brown set a target on Wednesday of building three million new houses in Britain by 2020 under measures to tackle a growing crisis over a shortage of affordable homes. Brown knows that solving the housing problem and improving public services may be crucial to his Labour Party winning a fourth successive general election.
British Prime Minister Tony Blair wants to use a farewell trip to Africa this week to build momentum for a rich nation summit that will focus on Africa and to push for a world trade deal, a spokesperson said on Tuesday. Blair flies to Libya, Sierra Leone and South Africa on one of his last trips abroad before stepping down on June 27 after a decade in power.
Tony Blair is expected to set a date for his resignation as British prime minister when he makes an announcement about his future on Thursday. Blair, who notched up 10 years in power last week, is expected to stay as prime minister and Labour Party leader until a successor can take over at the end of June or early July.
Northern Ireland’s Protestant and Roman Catholic leaders, arch-foes during decades of bloodshed, launched a new power-sharing government in the British province on Tuesday aiming to put a final end to violence. Hard-line Protestant cleric Ian Paisley and Sinn Fein’s Martin McGuinness took a pledge of office as first minister and deputy first minister.
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/ 6 February 2007
British Prime Minister Tony Blair accused Iran on Tuesday of trying to whip up the ”maximum trouble” possible but said no one was contemplating military action against Tehran. Blair, a close ally of United States President George Bush, accused Iran of developing nuclear weapons capability in defiance of the United Nations.
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/ 2 February 2007
Prime Minister Tony Blair vowed on Friday not to quit before British police finished a political funding investigation, despite growing alarm in his Labour party over the damage the probe is inflicting on the government. Blair, questioned by police for a second time about the case last Friday, voiced hope the investigation would end soon.
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/ 4 December 2006
Prime Minister Tony Blair opted to keep a British nuclear arsenal well into the 21st century on Monday, saying the government planned to order new nuclear-armed submarines to replace its existing fleet. But in a concession to dozens of legislators in his Labour Party who oppose spending billions of pounds on a new nuclear-weapons system, Blair said Britain would cut its nuclear warheads by 20%.