Britain may soon consider granting citizenship to Nepalese Gurkhas who had served in British armed forces, ending a nearly three-year long battle being fought by the ex-soldiers
In a massive crackdown on extremists following the London terror attacks, British authorities will deport in phases as many as 500 radical Muslims, out of which a dozen clerics will be sent to their homelands over the next two weeks.\n\n
Blair won't contest next general elections: Report
Blair regrets killing of Brazilian; Straw apologises
"Iraq has a government elected by its people ... despite all the terrorism and violence the people have spoken and they have elected a government," the British Prime Minister said.
NRI industrialist Lord Swraj Paul was also a part of London's successful bid to host the 2012 Olympic Games.
The US president and the British Prime Minister face massive drops in popular support.
The tribunal has been convened in various cities around the world during the last two years, including New York, London, Berlin, Rome, Brussels and Tokyo.
The Pakistani president accused India of trying to put pressure by accusing Pakistan of arming and training terrorists in Kashmir.
There is "certainly a case for including countries like China and India," British Prime Minister Tony Blair said at the end of the G-8 summit held in Sea Island, Georgia, on Thursday.
The new House of Commons will see a record number of 127 women members- of which 97 are from Labour Party.
Conservative leader Michael Howard conceded his party's defeat and announced that he would resign before the next\ngeneral elections and as soon as a successor was found.
The British Prime Minister becomes the first Labour leader to win three successive terms.
The U.S.-led security drill covered 77 scenarios, among them a poisoning attempt on Games chief Gianna Angelopoulos, a leading newspaper reported.
The Non-Resident Indian scientist is among the 16 new members appointed to the British Council for Science and Technology.
Since his own retirement from leading a country in 2000, Clinton has established a foundation campaigning on issues such as the fight against HIV/Aids.
Former cabinet minister in the Tony Blair government Clare Short alleged that British intelligence agencies spied on the UN secretary general in the run-up to the Iraq war.
The appointment, made by British Prime Minister Tony Blair on Tuesday night, will be for a period of four years with immediate effect.
The former UN weapons chief inspector accused the British prime minister of dramatising pre-war intelligence on Iraq's supposed WMDs.
He also met Ghana President John Agyekum Kufour on Friday night as part of his bilateral engagements on the sidelines of the CHOGM.
A host of issues relating to bilateral, regional and international matters of concern figured in the parleys.
The poll shows that 64 per cent believe the situation in Iraq is worsening despite the presence of British forces.
The war in Iraq was a 'completely unjust adventure based on misleading statements,' the former president said.
'India and China will soon be tremendous competition for us', Tony Blair told The Times in an interview.
Today, India is clearly a confident nation at the top of its game; its economic growth is pegged at 7 percent this year, its first aircraft carrier is being built, and a seat on the United Nations Security Council is in the offing.
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