Personal Spaceflight (Free subscription) | yesterday
In a cabinet reshuffle last week, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown selected Paul Drayson as its new science minister. Drayson, as I noted over on Space Politics, is a strong supporter of human spaceflight, and is clearly in favor of overturning a long-running ban on funding human spaceflight programs in the UK. In [...]
France24 (Free subscription) | 10/09/2008
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has condemned as "completely unacceptable" and "illegal" the attitude of Iceland's government, after it froze bank accounts held by British savers amid attempts to bolster the country's failing banks.
The Irish Times (Free subscription) | 3 hours ago
ICELAND'S PRIME minister Geir Haarde said his country has not had direct talks on financial aid with an International Monetary Fund mission and has denied that his country is in default.
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | yesterday
London - Officials of the British Treasury are travelling to Iceland Friday to discuss a solution to the growing crisis of British deposits and investments locked up in nationalized Icelandic banks, the British government said. The Icelandic move to ...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 10/08/2008
London - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown Wednesday hailed the government's massive bank rescue plan based on a cash injection of 50 billion pounds (87 billion dollars) as the right decision in extraordinary times. It is a tough deal for everybo...
Times of the Internet (Free subscription) | 10/06/2008
LONDON, Oct. 6 (UPI) -- Britain's new Cabinet leader in tackling the global financial crisis has to deal with one of his own -- a kidney stone removal, officials said. British Business Secretary Peter Mandelson was set to undergo the operation Monday on his first day as British Prime Minister Gordon Brown's point man on the economy, but he was still expected to attend the first...
Moldova.org (Free subscription) | 10/06/2008
Britain's new Cabinet leader in tackling the global financial crisis has to deal with one of his own -- a kidney stone removal, officials said. British Business Secretary Peter Mandelson was set to undergo the operation Monday on his first day as British Prime Minister Gordon Brown's point man on the economy, but he was still expected to attend the first meeting of the National...
Miami Herald (Free subscription) | 10/05/2008
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown announced more changes to his government Sunday, completing a shake-up intended to strengthen the government as it faces the global economic crisis.
USA Today (Free subscription) | 10/05/2008
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown announced more changes to his government Sunday, completing a shake-up intended to strengthen ...
kansascity.com (Free subscription) | 10/05/2008
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown announced more changes to his government Sunday, completing a shake-up intended to strengthen the government as it faces the global economic crisis.
Boston Globe (Free subscription) | 10/05/2008
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown announced more changes to his government Sunday, completing a shake-up intended to strengthen the government as it faces the global economic crisis.
People Daily (Free subscription) | 10/04/2008
European Union (EU) Trade Commissioner Peter Mandelson will resign to join the British Prime Minister Gordon Brown's cabinet, the European Commission confirmed on Friday. The commission said in a press release that Mandelson has today submitted his resignation to the Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso. &$ &$European Union Trade Commissioner Peter Mandelson speaks to journal ...
Zeropaid File Sharing P2P Technolog (Free subscription) | 10/05/2008
In an odd turn of events, British prime minister has denied that a three strikes proposal for p2p users is in the works. What makes this so strange is the fact that he announced this days after the three strikes proposal was rejected by the European Union. There's a well documented revelation that appeared on P2P-Blog recently about the British prime minister denying that...
Times of the Internet (Free subscription) | 10/04/2008
LONDON, Oct. 3 (UPI) -- British Prime Minister Gordon Brown announced a reshuffle of his Cabinet Friday with the biggest change the return of Peter Mandelson as secretary for business. Mandelson, now European commissioner for trade, is to receive a peerage and will serve in the House of Lords, The Times of London reported. Brown, Mandelson and former Prime Minister Tony Blair...
Moldova.org (Free subscription) | 10/04/2008
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown announced a reshuffle of his Cabinet Friday with the biggest change the return of Peter Mandelson as secretary for business.Mandelson, now European commissioner for trade, is to receive a peerage and will serve in the House of Lords, The Times of London reported.Brown, Mandelson and former Prime Minister Tony Blair were once close allies. But...
