by Tom Andrews It was difficult watching the Senate Armed Services Committee confirmation hearing of General David Petraeus today. The number one line of questioning – why the administration has established a date certain to begin withdrawing US forces from ...
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Feed SubscriptionPeter Orszag, White House budget director to resign
According to reports from Washington, Barack Obama’s most senior budget official, Peter Orszag is going to resign later this year. Mr Orszag has been one of the Obama administration’s more prominent faces and will become the most senior official to ...
Read More »William Hague represents Conservative-Liberal Democrat government in Washington
Foreign secretary William Hague will represent the new Conservative-Liberal Democrat government in the US today as he makes his first foreign trip since the coalition was agreed. Mr Hague, a former Tory leader and long-time shadow foreign secretary, said he ...
Read More »David Miliband is first candidate to declare himself in Labour leadership race
By Rosa Prince The battle will be between four young former Cabinet colleagues and one outsider – Jon Cruddas, a Left-wing backbencher. Mr Miliband’s younger brother Ed, 40, is expected to announce his candidacy at the weekend, leading to an ...
Read More »Leading Green attacks Lib Dem voters
By Luke Walsh Green London Assembly member Darren Johnson has criticised people who voted Lib Dem after they sided with the Conservatives in a coalition government. Mr Johnson, who missed out on the Green’s third target seat of Lewisham Deptford, ...
Read More »How aid money is being spent in Haiti
Four months after the devastating earthquake that killed more than 200,000 people and left over a million homeless in Haiti, World Food Programme (WFP) Director Josette Sheeran said the country was “not out of the woods yet”. During a press ...
Read More »Heathrow plans ditched by new Government
By Paul Cahalan Plans to build a third runway at Heathrow have been ditched by the new Government. The news, which was expected as both the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats opposed the runway, was welcomed by councils – including Wandsworth ...
Read More »UK coalition to halt computer surveillance
The UK will reverse and restrain many of the surveillance systems that have marked its citizens out as the most watched in the world. The agreement on which the UK has formed its first coalition government since the Second World ...
Read More »Iran sentences Newsweek journalist
PA News A Newsweek reporter has been sentenced in absentia to more than 13 years in prison and 74 lashes, raising concerns about a new Iran government crackdown ahead of the anniversary of disputed presidential elections. Maziar Bahari, a dual ...
Read More ȣ750 compensation for those denied the right to vote
Counts in at least 14 constituencies in eight cities including London, Sheffield and Birmingham were affected by the chaos. By Christopher Hope People formed long lines outside polling stations as returning officers were overwhelmed by the number of people wanting ...
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