Yahoo! News: World - Britain

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• UK sends 1st right-extremist to EU parliament (AP)
• Far-right gains from Britain's Labour turmoil (Reuters)
• Britain's Brown faces showdown with rebels (AP)
• Brown heading for 'dismal' EU poll results (AFP)
• Restaurant owner Yasmina wins 'The Apprentice' (AFP)
• Brown vows to fight on in 'testing times' (AFP)
• Brown vows to fight on amid 'testing times' (AFP)
• Barclays to sell fund management arm to BlackRock (AFP)
• 'The Apprentice' heads for show-down (AFP)
• Brown vows to battle on (AFP)

UK sends 1st right-extremist to EU parliament (AP) Posted: 07 Jun 2009 04:31 PM PDT AP - Britain elected its first extreme-right politician to the European Parliament in results announced Sunday, a development mainstream lawmakers blamed on the recession and a collapse of trust in major political parties.

Far-right gains from Britain's Labour turmoil (Reuters) Posted: 07 Jun 2009 04:11 PM PDT Reuters - The far-right British National Party won its first seat in the European Parliament on Sunday, a breakthrough that will add to pressure on Prime Minister Gordon Brown.

Britain's Brown faces showdown with rebels (AP) Posted: 07 Jun 2009 03:53 PM PDT AP - Britain's Prime Minister Gordon Brown heads into a key showdown Monday with rebel lawmakers after projections that his governing Labour Party has produced its worst-ever results in European and local elections.

Brown heading for 'dismal' EU poll results (AFP) Posted: 07 Jun 2009 02:41 PM PDT AFP - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown's ruling Labour party braced Sunday for "dismal" European election results, set to add to pressure on his leadership after a week of political turmoil.

Restaurant owner Yasmina wins 'The Apprentice' (AFP) Posted: 07 Jun 2009 02:08 PM PDT AFP - Restaurant owner Yasmina Siadatan secured a top job with multi-millionaire businessman Sir Alan Sugar on Sunday after winning the reality television competition "The Apprentice".

Brown vows to fight on in 'testing times' (AFP) Posted: 07 Jun 2009 09:54 AM PDT AFP - Embattled Prime Minister Gordon Brown vowed Sunday to fight on despite "testing times" as his Labour party braced for an expected drubbing in EU Parliament elections.

Brown vows to fight on amid 'testing times' (AFP) Posted: 07 Jun 2009 08:53 AM PDT AFP - Prime Minister Gordon Brown vowed Sunday that he will not walk away despite "testing times" as his embattled Labour party braced for a drubbing in EU elections.

Barclays to sell fund management arm to BlackRock (AFP) Posted: 07 Jun 2009 06:20 AM PDT AFP - Barclays is close to selling its asset management arm to US money manager BlackRock in a deal worth 8.13 billion pounds, media reported on Sunday.

'The Apprentice' heads for show-down (AFP) Posted: 07 Jun 2009 04:11 AM PDT AFP - The reality TV hit 'The Apprentice' heads for a dramatic all-female showdown on Sunday, as finalists Yasmina Siadatan and Kate Walsh compete for a top job with multi-millionaire businessman Alan Sugar.

Brown vows to battle on (AFP) Posted: 06 Jun 2009 11:07 AM PDT AFP - Gordon Brown vowed to soldier on as prime minister on Saturday, admitting that he faced an unprecedented period of turbulence as he awaited another electoral bloodbath.

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