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Brown braces for election battle (AFP)
Britain's Brown vows to lead Labour into elections (AP)
Iraq frees detainees linked to British hostages (Reuters)
UK soldier killed in Afghanistan explosion (AFP)
Attorney General challenged in illegal immigrant row (AFP)
Over 100 from Iraqi group who killed Britons freed (AFP)
British soldier killed in Afghanistan (AP)

Posted: 27 Sep 2009 12:03 PM PDT

AFP - Prime Minister Gordon Brown vowed Sunday he would not "roll over" and give up the fight as his embattled Labour Party kicked off their last conference before the general election.

Britain's Brown vows to lead Labour into elections (AP)

Posted: 27 Sep 2009 11:44 AM PDT

AP - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown insisted he won't quit his post as his governing Labour Party met Sunday for its annual convention before a national election the party is expected to lose.

Iraq frees detainees linked to British hostages (Reuters)

Posted: 27 Sep 2009 11:01 AM PDT

Reuters - Iraq released dozens of jailed militants at the weekend, including many from a group believed to be behind the 2007 kidnapping of five Britons in a move that may be linked to efforts to free the two remaining hostages.

UK soldier killed in Afghanistan explosion (AFP)

Posted: 27 Sep 2009 08:24 AM PDT

AFP - A roadside explosion killed a British soldier on a vehicle patrol in southern Afghanistan, the Ministry of Defence said.

Attorney General challenged in illegal immigrant row (AFP)

Posted: 27 Sep 2009 07:01 AM PDT

AFP - The government's top legal advisor came under fresh pressure over her employment of an illegal immigrant as a housekeeper, after the employee directly challenged her version of events.

Over 100 from Iraqi group who killed Britons freed (AFP)

Posted: 27 Sep 2009 06:13 AM PDT

AFP - More than 100 Iraqi Shiite insurgents whose organisation kidnapped five Britons and killed at least three of them have been released from prison in the past week, the group said on Sunday.