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Brown defends economy plans as election battle set to start (AFP)
Official: Britain to hold national election May 6 (AP)
Brown to call UK election for May 6 on Tuesday (Reuters)
Britain's Labour narrows gap on Conservatives: poll (Reuters)
War hero wanted to 'knock out' Brown (AFP)
Leeds fans mark 10 years since Istanbul killings (AFP)
Economies 'moving closer to global bank tax' (AFP)
Two men on trial over killing of British teen in Goa (AFP)
Burnt toast sets alarm bells ringing at Blair home (AFP)
Economy 'in same state as Rooney's ankle': PM (AFP)

Brown defends economy plans as election battle set to start (AFP)

Posted: 05 Apr 2010 03:19 PM PDT

AFP - Prime Minister Gordon Brown defended his handling of the economic recovery on Monday as he prepared to fire the starting gun for a general election that opinion polls suggest he could lose.

Official: Britain to hold national election May 6 (AP)

Posted: 05 Apr 2010 02:14 PM PDT

AP - Britain's first national election in five years will take place on May 6, Prime Minister Gordon Brown planned to announce Tuesday, launching a monthlong campaign that could end in his ouster and the return of the opposition Conservative Party to power for the first time in 13 years.

Brown to call UK election for May 6 on Tuesday (Reuters)

Posted: 05 Apr 2010 02:09 PM PDT

Reuters - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown will announce on Tuesday that a parliamentary election will take place on May 6, a source in the ruling Labor Party said on Monday.

Britain's Labour narrows gap on Conservatives: poll (Reuters)

Posted: 05 Apr 2010 01:06 PM PDT

Reuters - Britain's ruling Labour party has cut the opposition Conservative party's lead to just four points ahead of an election expected to be held on May 6 and could remain the largest party in parliament, a poll showed.

War hero wanted to 'knock out' Brown (AFP)

Posted: 05 Apr 2010 08:57 AM PDT

AFP - Britain's highest-decorated serving soldier said on Monday he was so furious with Prime Minister Gordon Brown for his "disrespect" towards the armed forces that he wanted to "knock him out".

Leeds fans mark 10 years since Istanbul killings (AFP)

Posted: 05 Apr 2010 08:51 AM PDT

AFP - Football fans and politicians were on Monday marking the 10th anniversary of the killing of two Leeds United supporters in Turkey and urged Ankara to jail those found guilty.

Economies 'moving closer to global bank tax' (AFP)

Posted: 05 Apr 2010 06:40 AM PDT

AFP - Large economies are nearing agreement on a global bank tax, Prime Minister Gordon Brown said in an interview on Monday, but he played down expectations a deal could be struck as soon as June.

Two men on trial over killing of British teen in Goa (AFP)

Posted: 05 Apr 2010 04:00 AM PDT

AFP - The trial opened on Monday of two Indian men accused of killing British teenage girl Scarlett Keeling in the popular resort state of Goa two years ago.

Burnt toast sets alarm bells ringing at Blair home (AFP)

Posted: 05 Apr 2010 03:57 AM PDT

AFP - Former prime minister Tony Blair and his wife sparked a fire alert when they were trying to make breakfast at their country home near Aylesbury, sending four fire engines racing to the scene, a spokesman said.