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Yahoo! News: World - Britain

UK's Clegg emphasizes differences with Cameron (AP)

Posted: 01 May 2010 02:35 PM PDT

Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg enjoys a pint of beer at the Nags Head in Malvern, Worcestershire, during a General Election Campaign visit to the region Saturday May 1, 2010. Britain goes to the polls in a general election May 6. (AP Photo/Gareth Fuller/PA) ** UNITED KINGDOM OUT **AP - Opposition Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg appealed Saturday for an overhaul of British politics, saying he wanted changes to an electoral system that has kept the country's Labour and Conservative parties in power for generations.

Fresh poll blow to British PM as papers turn against him (AFP)

Posted: 01 May 2010 02:02 PM PDT

Prime Minister and Leader of the ruling Labour Party, Gordon Brown (R), stands with members of his cabinet during the launch of his party's poster campaign in Birmingham. Brown vowed to AFP - Prime Minister Gordon Brown on Saturday vowed to "never give up" as his slim re-election hopes took a fresh blow after two leading newspapers turned against him, days before crucial May 6 polls.

PM Brown fights on as media tips rivals in UK vote (Reuters)

Posted: 01 May 2010 05:40 AM PDT

Britain's opposition Conservative Party leader David Cameron (L), Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg and Prime Minister Gordon Brown (R) take part in the third and final televised party leaders' election campaign debate in Birmingham, April 29, 2010. REUTERS/Jeff Overs/BBCReuters - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said on Saturday he paid a heavy price for calling a Labour supporter "bigoted" as negative media coverage pointed increasingly to his Labour party losing power after 13 years.

A Bad Joke Raises the Specter of British Anti-Catholicism (Time.com)

Posted: 01 May 2010 05:15 AM PDT

Time.com - A British Foreign Office memo mocking an upcoming visit by the Pope upset Britain's Catholic minority, and forced the country to confront its history of anti-Catholic sentiment

Missing Madeleine parents want to reopen inquiry (AFP)

Posted: 01 May 2010 04:14 AM PDT

Gerry (left) and Kate McCann pose with Madeleine posters reading AFP - The parents of British girl Madeleine McCann, who disappeared in Portugal almost three years ago, will ask police to reopen the case to follow new leads, they said in an interview published on Saturday.

Wild scenarios emerge in UK's chaotic election (AP)

Posted: 01 May 2010 02:29 AM PDT

Britain's opposition Conservative Party leader, David Cameron, talks to children at the Western Springs Community primary school in Rugeley, central England, Friday, April 30, 2010. Cameron gained momentum Friday as a new poll declared him the winner of the final TV debate, a victory that comes less than a week before Britain's national election. Cameron's strong showing raised Conservative hopes of taking office in the May 6 election after 13 years as the main opposition to Prime Minister Gordon Brown's ruling Labour party. (AP Photo/Stefan Wermuth, Pool)AP - Will Labour finish third yet end up with the most seats — then dump the leader who stumbled into unlikely victory? Will the rightwing Tories enter an awkward alliance with the center-left Liberal Democrats?

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