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UK hostage freed in Iraq after 2 years

Dec. 30, 2009
British hostage Peter Moore has been freed after being held captive in Iraq since May 2007, British Foreign Secretary David Miliband announced Wednesday.
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Iran rebuffs British reaction to crackdown

TEHRAN, Dec. 29 (UPI) -- The Iranian Foreign Ministry said it summoned the British ambassador Tuesday to protest what it called Britain's interference in Iran's internal affairs.
Lavrov: Russia to improve U.K. relations

Lavrov: Russia to improve U.K. relations

MOSCOW, Oct. 16 (UPI) -- Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Friday his country is ready to improve relations with the United Kingdom through diplomatic efforts.

British FS to make first Moscow visit

LONDON, Oct. 2 (UPI) -- David Miliband is set to become the first British foreign secretary to visit Moscow since 2004, a Foreign Ministry official said Friday.

Miliband, Johnson deny torture collusion

LONDON, Aug. 9 (UPI) -- British Foreign Secretary David Miliband and Home Secretary Alan Johnson say Britain had no role in colluding with foreign torturers.
Miliband defends Britain's Afghan goals

Miliband defends Britain's Afghan goals

LONDON, July 13 (UPI) -- The mission in Afghanistan is clear and Britain will keep fighting there to make the world safer from terrorism, British Foreign Secretary David Miliband says.

Miliband: Embassy arrests 'unacceptable'

CORFU, Greece, June 28 (UPI) -- British Foreign Secretary David Miliband Sunday said Iran's arrest of nine Tehran embassy staffers is "unacceptable" and demanded their release.

Miliband in Turkey for talks on EU bid

ANKARA, Turkey, May 27 (UPI) -- British Foreign Secretary David Miliband met with officials in Ankara to discuss Turkish accession to the European Union.

U.K. secretary sees Afghan stalemate

LONDON, March 20 (UPI) -- British Foreign Secretary David Miliband said in a speech that the military situation in Afghanistan has become a stalemate.

Miliband: 'War on terror' misleading term

MUMBAI, Jan. 15 (UPI) -- British Foreign Secretary David Miliband, speaking Thursday at an Indian hotel attacked by terrorists, called the phrase "war on terror" misleading.

British foreign secretary visits Syria

DAMASCUS, Syria, Nov. 18 (UPI) -- British Foreign Secretary David Miliband left Syria Thursday with hopes that President Bashar Assad will contribute to peace in the Middle East.
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Lori Anne Madison, 6, competes in Scripps National Spelling Bee
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Lori Anne Madison, 6, of Woodbridge, Virginia, spells out the letters in her word as she competes during the opening round of the Scripps National Spelling Bee, May 30, 2012, in National Harbor, Maryland. Madison, the youngest known qualifier in the history of the contest, correctly spelled the word "dirigible*", a lighter-than-air aircraft, to advance. UPI/Mike Theiler