British troops in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom
REX2003032404 - QATAR, MARCH 2003 (UPI) -- British Defence Secretary Geoff Hoon with Air Marshal Brian Burridge, UK National Contingent Commander, in Qatar in March, 2003. rlw/REX FEATURES UPI
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LONDON, March 23 (UPI) -- Three members of Britain's Parliament have been suspended from the Labor Party for allegedly agreeing to accept cash to influence policy, officials said.
LONDON, Feb. 12 (UPI) -- Britain said it awarded a $10.6 billion train upgrade contract to a Japanese consortium, the new trains to replace 30-year-old trains on two busy lines.
LONDON, Jan. 15 (UPI) -- A member of Parliament in England was suspended from the House of Commons Thursday after screaming at a Cabinet minister.
LONDON, Nov. 1 (UPI) -- British Prime Minister Gordon Brown and Cabinet allies are poised to approve a controversial new runway for Heathrow Airport in London, sources say.
LONDON, Feb. 10 (UPI) -- A growing dispute among British officials was triggered by parliamentary member Phil Woolas's comments about birth defects among children of married cousins.
LONDON, May 2 (UPI) -- Former British Defense Minister Geoff Hoon admitted planning mistakes for Iraq, saying he underestimated the influence of U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney.
LONDON, Jan. 14 (UPI) -- The widow of a British serviceman killed in Iraq has received an apology from the government because he lacked body armor.
LONDON, Dec. 10 (UPI) -- A former British defense secretary said in a newspaper interview that the United States ignored advice against disbanding the Iraqi army.
CORDOBA, Spain, Sept. 18 (UPI) -- Spanish and British leaders, as well as Gibraltar's first minister, signed a deal Monday ending years of squabbling over the British colony.
LONDON, May 5 (UPI) -- British Prime Minister Tony Blair removed Foreign Secretary Jack Straw and Charles Clarke as home secretary in a far-reaching Cabinet shuffle Friday.
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