BRITAIN'S PM GORDON BROWN ANSWERS QUESTIONS AT LABOUR PARTY CONFERENCE IN BRITAIN

BRUSSELS, Jan. 6 (UPI) -- France is selling Brazil five submarines, 50 military helicopters and the technology to build them for $11.9 billion.

LONDON, Jan. 5 (UPI) -- Prime Minister Gordon Brown defended Britain's bank bailout, but said it's too early to tell if the $54 billion rescue plan is working.

LONDON, Jan. 5 (UPI) -- The British government agreed to double the possible stakes and prizes for slot machines, but religious leaders panned the concept.

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LONDON, Jan. 4 (UPI) -- British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, breaking with the United States over Gaza, called Sunday for an immediate cease-fire.

LONDON, Jan. 4 (UPI) -- British Prime Minister Gordon Brown announced a plan Saturday to put 100,000 people to work by investing in public works.

LONDON, Jan. 3 (UPI) -- Thousands of people joined a protest Saturday in London against the Israeli bombardment of Gaza.

LONDON, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said he would block any move to legalize assisted suicide, saying British law must recognize the value of human life.

PARIS, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- President-elect Barack Obama's first year of engagement with the rest of a watchful world will be defined by the economic crisis, by the calendar and by chance. As former British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan observed, when asked to explain the main influences on his years in power: "Events, dear boy, events."

WASHINGTON, Dec. 26 (UPI) -- U.S. President George W. Bush remains convinced history will judge him less harshly than most of the American people now do in poll after poll.