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Saturday, November 07, 2009 11:14 AM

Gordon Brown

Type: Person

Name: Gordon Brown (James Gordon)

Title: Prime Minister

Organization: Government of United Kingdom

Date of Birth: 20/02/1951

Place of Birth: Glasgow, Scotland

Nationality: United Kingdom

Fact Sheet: Biography for Gordon Brown

First Reported 11/05/2009 - Updated 13 hours ago - 90 Documents

The Tests for Afghanistan

It is a rare Gordon Brown speech that does not set five tests for someone. Yesterday he set five tests for Afghanistan: better security, good governance, inclusive politics, economic development and regional partnerships. The five tests were his response ... [Times Online - 13 hours ago]

Entities: Afghanistan, Hamid Karzai, Gordon Brown, Loya Jirga

First Reported 12 hours ago - Updated 2 hours ago - 8 Documents

Campaign for reason

7/11/2009The Prime Minister made a persuasive case for continued British military involvement in Afghanistan after the tragedies of the past week.Unless Gordon Brown rekindles public support for the "noble war" against the Taliban, the morale of the armed ... [Mirror.co.uk - 2 hours ago]

Entities: Afghanistan, Military/Armed Forces, Gordon Brown

First Reported 11/06/2009 - Updated 2 hours ago - 7 Documents

British National Party

Gordon Brown offers support to Labour's Willie Bain

Prime Minister Gordon Brown joined the campaign trail on Friday to boost the chances of Labours candidate, Willie Bain.Mr Brown broke with tradition by visiting the area in the run-up to next weeks crucial election. Mr Brown gave his backing to Mr Bain ... [Stv.tv - 2 hours ago]

Entities: Glasgow, Gordon Brown, Michael Martin, British National Party

First Reported 11/05/2009 - Updated 11/06/2009 - 5 Documents

Hamid Karzai

Brown seeks to rally public over Afghan war

Gordon Brown warned Hamid Karzai, the newly reappointed Afghan president, that he must meet five key tests over the next few months if he is to guarantee an effective partnership between his government and Nato over Afghanistan's future ... [FT.com - World - 11/06/2009]

Entities: Gordon Brown, Hamid Karzai, NATO

First Reported 11/06/2009 - Updated 12 hours ago - 9 Documents

Britain will not walk away from Afghanistan - PM

The Prime Minister has reaffirmed the UK’s commitment to the campaign in Afghanistan.During a speech at the Royal College of Defence Studies this morning, Gordon Brown said the Government remained committed to tackling the threat of terrorism at its source, ... [10 Downing Street - 12 hours ago]

Entities: Afghanistan, United Kingdom, Gordon Brown

First Reported 11/05/2009 - Updated 11/05/2009 - 12 Documents

Afghan betrayal brings doubt over campaign

Bloody betrayal raises fresh doubts about Britain's campaign in AfghanistanPhilip Webster, Political Editor, and Michael Evans, Defence EditorThe killing of five British soldiers by an Afghan policeman raised fresh doubts yesterday about Britain’s mission ... [Times Online - 11/05/2009]

Entities: Grenadier Guards, Saundersfoot (United Kingdom), Stephen Venner

First Reported 6 hours ago - Updated 1 hour ago - 3 Documents (in Conflicts & Crime)

Karzai will lose international support if he fails to get rid of corruption: Brown

London, Nov. 7 : British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has warned Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai that he would lose international support if he fails to get rid of corruption prevalent in his government.The Guardian quoted Brown as saying that he was ... [Topnews.in - 1 hour ago]

Entities: Corruption, Hamid Karzai, Gordon Brown

First Reported 11/05/2009 - Updated 11/05/2009 - 11 Documents

Dead soldier's sister attacks PM

Father-of-one Pte Ellis was on patrol when he was killed Gordon Brown has been urged to pull UK troops out of Afghanistan, by the sister of a solider killed in Iraq.The prime minister was confronted by Karla Ellis, sister of Pte Lee Ellis, who died in ... [BBC - 11/05/2009]

Entities: Afghanistan, United Kingdom, Sangin (Afghanistan)

First Reported 18 hours ago - Updated 6 hours ago - 3 Documents

Brown is still not being honest on Afghanistan

AFTER years of seeking to sweep it under the carpet, Gordon Brown has finally addressed the issue of the corruption of Hamid Karzais Afghan regime head-on.The Prime Minister correctly labelled Karzais administration a byword for corruption and said he ... [Daily Express - 6 hours ago]

Entities: Gordon Brown, Afghanistan, Corruption

First Reported 11/05/2009 - Updated 11/05/2009 - 3 Documents

Gordon Brown's speech: cheap at £4.3K

From alliteration to asyndeton, the PM's rousing address to Congress was a great showcase of the art of speechwritingMy inbox was red hot yesterday following the Guardian's revelation that No 10 for advice on the prime minister's speech to Congress. ... [Guardian.co.uk - 11/05/2009]

Entities: Gordon Brown, Gerald Ratner, Mandy Rice-Davies, admiration

First Reported 23 hours ago - Updated 9 hours ago - 4 Documents

Charles Windsor needs dissenting voices – and so does Gordon Brown

Neither the PM nor the future king are good at letting people tell them what they don't want to hear The most telling anecdote I encountered this week was tucked away in a newspaper feature about Prince Charles, or president-elect Glücksburg, as republican ... [Observer - 9 hours ago]

Entities: Gordon Brown, Prince Charles, Ian Gibson, The Conservative Party (United Kingdom), John O Groats

First Reported 11/05/2009 - Updated 11/05/2009 - 3 Documents

Brown responds to 'quit' petition

Mr Brown's future is the subject of several Downing Street petitions Downing Street has responded to a petition signed by more than 72,000 people calling on Gordon Brown to quit, saying he is 'determined' to go on. A two-line response on the Number 10 ... [BBC - 11/05/2009]

Entities: Petition, Gordon Brown, Downing Street

Quotes

"it's not just the u s that is being tested in afghanistan, nor is it just britain, it is the whole international community. we entered together. we must persist together in our different ways. we must all contribute and we will succeed or fail together. and, we will succeed" said Brown

British Pm Calls For Halt To Afghan Corruption [Turkish Weekly - 15 hours ago]

...Minister Gordon Brown warned Friday that continued support for Afghanistan hinges on the government of that country moving to clean up corruption. "i am not prepared to put the lives of british men and women in harm's way for a government that does not stand up against corruption" Brown said in speech at the Royal College of Defence Studies in London

U.K. PM warns Karzai on corruption [CBC - 16 hours ago]

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Blogs

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Reagan, The Berlin Wall And No-Show Obama [The Canadian Sentinel - 8 hours ago] US President Ronald Reagan, 20 years ago today, at the tearing-down of the Berlin Wall erected by the Soviets after WWIIToday's neo-communist, and Russia-friendly ...
Foundation hospitals: Private patients, public ... [Comment is free \| guardian.co.uk - 11 hours ago] Tony Blair's critics once dared to hope Gordon Brown had a plan to stop the slide towards the privatisation of public services. When he declared "the town square ...
The taxman cometh [Comment is free \| guardian.co.uk - 11 hours ago] In the 60s, the Isle of Man recast itself as an offshore tax haven. How will the Manx 'nation' react now that status is under threat?Of all the ways to think about ...
Remembrance Day: Goodbye to all that [Comment is free \| guardian.co.uk - 11 hours ago] It has been another bad week in Afghanistan. Seven British soldiers have died, as well as uncounted civilians, some unintended casualties of the Nato effort. Support ...
Does Gord “know” that his man will win Glasgow NE? [politicalbetting.com - 14 hours ago] Would he have visited today if there was any doubt? One of my biggest betting errors of 2008 was to change my initial view of the Glenrothes by-election. My first ...

Audio/Video

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Brown's Afghanistan ultimatum [Reuters Video: Top News - 17 hours ago]
'Will not walk away' [CNN International - YouTube - 21 hours ago]
Gordon Brown on Afghanistan [CNN International - YouTube - 21 hours ago]
Gordon Brown on Afghanistan [CNN.com - Video - 21 hours ago]
'Will not walk away' [CNN.com - Video - 21 hours ago]

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