The Liberal Democrats say they would cap public sector pay rises at £400 a year for two years if they were elected to power at the next general election.Treasury spokesman Vincent Cable said it would save £4bn over two years, and be part
Former world number one Justine Henin says winning Wimbledon will be one of her main targets when she returns to competitive tennis next year.The 27-year-old retired in May 2008 after winning seven Grand Slam titles but will make her comeback in Jan
Evo Morales, the former coca farmer leader who rewrote Bolivia’s constitution, nationalised its oil and gas industry and ousted the United States ambassador, seemed likely to secure a second term as president Sunday as polls opened across the Andean
BRU.S LS -- Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton arrived in Brussels early Friday ahead of meetings with NATO ministers where she will seek to persuade European allies to pledge troops to strengthen the U.S military escalation in . Clinton and
BRUSSELS - Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is in Brussels for talks aimed at rallying more allied support for the Obama administration's plan to escalate the war in Afghanistan. Clinton arrived early Friday local time after an overnight fl
Hard bargaining is intensifying over Europe’s efforts to regulate hedge funds and private equity funds on a pan-European basis for the first time. Six months of furious lobbying by the fund management industry has resulted in two heavily amended ver
LONDON - Prime Minister Gordon Brown on Thursday sought to defuse tensions seen emerging between RBS and the government over planned cuts to bankers' bonuses. Media reports on Thursday said the board of the ailing state-rescued bank could resign in
LONDON - Prime Minister Gordon Brown on Thursday sought to defuse tensions seen emerging between state-rescued lender Royal Bank of Scotland and the British government over planned cuts to bankers' bonuses. Media reports on Thursday said the board
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