Read more Gordon Brown stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/1696/gordon-brown.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 5:03:09 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74427/belgian-named-eu-prez-after-blair-bid-fails.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTony Blair won't be the first president of the European Council. The job went to Belgian PM Herman Van Rompuy today after British PM Gordon Brown withdrew Blair's nomination when it became clear he didn't have enough support. Blair tells the Guardian he isn’t surprised, because the “direction of travel”...http://www.newser.com/story/74427/belgian-named-eu-prez-after-blair-bid-fails.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 19 Nov 2009 13:15:05 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73585/germany-hails-anniversary-of-berlin-walls-fall.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagHundreds of foam dominoes will fall today in Berlin, symbolizing the collapse of Communism in Eastern Europe on the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. Chancellor Angela Merkel, who has called Nov. 9, 1989, "the happiest day in recent German history," will lead the festivities. The guest...http://www.newser.com/story/73585/germany-hails-anniversary-of-berlin-walls-fall.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 09 Nov 2009 8:54:39 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/72210/karzai-took-major-arm-twisting-to-ok-runoff.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagHamid Karzai's concession yesterday that an election runoff was necessary may have brought Afghanistan back from political paralysis, but another ballot is no sure solution. The potential for fraud—more than a quarter of first round ballots were thrown out—has not abated, the New York Times notes. Today Abdullah...http://www.newser.com/story/72210/karzai-took-major-arm-twisting-to-ok-runoff.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 21 Oct 2009 7:24:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/71978/5-years-until-climate-disaster-warns-wwf.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagDisastrous climate change is inevitable unless the world begins cutting carbon emissions within the next five years, the World Wildlife Fund warns in a new report. Ahead of December's clutch Copenhagen summit, meant to forge a successor to the Kyoto Protocol, the fund repeats that global temperature rises could stay...http://www.newser.com/story/71978/5-years-until-climate-disaster-warns-wwf.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 19 Oct 2009 5:46:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/71662/britain-to-send-500-more-troops-to-afghanistan.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagBritain will send 500 more troops to Afghanistan, Gordon Brown is expected to announce today, defying calls to reduce Britain’s presence there. The men will come with strings attached, however: “The prime minister will want assurances from military chiefs that the extra troops will be properly equipped,” a BBC correspondent...http://www.newser.com/story/71662/britain-to-send-500-more-troops-to-afghanistan.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 14 Oct 2009 7:11:49 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/71489/brown-to-repay-20k-in-expense-scandal.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagGordon Brown has been sent a bill for £12,415 ($19,600) for questionable expense account claims, and the prime minister intends to pay up, 10 Downing St. announced today. The lion’s share of that money was used for housecleaning, with a bit going to gardening and decorating. Both Conservative...http://www.newser.com/story/71489/brown-to-repay-20k-in-expense-scandal.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 12 Oct 2009 12:19:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/71447/wanna-buy-the-chunnel-get-it-now-from-slash-gordon.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagBritish Prime Minister Gordon Brown is launching a massive $25.3 billion sell-off of Britain's assets, ranging from student loans to the Chunnel linking England and France, in order to reduce record deficits and maintain public expenditures. As the British election draws nearer, the Labor Party is attempting to burnish...http://www.newser.com/story/71447/wanna-buy-the-chunnel-get-it-now-from-slash-gordon.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 12 Oct 2009 3:38:09 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/70738/brown-labour-fuming-after-murdoch-backs-conservatives.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagGordon Brown is livid and his colleagues in the Labour Party are ripping up copies of the Sun in public after Rupert Murdoch ended 12 years of support and backed Conservative David Cameron this week. “We don't need an Australian-American coming to our country with a paper that has never...http://www.newser.com/story/70738/brown-labour-fuming-after-murdoch-backs-conservatives.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 01 Oct 2009 11:28:02 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/70414/bbc-journo-stuns-brown-with-pill-popping-question.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagGordon Brown's office and the British Labor Party are furious with the BBC after the host of the channel's flagship political program asked the prime minister if he took prescription painkillers. Downing Street had already denied the rumor, which began on the Internet. A shocked Brown responded: "No! I think...http://www.newser.com/story/70414/bbc-journo-stuns-brown-with-pill-popping-question.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 28 Sep 2009 3:53:00 CDT