Copyright © 2007 Yahoo! All rights reserved. http://uk.news.yahoo.com/politics-afp.html en-en Thu, 15 May 2008 10:47:00 +0000 5 http://uk.news.yahoo.com/politics-afp.html http://l.yimg.com/eur.yimg.com/i/uk/any/u/news.gif 30 140 http://uk.news.yahoo.com/afp/20080515/tpl-britain-politics-publishing-media-5b839a9.html /afp/20080515/r_t_afp_pl_britain/tpl-britain-politics-publishing-media-5b839a9_1 Thu, 15 May 2008 10:47:00 +0000 Cherie Blair revealed Thursday how she found love with her husband-to-be Tony on a London double-decker bus -- and how the former premier angrily scolded her on their last day in Downing Street. AFP http://uk.news.yahoo.com/afp/20080515/tpl-britain-politics-economy-5b839a9.html /afp/20080515/r_t_afp_pl_britain/tpl-britain-politics-economy-5b839a9_1 Thu, 15 May 2008 08:28:00 +0000 Prime Minister Gordon Brown continued his drive to regain the political initiative with a tour of television studios and a press conference later on Thursday. AFP http://uk.news.yahoo.com/afp/20080514/tpl-britain-scotland-politics-separatist-5b839a9.html /afp/20080514/r_t_afp_pl_britain/tpl-britain-scotland-politics-separatist-5b839a9_1 Wed, 14 May 2008 12:00:00 +0000 Scotland's First Minister Alex Salmond gave the clearest sign yet Wednesday of when a referendum on independence will be held, confirming it will be in 2010 and suggesting a symbolic date. AFP http://uk.news.yahoo.com/afp/20080514/tpl-britain-politics-cameron-women-offbe-5b839a9.html /afp/20080514/r_t_afp_pl_britain/tpl-britain-politics-cameron-women-offbe-5b839a9_1 Wed, 14 May 2008 09:36:00 +0000 Beleaguered Prime Minister Gorden Brown has taken yet another battering in the polls, with almost two thirds of women admitting they found his Tory rival David Cameron sexier and more likely to do more for women. AFP http://uk.news.yahoo.com/afp/20080513/tpl-russia-politics-industry-shipping-9eb7866.html /afp/20080513/r_t_afp_pl_economy/tpl-russia-politics-industry-shipping-9eb7866_1 Tue, 13 May 2008 19:42:00 +0000 Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin on Tuesday appointed a former Kremlin aide to head up a massive new state corporation, giving him even broader powers over Russia's economic landscape. AFP http://uk.news.yahoo.com/afp/20080513/tpl-britain-politics-economy-tax-5b839a9.html /afp/20080513/r_t_afp_pl_britain/tpl-britain-politics-economy-tax-5b839a9_1 Tue, 13 May 2008 16:53:00 +0000 The Chancellor of the Exchequer Alistair Darling, unveiled a multi-billion-pound package Tuesday to compensate low earners hit by the government's recent reform of income tax bands. AFP http://uk.news.yahoo.com/afp/20080513/tpl-britain-politics-economy-property-5b839a9.html /afp/20080513/r_t_afp_pl_britain/tpl-britain-politics-economy-property-5b839a9_1 Tue, 13 May 2008 15:17:00 +0000 A minister let slip fears about the state of the country's housing market Tuesday by inadvertently showing briefing notes as she arrived for a meeting. AFP http://uk.news.yahoo.com/afp/20080513/tpl-britain-politics-religion-science-5b839a9.html /afp/20080513/r_t_afp_pl_britain/tpl-britain-politics-religion-science-5b839a9_2 Tue, 13 May 2008 03:44:00 +0000 Beleaguered British Prime Minister Gordon Brown avoided a major rebellion as legislation to regulate the use of human embryos for research passed its first parliamentary hurdle late Monday. AFP http://uk.news.yahoo.com/afp/20080512/tpl-britain-politics-brown-5b839a9.html /afp/20080512/r_t_afp_pl_britain/tpl-britain-politics-brown-5b839a9_2 Mon, 12 May 2008 14:59:00 +0000 Embattled Prime Minister Gordon Brown came under a fresh round of personal attacks from colleagues Monday, but his spokesman insisted he will not be ousted before the next general election. AFP http://uk.news.yahoo.com/afp/20080512/tpl-britain-nireland-politics-court-5b839a9.html /afp/20080512/r_t_afp_pl_britain/tpl-britain-nireland-politics-court-5b839a9_1 Mon, 12 May 2008 14:52:00 +0000 A convicted Protestant paramilitary hitman tried to murder the leaders of Northern Ireland's largest Catholic party inside the British province's parliament, a court heard Monday. AFP