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LONDON - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown made a dramatic bid to keep his beleaguered Labour Party in power after it was punished in elections last week, announcing Monday he will resign by September at the latest even if the Liberal Democrats - being wooed by the Conservatives - decide to join his party in government.
LONDON - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown made a dramatic bid to keep his beleaguered Labour Party in power after it was punished in elections last week, announcing Monday he will resign by September at the latest even if the Liberal Democrats - being wooed by the Conservatives - decide to join his party in government.
LONDON - World markets surged Monday as investors were galvanized by the European Union's surprisingly large $1 trillion plan to defend the embattled 16-country euro currency and prevent a spreading government debt crisis from choking off the global economic recovery.
LONDON - David Cameron's rejuvenated Conservatives captured far more seats than Prime Minister Gordon Brown's battered Labour Party but failed to win an absolute majority Thursday in Britain's national election, according to television projections.
BIRMINGHAM, England - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown went for broke in the final TV debate on the economy Thursday, drawing on his vast treasury experience and banking on a political miracle after an embarrassing campaign gaffe.
