Britain's world role
Britain's world role
Land Lords: British connections to the colonies
AT ITS peak, the British Empire accounted for a quarter of the world’s population and a fifth of its landmass, but the gradual unloading of its colonial past has reduced it to a rump of just 13 territories.
Doubts raised over use of British troops in peacekeeping force
A MAJOR Whitehall row has erupted over concerns that British troops could be put at risk if they were forced to join the proposed "Euro army" on peacekeeping duties in Macedonia.
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Britain's island retreat?
BERMUDA is an odd place. Located off Florida, it is well within the American sphere of influence, its currency is the dollar, and the vast majority of visitors are American, as are most of the 10,000 offshore companies based there.
Blair to keep up overseas missions
TONY Blair is to press ahead with a six-month programme of international diplomacy, despite intense pressure to remain in Britain as public services lurch towards all-out crisis.
Blair’s defining moment
IT IS a Thursday evening in May 2003 and the warm sunshine of an early summer’s day is finally surrendering to dusk, but Tony Blair is still hunched behind a desk in his office in Downing Street.
Blair confirms Britain’s world role
TONY Blair yesterday urged Asian leaders to ‘choose politics rather than terror’ to solve their differences as he pledged that Britain would be a ‘worldwide force for good’ in combating global terrorism.
Blair’s international gamble
TONY Blair is a rarity among modern politicians.
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