Brown’s closest ally plotting to throw him out of PM Office

September 27th, 2009 LONDON - In what is being seen as David Miliband's veiled challenge to Gordon Brown demanding him to think about his succession plan, British Foreign Secretary has told the Prime Minister that 'future is the most important word in politics.' "I now think 'future' is the most important word in politics. The future is the key, and that means having a mental map that is looking forwards not backwards," he said.

September 26th, 2009 PITTSBURGH - Flouting claims of a lukewarm relationship between the US President and British PM, Barack Obama held hands with Gordon Brown's wife Sarah when they met in Pittsburgh, US. The Browns, Obama and wife Michelle joked and air-kissed to show that the US-Britain diplomatic relationship is still alive.

September 24th, 2009 LONDON - British Business Minister Shriti Vadera, one of Prime Minister Gordon Browns most trusted colleagues, is to quit and work full-time for the G20 group of nations, Brown said Thursday. I came to her and said This is the job for you, Brown said in New York.

September 11th, 2009 LONDON - US President Barack Obama reportedly blasted British Prime Minister Gordon Brown on the phone for his decision to set the Lockerbie bomber free, indicating that the US-Britain relations have hit a new low. During his 40-minute telephone call, Obama made it clear that he was "disappointed" that cancer-stricken Abdelbaset Ali al-Megrahi was freed, The Sun reports.

August 30th, 2009 LONDON - The two policewomen who finally arrested 'American Fritzl' Phillip Garrido, for holding a girl as sex slave with his wife Nancy for 18 years, have revealed that their suspicions were raised by "women's intuition". Ally Jacobs and Lisa Campbell said that they became suspicious after being approached by Garrido at the University Of California, to seek permission to hold a religious event there.

June 9th, 2009 Demonstrators throw eggs at far-right UK leaderLONDON — British far-right leader Nick Griffin was forced to abandon a London press conference Tuesday when egg-throwing demonstrators chased him away. Griffin was hustled by bodyguards into a waiting car after a small group of protesters charged journalists assembled in front of London's Houses of Parliament, pelting Griffin with eggs and hitting him with a placard.

June 9th, 2009 LONDON - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown last night made "the speech of his life" to head off a backbench Labour rebellion that called for his exit from office. Brown survived the crunch Commons showdown by owning up to his faults and admitting that hw was not perfect.

June 4th, 2009 5th UK minister resigns, piling pressure on BrownLONDON — Prime Minister Gordon Brown was dealt a devastating blow to his leadership late Thursday when one of his most ambitious ministers resigned — hours after Britain voted in European elections — and called on him to step down. Work and Pensions Secretary James Purnell became the fifth minister to abandon Brown's Cabinet in recent days.

May 14th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Taking its relationship with Pakistan on the use of drones a step further, the United States, has for the first time, provided Islamabad surveillance information, including sensitive border photographs collected by the drones. The information includes real-time video feeds and communications intercepts gleaned by unmanned Predator aircrafts, The New York Times reports.

May 11th, 2009 MOSCOW - Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has hinted that he wants to comeback as president of the country in 2012. Putin said there was no decision as yet on whether he or his close ally Dmitry Medevedev, the current president, would run for office when Medvedev's four-year-stint in the job expires.

April 14th, 2009 LONDON - Tom Watson is regarded as ruthless political hard man and a key ally of British Prime Minister Gordon Brown. He sits feet away from Brown each day in his open-plan Downing Street war room.

April 4th, 2009 LONDON - Ex-Spice Girl Melanie Brown set the stage on fire with a raunchy, X-rated burlesque revue Peepshow. The Scary Spice performed some kinky moves in a series of revealing bikinis, thongs, stockings and suspenders alongside Kelly Monaco, a former contestant on Dancing with the Stars, reports the Sun.

March 24th, 2009 LONDON - Professional martial artist Din Thomas has expressed his support for Rihanna, and declared that he will beat up the singer's on/off boyfriend Chris Brown, if she wants to take revenge. The 'Umbrella' hitmaker was allegedly attacked by Brown, an incident that left her with horrific injuries.in, who recently defeated competitor Gabe Lemley during a match, revealed he would not mind laying a hand on Brown for Rihanna.

March 22nd, 2009 LONDON - In an intensely personal Mother's Day tribute, British PM Gordon Brown has spoken highly of his mum, who did secret work breaking German military codes during the Second World War. The leader said he would spend the day thinking about his mother Jessie Elizabeth Brown, who died aged 86 in 2004, reports the Mirror.

March 21st, 2009 LONDON - An extraordinary archive of letters written by Britain's chief prosecutor at the Nuremberg Trials, describes Hitler's second-in-command, Hermann Goering, as a "fat boy". Those letters will go on show for the first time today.