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Britain Opens Inquiry Into Iraq War, After Years of Delay

LONDON After years of delay and dispute, Britain formally opened an official public inquiry on Tuesday into the Iraq war a conflict that stirred deep opposition here as former Prime Minister Tony Blair broke ranks with major European allies to join the ...

From JOHN F. BURNS AND ALAN COWELL, The New York Times,  24 Nov 2009

Related Topics: George W. Bush,  Tony Blair,  Gordon Brown,  Saddam Hussein,  US State Department

Britain to Settle Case of Brazilian Shot as ‘Terrorist’

LONDON Scotland Yard and the family of a Brazilian electrician mistaken shot dead by police who mistook him for a terrorist said Monday they had agreed a compensation deal after more than four years of wrangling and dispute. In return the family agreed ...

From JOHN F. BURNS AND ALAN COWELL, The New York Times,  23 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Jean Charles de Menezes,  Ian Blair

Pirates Attack Maersk Alabama Again

LONDON As piracy intensifies in the Indian Ocean, the captain of a hijacked chemical tanker was reported Wednesday to have died of gunshot wounds while, in a separate incident, seaborne raiders tried again to commandeer the Maersk Alabama, the first ...

From ALAN COWELL, The New York Times,  18 Nov 2009

Related Topics: European Union,  Richard Phillips (US Captain),  United States Navy

Pirates Hijack Vessel off Seychelles

LONDON As hijackings in the Indian Ocean surge with the end of the monsoon season, European Union naval force patrolling the waters off Somalia said Tuesday that a chemical tanker with 28 North Korean crew had become the latest in a string of ships ...

From ALAN COWELL, The New York Times,  17 Nov 2009

Related Topics: European Union

Letter From Europe: France Tries to Define Frenchness

PARIS — Ascending, and descending, the Eiffel Tower the other day, it seemed a fitting moment to reflect on what a nation’s soaring prestigious attractions say about the country itself and the people who live there. One thing the Eiffel Tower says is ...

From ALAN COWELL, The New York Times,  13 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Louvre,  Sultan,  Roland Barthes,  Charles Baudelaire,  Nicolas Sarkozy

Britain Asks Allies for More Troops in Afghanistan

PARIS As the Obama administration ponders whether to commit more American troops to Afghanistan, Germany on Friday announced a modest increase in its contingent and Prime Minister Gordon Brown of Britain said he was pressing European and other allies ...

From ALAN COWELL, The New York Times,  13 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Taliban,  Barack Obama,  Gordon Brown,  NATO,  BBC

French and German Leaders Mark Armistice Day

PARIS For the first time since the armistice that ended World War I with Germany’s defeat in 1918, a German leader joined French officials Wednesday to mark the moment the guns fell silent on the Western Front after a war that killed or wounded ...

From ALAN COWELL, The New York Times,  11 Nov 2009

Related Topics: European Union,  Angela Merkel,  Nicolas Sarkozy

Brown Says Britain Will Not Quit Afghanistan

LONDON Four days after five soldiers were killed by an Afghan policeman in an attack that shook many Britons’ support for the war, Prime Minister Gordon Brown plans to say Friday that his country cannot afford to “walk away” from its role supporting ...

From JOHN F. BURNS AND ALAN COWELL, International Herald Tribune,  6 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Taliban,  NATO,  Gordon Brown,  Al-Qaeda,  Hamid Karzai

French Minister Calls British Opposition Party ‘Pathetic’

PARIS In an unusual spat that may foretell choppy relations across the English Channel, a French government minister launched an attack Thursday on Britain’s opposition Conservatives months before an election, calling their policy on Europe “pathetic” ...

From ALAN COWELL, The New York Times,  5 Nov 2009

Related Topics: European Parliament,  European Union,  Pierre Lellouche,  David Cameron,  Nicolas Sarkozy

Coup Plotter Simon Mann Pardoned in Eq. Guinea

PARIS - The oil-rich and notoriously repressive West African state of Equatorial Guinea said Tuesday it had pardoned Simon Mann, a former British special forces officer, jailed last year for plotting to overthrow President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo ...

From ALAN COWELL, The New York Times,  3 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo,  Mark Thatcher,  Margaret Thatcher,  Frederick Forsyth,  Christopher Walken

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