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Brown hints at eventual euro embrace
Brown hints at eventual euro embrace

At the Confederation of British Industry annual dinner last night, Chancellor of the Exchequer Gordon Brown told business leaders that Britain would not join the single currency until the five economic tests were met and satisfied. Some analysts have read much into the speech and consider that membership of the single currency in the short… Read more »

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British Embassy to close doors in Riyadh
British Embassy to close doors in Riyadh

The British Embassy in Riyadh, the Saudi Arabian capital will close its operations on Wednesday following intelligence reports of an ‘imminent’ terrorist threat, the Foreign Office has said. The British consulate in Jeddah, west Saudi Arabia, and trade office in al-Khobar, east Saudi Arabia, will also close. A Foreign Office spokesperson said: ‘We have received… Read more »