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Michael Howard, leader of Britain's Conservative Party, has a big problem, a medium-sized problem and an intriguing opportunity. His official nemesis, Prime Minister Tony Blair, is expected to motor down The Mall this week to ask the Queen to dissolve Parliament, kicking off the campaign for a general election on May 5. This means it's crunch time for Howard, the third Tory leader to inherit the big problem of digging his party out of the rubble of huge losses to Labour in 1997 and 2001. Right now the Tories have 162 seats in the House of Commons...
March Madness has taken on a different meaning in Britain, where the public is fixating on every new detail about Prince Charles' impending nuptials while still fuming that he is marrying Princess Diana's tormenter Camilla Parker Bowles. Here's a guide to the muted extravagance that will be served up on April 8. --By Julie Rawe...
...Security Council and establishing new rules for authorizing military force. The broadly welcomed proposals were overshadowed by further criticism over management of the Iraqi oil-for-food program and new calls for U.N. peacekeepers in the Democratic Republic of Congo to face charges of sexual abuse. War Stories BRITAIN Information Commissioner Richard Thomas is to review the government's decision not to disclose advice from Attorney General Lord Goldsmith on the legality of the war in Iraq. The review follows increasing pressure on Prime Minister Tony Blair to reveal why the Attorney General, who reportedly questioned the invasion's legality...
...Rebate Debate Can the European Union avoid another damaging bout of budget paralysis? That's the big question following last week's E.U. summit in Brussels, at which French President Jacques Chirac questioned why Britain should continue to receive a €4 billion annual rebate on its payments. In 1984, then Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher won the rebate for Britain by demanding: "I want my money back", and holding up E.U. business for months until she got it. E.U. leaders are supposed to fix a new budget framework this year for 2007-2013, and already there's disagreement over whether...
...Britain is no longer a relatively poor member state, as it was then, but one of the richest. Britain is set to take over the rotating six-month E.U. presidency in July, so optimists are hoping that current president, Luxembourg, can craft a workable compromise before then. Don't hold your breath. Cross-Border Bank Raid Italian banks are suddenly under assault from European rivals. ABN Amro of the Netherlands is expected to announce a bid for Banca Antoniana Popolare Veneta, Italy's ninth-largest bank, as early as this week. That follows this month's €6.5 billion...