British government sought to shun "irrational" Nixon during Watergate
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While the British government remained officially friendly to US President Richard Nixon during the Watergate scandal, behind the scenes, officials were urged to take "any measure open" to keep him away from London, newly-released archives showed.
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There is anger at the suggestion the government may be asked to say it fought a war against the IRA.
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A British cultural organization defied a Russian government order to close offices in two cities, creating a fresh strain in the already tense relations between Russia and Britain.
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Critics complained a that a mandatory mortgage counseling program amounted to government intrusion.
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The US government furiously rejected comments by a senior State Department analyst that he was &quot;ashamed&quot; of how President George W. Bush treated British Prime Minister Tony Blair.
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The Queen was unable to comprehend the  public's grief at Princess Diana's death in 1997 but was  finally convinced to cast aside royal protocol by British Prime  Minister Tony Blair, a new film shows.
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Downing Street dismisses a scathing attack by former BBC boss Greg Dyke over Tony Blair's handling of the war in Iraq.
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A row between the British and Spanish governments 50 years ago over Gibraltar has been revealed in official archives.
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Tony Blair's ministers have said it, his political opponents are baying for it but the British prime minister refuses to utter it.
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Rethink leads Briton to break with group Blair wanted to ban after 7 July.
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Carelessness by British security agents is proving embarrassing for the government.
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The British government has rejected pleas to block the extradition to the United States of three former NatWest bankers over Enron-related fraud charges.
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The government will come under increasing pressure this week to explain what action it took to protect British citizens in the West African state of Equatorial Guinea - after Jack Straw, the foreign secretary, admitted that he knew about the attempted
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Newly-released tapes and documents from the Nixon administration show the president was more concerened about Vietnam and wooing new voters than the scandal that would bring him down.
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair  launched a withering attack on Thursday on what he called "mad  anti-Americanism" among European politicians.
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He said humiliation did not play a part in proposals to secure a historic political deal in Northern Ireland. Both the British and Irish Governments knew the demand for photographic evidence of the decommissioning
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The word "Watergate" echoed through Britain's corridors of power on Wednesday after a police corruption probe at the heart of Prime Minister Tony Blair's government appeared to widen into a cover-up inquiry.