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Foreign secretary David Miliband continued to urge restraint this morning after opposing the Israeli response to Palestinian rocket attacks yesterday. A joint statement from Mr Miliband and international development secretary Douglas Alexander came out against Israel’s decision to close all crossings into the Gaza Strip. The pair described reports of power shortages caused by the… Read more »
Gordon Brown has urged Pakistan to press ahead with scheduled elections in the aftermath of the assassination of opposition leader Benazir Bhutto. Mr Brown argued free, fair and secure elections will represent the “single biggest obstacle” to terrorists seeking to divide the nation. Writing in Pakistan’s Daily Jang newspaper, the prime minister repeated calls to… Read more »