Brit Prime Minister Gordon Brown has been revealed to have spent 4.6million pounds flying round the world in private chartered aircraft over the last year at taxpayers’ expense.
Turns out the travel fare is double the 2.3million pounds bill that Tony Blair ran up in his final year in Downing Street, reports the Daily Express.
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Gordon Brown spent £4.6m on globetrotting last year
July 17th, 2009 |
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Superb Jimenez holds lead at Open
July 16th, 2009 |
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The 138th Open, Turnberry
Date: 16-19 July
Coverage: Live TV coverage on BBC Two, Online and the Red Button, live on Radio 5 Live and text commentary online on all four days
By Mark Orlovac
BBC Sport at Turnberry
Spaniard Miguel Angel Jimenez sunk a 65ft birdie putt at the last to take a one-shot lead after the first round of the 138th Open at Turnberry.
The 45-year-old carded six birdies in a superb 64 to lead five-time champion Tom Watson and 2003 winner Ben Curtis.
Lee Westwood, Paul Casey, Anthony Wall, Graeme McDowell and David Howell lead the British challenge on two under.
Padraig Harrington, chasing a hat-trick of Open titles, is one under, with world number one Tiger Woods one over.
England’s Ian Poulter, tipped by many as one of the home favourites, had a day he would rather forget as he carded a five over 75.
"The sea looked like a pond, so nice, so calm. You can’t ask for a better day"
Miguel Angel Jimenez
Paul Broadhurst got the Open under way in benign conditions at 0630 BST and that is how it stayed for the rest of the day – contrasting starkly with the dreadful weather that accompanied last year’s opening round at Royal Birkdale.
The day was set up for low scoring and it was Jimenez who took advantage, striking from the edge of the green at the last in the early evening.
"I feel very well," said Jimenez, who missed the cut last year. "Since I woke up this morning, the sea looked like a pond, so nice, so calm. You can’t ask for a better day to play.
"I was very good from tee to green and with the putter. That’s what you need to make a score."
Jimenez’s monster putt denied the 59-year-old Watson from becoming the oldest player to lead the Open after the opening round.
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Watson showed the kind of links knowledge that guided him to his second Open title at Turnberry back in 1977 as he moved to the top of the leaderboard, rekindling memories of his ‘Duel In The Sun’ victory 32 years ago.
"Obviously the golf course played with no wind, and it was an easy test," said the eight-time major winner, who carded his best Open round since 1994.
"I feel inspired playing here. A lot of it has to do with being here at Turnberry, just a culmination of a lot of things that have gone on already. Again I feel that I’m playing well enough to win the golf tournament."
More to follow.</p
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Honduras night curfew reimposed
July 16th, 2009 |
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Interim Honduran leader, Roberto Micheletti, says he is willing to step down, but only if ousted President, Manuel Zelaya, does not return.
Mr Micheletti told reporters he would be prepared to make the move for "peace and tranquility" in Honduras.
He took over at the head of a military-backed interim Honduran government after Mr Zelaya was bundled out of the country on 28 June.
Mediators have called a further round of talks in Costa Rica on Saturday.
Mr Micheletti’s latest comments to reporters in the Honduran capital, Tegucigalpa, came as supporters of the ousted Mr Zelaya threatened to call strikes in protest at his overthrow.
On Wednesday, Mr Zelaya – who is internationally recognised as the legitimate president – said his supporters had "the right to insurrection" in their bid to see him reinstated.
Mr Zelaya, a leftist, was forced out of office amid a row with the country’s Congress and the courts over plans to hold a referendum on abolishing the current one-term restriction on presidents.
Such a move could have seen Mr Zelaya run for a second term.
The chief mediator, Costa Rican President Oscar Arias, has called the rival factions to a new round of talks on Saturday.
Previous talks have failed to produce a breakthrough, but Mr Arias – a Nobel prize laureate – is urging both sides to be patient. </p
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Hondurans ‘have right to revolt’
July 15th, 2009 |
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Costa Rican President Oscar Arias has called the rival factions in Honduras to a new round of talks on Saturday to try to end the political crisis there.
Mr Arias, who is the chief mediator, also said that the Honduran factions should be "patient".
He was speaking after ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya issued an "ultimatum" to the interim government which replaced him two weeks ago.
But Mr Arias said: "It is not easy to get results in 24 hours."
The Costan Rican leader, a Nobel peace prize laureate, said: "My experience tells me that one has to be a little patient."
Earlier talks in Costa Rica failed to produce a breakthrough.
Mr Zelaya, who was bundled out of Honduras on 28 June, is widely recognised internationally as the legitimate president of Honduras.
Warning
On Monday, at a news conference in Nicaragua, Mr Zelaya said that if the interim government in Honduras did not agree to reinstate him at the next round of negotiations, he would consider the mediation effort "a failure".
He also warned that "other measures" would be taken, but was not specific, and accused the interim government in Tegucigalpa of employing delaying tactics.
The crisis in Honduras erupted after Mr Zelaya tried to hold a non-binding public consultation on whether they supported moves to change the constitution.
This could have led to an end to a ban on presidents from seeking second terms.
The new administration led by Roberto Micheletti insists that Mr Zelaya was ousted legally. It says he will not be reinstated.
Mr Zelaya’s dramatic attempt to fly back to Honduras failed earlier this month when the military blocked the runway at Tegucigalpa airport. </p
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Home Run Derby 2009 Winner: Prince Fielder
July 14th, 2009 |
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Following on from our article yesterday, the Home Run Derby 2009 was a great game last night and it was Prince Fielder who showed that he was the best hitter on the night.
There were also a number of other great hitters last night; one player that comes to mind was Albert Pujols.
According to usaplayers.com the [...]