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May Bids for Government Deal After Damping Tory Rebellion

EghtesadOnline: U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May bought herself a stay of execution by apologizing to her own lawmakers for the election debacle as she prepared to meet Northern Ireland’s Democratic Unionists to secure the votes needed to prop up her minority government.
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Publish Date:13/June/2017 | 04:46

Who Could Be New Conservative Leader With May Under Fire?

EghtesadOnline: A shocking U.K. election result threw the Conservative Party into turmoil and has Theresa May scrambling to shore up her position. If history is any indication, the Tories will waste little time in seeking a new leader. So who can lay claim to the Tory crown?
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Publish Date:10/June/2017 | 07:12

May Apologizes to Fellow Tories, Tries to Keep Her Team Intact

EghtesadOnline: U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May kept her top five ministers in place as she tried to shore up her position among Conservatives after a devastating electoral blow that wiped out their parliamentary majority.
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Publish Date:10/June/2017 | 07:04

May Digs In as U.K. Premier After Election Debacle

EghtesadOnline: Theresa May launched a fightback to hold on to her premiership following a disastrous election that cost her party its parliamentary majority and, with it, the right to rule the U.K. on its own.
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Publish Date:10/June/2017 | 06:40

May Sends Johnson to Labour Heartland as Terror Shapes Campaign

EghtesadOnline: Conservative Prime Minister Theresa May will deploy Boris Johnson to the northeast of England in a bid to conquer Brexit-supporting Labour strongholds, even as the fallout from the London terror attacks continues to dominate the campaign.
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Publish Date:06/June/2017 | 08:56

London Mayor Says Terror Will Be Harder to Stop If May Wins Vote

EghtesadOnline: London Mayor Sadiq Khan said it will be harder to stop future terrorist attacks if Prime Minister Theresa May wins Thursday’s general election and carries out planned changes to the Metropolitan Police’s funding.
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Publish Date:06/June/2017 | 08:44

Corbyn Says U.K.’s May Should Quit as Rivals Clash Over Terror

EghtesadOnline: U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May and Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn tore into each other’s records on terrorism as the wave of attacks that hit Britain in the past three months dominated the final stage of the election.
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Publish Date:05/June/2017 | 24:33

Brexit Bulletin: Terror Returns

EghtesadOnline: Terror returned to the streets of Britain on the weekend, again recasting the political debate just days before Thursday’s election.
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Publish Date:05/June/2017 | 24:31

Pound Erases Decline as Euro Slips Ahead of U.K. Vote, ECB Meet

EghtesadOnline: The pound erased a decline after a weekend terror attack in London as a poll showed the ruling Conservatives holding a double-digit lead ahead of elections this week, while commodity currencies gained as oil prices jumped.
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Publish Date:05/June/2017 | 11:57

At London Fire Scene, Theresa May Is Abused by Angry Protesters

EghtesadOnline: Protesters hurled abuse at Theresa May when she visited survivors of a deadly fire at a tower block in London, leaving the prime minister facing mounting public anger a week after she suffered an election setback.
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Publish Date:17/June/2017 | 04:19

Asia Stocks Climb as Tech Rout Eases; Pound Flat

EghtesadOnline: Asia-Pacific stocks advanced as the global selloff in technology shares showed signs of easing, while the pound held losses as Theresa May fought to survive the fallout from the British general election.
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Publish Date:13/June/2017 | 04:40

U.K. Political Chaos Intensifies as No DUP Deal Reached Yet

EghtesadOnline: U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May’s hopes of clinging to power were dealt a fresh blow after her office was forced to admit that it hadn’t, after all, reached a deal to govern with the support of Northern Ireland’s Democratic Unionist Party, hours after announcing that it had.
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Publish Date:11/June/2017 | 24:31

May Scrapes Together Government as Tory Backlash Begins

EghtesadOnline: Embattled U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May scraped together a government by reaching a deal with a Northern Irish party, while one newspaper said Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson is preparing to vie for her job after the Conservative party’s disastrous election showing.
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Publish Date:11/June/2017 | 04:20