As Jacqui Janes tapes her conversation with Gordon Brown, it's clear politicians are heading for asymmetric war with the public The Sun is certainly out to get its former friend Gordon Brown, to the extent that it has published a deeply awkward private... Full Article at Guardian Unlimited

Hundreds gathered in this small English market town Tuesday to pay tribute to six soldiers killed in Afghanistan - five of whom were shot to death by an Afghan police officer trained by allied forces. Full Article at The Seattle Times

(LONDON) - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said Tuesday that Foreign Secretary David Miliband was never in the running for a new EU foreign affairs job, insisting Tony Blair was London's "only candidate." Full Article at EUbusiness

The Sun is certainly out to get its former friend Gordon Brown, to the extent that it has published a deeply awkward private telephone conversation between the Prime Minister and a war widow. Full Article at Charlie Beckett, POLIS Director

Five key reasons why the recording matters JJ: Many, many years ago, in 18-something, somebody said the biggest enemy of our army was our Treasury ... They were so right. GB: I, I ... JJ: Even to this day ... GB: I, I ... Full Article at Guardian Unlimited

THERE can be few who do doubt both Gordon Brown’s sincerity in his letter to the family of Jamie Janes and his honesty in his apology for the apparent errors it contained. Yet the prime minister is hounded for his bad handwriting. Full Article at Press and Journal

Details have emerged today of a heated late-night phone conversation between Gordon Brown and the mother of a dead soldier who has accused him of 'insulting' her son by spelling his name wrong in a letter of condolence. Mr Brown was said to have been ' Full Article at Daily Mail - UK

Britain is to help to train 10,000 extra Afghan soldiers to serve in Helmand to bring forward the date when British troops can be withdrawn from parts of the province and replaced by Afghanistan’s national army. Full Article at Times Online

Let's get real about the Army and Afghanistan. Now's not the season to study more war. Let me count the ways, saving the Fort Hood tragedy for last. Clearly, the Army has suffered enough in the Iraq War—so has the nation and the world since 2003. Full Article at U.S. News & World Report

The US is poised to send tens of thousands more soldiers to the country. The nature of the conflict is changing. Full Article at Counterpunch

With prayers, music and pomp, Germany, with world leaders in attendance, today celebrates the 20th anniversary of the day the Berlin Wall fell. A big week ahead in presidential politics. And, for a change, in California politics, too. Full Article at New West Notes

BBC News Online readers have been sharing their views on Gordon Brown after he apparently misspelled the name of a soldier in a letter of condolence. Full Article at BBC News

Visiting leaders from across the European Union are expected to use the festivities surrounding the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall for informal talks over the appointment of the European Council president and EU foreign policy... Full Article at EUobserver.com

It was a day in which Britain honoured the debt to our war dead in the traditional way. With poppies and wreaths. With solemn speeches. With the tears of families and comrades. Full Article at Mirror.co.uk

Britain remembers war dead as 201st soldier is killed in Afghanistan Nov 9 2009 By Chris Musson BRITAIN lost another hero in Afghanistan yesterday - as the country stopped to remember the fallen. Full Article at The Daily Record