I've watched my brother-in-law lavish ribs, potato salad and even nachos on his beloved pooch with reckless abandon. Give my dog Lulu a banana, and she returns it in a far less pleasant form. That's why I spend the holidays policing relatives as they walk their near-empty Thanksgiving plates to the kitchen.
Chef Rocco DiSpirito offers HLN"s Joy Behar tips on how to survive Thanksgiving without overeating or gaining weight.
A senior British Cabinet Minister risked an embarrassing diplomatic row Tuesday after accidentally revealing confidential documents that appeared to welcome the departure of Afghanistan's president.
The Dowler family's attorney Mark Lewis says Murdoch has apologized to the family in a private meeting.
Political ties between the U.S. and Britain go back for decades, as CNN's Dan Rivers reports.
American and British leadership of the world remains "essential to the cause of human dignity," President Barack Obama said Wednesday, making a sweeping case for values including freedom and the free market in a speech to a joint session of the British Parliament.
Speculation was intense Friday over where and when Prince William will marry Kate Middleton, with many predicting the couple will choose the iconic, thousand-year-old Westminster Abbey.
Former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, 85, returned home Monday after being hospitalized for two weeks with the flu.
A hostage killed during a rescue attempt in Afghanistan may have died from an allied grenade. CNN's Phil Black reports.
A British aid worker who died during an operation to rescue her from kidnappers in Afghanistan may have been killed by a grenade thrown by American forces trying to free her, British Prime Minister David Cameron said Monday.
The father of British Prime Minister David Cameron has died, the prime minister's office at Downing Street said Wednesday.
British Prime Minister David Cameron and his wife, Samantha, named their new baby girl Florence Rose Endellion, Cameron's office said Wednesday.
British Prime Minister David Cameron and his wife, Samantha, announced Tuesday the birth of their fourth child, a baby girl.
Pakistan's President Asif Ali Zardari and the British Prime Minister David Cameron Friday pledged to increase cooperation between the two countries on economic development and security issues.
Federal authorities have ordered BP to get more aggressive with its plans to recover thousands of barrels of oil spewing from a broken well into the Gulf of Mexico, according to a letter made public Saturday.
Federal authorities have ordered BP to get more aggressive with its plans to recover thousands of barrels of oil spewing from a broken well into the Gulf of Mexico, according to a letter made public Saturday.
British Prime Minister David Cameron will discuss BP, whose leaking well has caused the worst oil spill in U.S. history, when he speaks by phone with U.S. President Barack Obama this weekend, Cameron's office at Downing Street said Friday.
Britain's new Cabinet held its first meeting Thursday and promptly agreed to a five-percent pay cut for all new ministers, Downing Street said.
UK Prime Minister David Cameron and Deputy PM Nick Clegg talk about the new government and new politics for Britain.
CNN's Robin Oakley explains how Gordon Brown will attempt to cling to power as British parties jockey to form alliances.
Within hours of his appointment, Britain's new prime minister, David Cameron, immediately began forming his coalition government overnight, appointing several Liberal Democrat leaders to Cabinet posts along with members of his own Conservative Party.
British premier Gordon Brown's offer to step down as part of a deal to entice the Liberal Democrats into a coalition government with Labour rather than David Cameron's Conservatives provoked a mixed reaction in the UK press Tuesday.
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has called for an international meeting January 28 to discuss how to counter radicalization in Yemen, his office at 10 Downing Street said Friday.
Parts of Scotland and northern England were under several feet of water Friday morning after raging rivers burst their banks and flooded towns, officials said.
Once upon a time royals and elites had to don elaborate disguises to mingle with their people. Now they have Twitter.
Scottish prosecutors are conducting a further review of the evidence related to the Lockerbie bombing, prosecutors have told families of victims from the United Kingdom.
The cheering, flag-waving welcome that the convicted Lockerbie bomber received in Libya after being released from a life sentence was "highly objectionable," President Barack Obama said Friday.
The lawyer for three of the Pakistani men arrested in anti-terrorism raids in England this month said Wednesday that he will fight their deportation.
Nine of the 11 Pakistani nationals being held in an alleged terror plot in northern England were released Tuesday, according to police.
A key aide to British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has resigned after e-mails reportedly smearing top political opponents were leaked, British media said Sunday.
The office of the British prime minister has apologized after e-mails sent by one of Gordon Brown's senior officials reportedly smeared political opponents, British media said Saturday.
The chief constable for Britain's Greater Manchester Police indicated Thursday there would have been the potential for terrorist acts this weekend if police had not made a dozen arrests.
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown's wife, Sarah, wore an outfit from designer Britt Lintner to greet President Obama and his wife, Michelle, while Michelle Obama wore J.Crew, according to spokeswomen for both sides.
The day will also bring dinner with J.K. Rowling - cooked by celeb chef Jamie Oliver
Budget-conscious celebrity chef Jamie Oliver has been hired to cook for G20 leaders in London next week, nearly a year after they provoked outrage by eating an eight-course meal while discussing the global food crisis.
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown says the world needs to work together to beat the financial crisis.
Time.com: Cherie Blairupdated: Mon Oct 20 2008 18:00:00
Britain's former first lady talks to TIME about life in the media spotlight, the advice she received from Hillary Clinton and how history will
remember her husband, former Prime Minister Tony Blair
In what's being touted as a model for government intervention, London bets
big to put money behind the country's battered banks
Scotland Yard and Downing Street both said Wednesday they have launched investigations into how top-secret British intelligence documents on al Qaeda and Iraq came to be left on a commuter train by a senior civil servant in the UK's Cabinet Office.
British truckers took their complaints about high gas costs to 10 Downing Street. CNN's Mallika Kapur reports.
To the affectionate crowds that greet him around the world the Dalai Lama, the exiled leader of Tibet's Buddhists, is a revered campaigner for human rights, peace and religious understanding.
After her autobiography is released, perceptions of life at 10 Downing Street will never be the same
Time.com: Labour Loses London
updated: Fri May 02 2008 18:30:00
Conservative Boris Johnson wins the mayor's office in a rout of Britain's ruling party in local elections
A "farce," "bitter", "ugly and chaotic," "sinister and slapstick and a "public relations nightmare;" the Olympic torch's journey of harmony and peace hit a large protester-sized road hump in London, the world's press commented Monday.
The Olympic torch crosses London, sparking widespread protests. CNN's Emily Chang reports.
In west London on Sunday, a protester tried to grab the torch out of the hands of a TV presenter, forcing police to briefly stop the procession
Before an unimpressed British media, the Republican candidate softens his criticism of British policy in Iraq, and tries to explain his al-Qaeda gaffe
President Bush is still firmly in the White House, but Sen. John McCain was busy presenting the new face of Republican America to the world this week.
Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain visited the Western Wall in Jerusalem Wednesday.
CNN's Becky Anderson looks at how to resolve disputes without hostility in her quest for the spirit of diplomacy.
Commentators who have watched the conflict in Northern Ireland play out for decades call the peace process a miracle.
Gordon Brown always wanted to emulate his predecessor Tony Blair. But being investigated wasn't what he had in mind
Gordon Brown admits that "mistakes have been made" over financial donations to the Labour party
Up to 1,000 human rights campaigners demonstrated Saturday in front of No. 10 Downing Street, the official residence of British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, calling on the British government to demand that full democracy be restored in Pakistan.
Pakistan unrest
updated: Sat Nov 10 2007 23:21:00
Pakistan Supreme Court Justice Khalil ur Rehman Ramdy joins CNN to discuss the crackdown on Pakistan's legal community.
London protestsupdated: Sat Nov 10 2007 23:21:00
CNN's Cal Perry reports on protesters in the UK pushing the British government to lean on Musharraf to lift martial law.
King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia has begun his visit to the UK as controversy continues over issues related to the Middle Eastern kingdom.
Two teenagers have been arrested over the murder of an 11-year-old boy shot dead in Liverpool as he played football, police said on Thursday.
Jihad: The Musical, the satirical story of a wannabe suicide bomber, is stirring up both laughter and controversy in Scotland
Foot and mouth disease has been found in cattle on a farm near Guildford in Surrey, England, British government officials said Friday, prompting Prime Minister Gordon Brown to call a meeting of the United Kingdom's crisis panel.
A "Darling" choice by Britain's new Prime Minister, but a few other names that the U.S. may not find so sweet.
Frenetic choreography occurs as Brown prepares to be Prime Minister and Blair gets set to be Mideast peace envoy
Gordon Brown is the UK's new prime minister after replacing the outgoing Tony Blair on Wednesday.
When Tony Blair strode across a Manchester stage on Sunday June 24 and declared, "the new leader of the Labour Party, Gordon Brown," it was the moment his Downing Street neighbor had been waiting for, with growing impatience, for 13 years.
On a heady night in May 1997, a boyish Tony Blair -- triumphant and smiling -- greeted his giddy, flag-waving supporters, as the catchy pop tune "Things Can Only Get Better" played in the background.
All political careers, it is said, end in tears. Tony Blair leaves office with his reputation clouded by the disastrous outcome of the Iraq war and the "Cash for Honors" scandal, which could yet see some of those close to him charged with criminal offences. A decade on, historians may take a kinder view.
Diplomatic contacts between Britain and Iran, including moves by Iranian official Ali Larijani, were under way to secure the release of 15 British marines and sailors in Iranian custody, Downing Street confirmed.
British Prime Minister Tony Blair has refused to step down before police finish a political corruption probe into his party, despite fears the investigation is damaging his party.
British police have questioned UK Prime Minister Tony Blair for a second time as part of an investigation into political party funding, his spokesman says.
British Prime Minister Tony Blair will speak out against the execution of Saddam Hussein, calling the way it was carried out "completely wrong," officials at Downing Street told CNN.
British Prime Minister Tony Blair has been questioned by police in connection with a political fundraising scandal, his spokesperson said.
A man armed with a knife was arrested after climbing a fence behind British Prime Minister Tony Blair's London residence at 10 Downing Street, police said Monday.
The eldest son of Tony Blair has left a hospital in Barbados where he was being treated for stomach pains, the British prime minister's office said Friday.
As I occasionally survey the pack of sycophantic shih tzus* in the Washington press corps, wriggling on their bellies to kiss the feet of those in power, I feel plumb discouraged about the future of journalism.
Firefighters say they hope Tuesday finally to put out an "apocalyptic" blaze at a UK oil depot spewing out a huge column of black smoke that has spread to France.
Brazil's ambassador has said he believes there was no cover-up by British officials in the fatal police shooting of a Brazilian man mistaken for a terrorist on the London Tube.
Two weeks to the day after the July 7 London bombings, attackers tried -- and failed -- to set off explosive devices at three Tube stations and on a double-decker bus.
Prime Minister Tony Blair has rejected comments by London's mayor that Western "double standards" in the Middle East contributed to the growth of Islamic extremism and terrorist groups such as al Qaeda.
Nearly three years after it was written, the "Downing Street memo" on pre-war intelligence on Iraq is spotlighted in the U.S. Congress, with one man leading the charge.
UK Prime Minister Tony Blair has been meeting Northern Ireland's hard-line Protestant and Catholic leaders in the hope of reviving power-sharing in the province.
Labour MPs have begun to call on Tony Blair to quit Downing Street long before he completes a full third term at Number 10.
Who was that ageing figure with his wispy, graying hair and lined face buying an ice cream on the campaign trail for Chancellor Gordon Brown?
British insularity, and self-belief, was famously demonstrated by the old 1940s newspaper headline: "Fog in Channel: Continent cut off." But something similar seems to be happening in this election. Europe has been cut off again for the duration of the contest.
Here we go again. In Downing Street amid the popping flashbulbs as Tony Blair sets off for Buckingham Palace to ask the queen to dissolve Parliament and hold an election on 05/05/05.
Prime Minister Tony Blair has called Britain's general election for May 5 after seeing the queen to ask for the dissolution of parliament.
British Prime Minister Tony Blair has arrived home saying he felt "absolutely fine" after successfully undergoing treatment to correct an irregular heartbeat.
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom since May 1, 1997.
An attack on security gates near British Prime Minister Tony Blair's official residence by a man wielding a sledgehammer sparked a security scare in London.
Britain should stop awarding knighthoods and damehoods within five years and scrap the Order of the British Empire, a committee of lawmakers has recommended.
Another week, another Iraq inquiry.
For prime ministers at the sharp end of world affairs, crisis headlines come around almost weekly.
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