• She went twice in the late 1960s, firstly as a guest of the State Department -- which openly touted her as a future prime minister -- and secondly as a lecturer for the U.S. branch of the English Speaking Union.

    CNN: How 'Lady T' built transatlantic bridges

  • Meanwhile, pupils from eight Scottish schools joined with the charities Oxfam, Save the Children and the English Speaking Union to raise concern that 72 million people across the world had no access to education, in a special debate at the Scottish Parliament.

    BBC: Scottish exams shake-up announced

  • But Labour leader Ed Miliband, speaking to union bosses at the conference on Monday night, said neither the public nor union members wanted to see strike action.

    BBC: TUC Congress: Balls pledge over scams in building industry

  • German trade-unionists, whether speaking through their union or their works council, are no readier to rush headlong into suicide than anyone else.

    ECONOMIST: Volkswagen

  • Mr Brown, who will become prime minister later this month when Tony Blair leaves office, was speaking at a union conference where there was much discussion about the recent criticism, from the chairman of a prominent fund, of how managers at such firms pay a lower rate of tax than their office cleaners do.

    ECONOMIST: Business this week

  • We are no longer simply speaking of a fiscal union, but taking concrete steps to achieve one.

    FORBES: What's The Truth Behind The European Crisis?

  • Union leaders speaking on behalf of Spanghero's 300 or so employees said revoking the licence would "sound the death knell for the company".

    BBC: Europe

  • The general secretary of the Transport and General Workers Union was speaking on the Labour conference fringe just hours after Tony Blair had given the party gathered in Brighton the highlight of its week - the leader's speech.

    BBC: Labour's roots poke through

  • Something had clearly gone wrong with the deal that Viktor Chernomyrdin, the Russian envoy, and Finland's President Martti Ahtisaari (speaking for the European Union) had seemingly forced on Mr Milosevic, with the explicit assent of Serbia's parliament, on June 3rd.

    ECONOMIST: Peace, for now, in Kosovo | The

  • "I think that this issue is going to continue to move, " he told "State of the Union, " speaking from Newtown.

    CNN: Countdown to new wave in gun violence battle

  • Of course, the Bush administration and, for that matter, the European Union have been speaking starkly about a nuclear threat from Iran.

    NPR: Week in Review: Intelligence in Crisis

  • They and many more are remembered for challenging segregation, organizing voter registration drives, pushing for equal pay, fighting for union rights, speaking in church and at rallies.

    CNN: MLK's driver remembers 'chasing the dream'

  • The union chief was speaking at a rally in Glasgow in support of 9, 500 Scottish workers with the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP), who are on a 48-hour strike over pay.

    BBC: NEWS | UK | Scotland | Escort boss 'sorry' over escape

  • Dr von Schneidemesser was speaking here at the American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting, the world's largest annual gathering of Earth scientists.

    BBC: London's clue to stubborn ozone levels

  • Acting CDC Director Richard Besser, also speaking on "State of the Union, " said U.S. health officials are examining whether people who received flu shots for the swine flu in 1976 may have some level of protection from the current swine flu.

    CNN: Confirmed cases of H1N1 virus approach 900

  • In 1830, a revolt broke out in the French-speaking provinces of the Netherlands, against union into Belgium.

    CNN: Tuesday,

  • Speaking for his centre-left trade union, Mr Zuza grumbles that Mr Reinfeldt is too negative about Saab.

    ECONOMIST: Charlemagne

  • Speaking after a news conference, he said the union would take over responsibility for retiree health care.

    NPR: UAW Accused of Over-Selling New GM Contract

  • The International Roma Union tries to redress that problem by speaking on the gypsies' behalf, but many of the delegates themselves are unelected.

    BBC: Gypsies mull their plight

  • Many French politicians and businessmen, however, want to create not just a defence identity for the European Union but also a common front against the English-speaking world.

    ECONOMIST: The EU turns its attention from ploughshares to swords

  • He then left Likud and founded his own party, Yisrael Beiteinu (Israel Our Home), which became popular among the one million Russian-speaking Jews who came to Israel following the collapse of the Soviet Union.

    BBC: Profile: Avigdor Lieberman

  • His union helped to arrange with this interview so he was not speaking for his employer, the Transportation Security Administration.

    NPR: Airport Security Marked by Hassles

  • Cyprus was split into an internationally recognized Greek speaking south and a breakaway Turkish speaking north in 1974 when Turkey invaded after a coup by supporters of union with Greece.

    NPR: Lawmaker: EU Must Push For Cyprus' Reunification

  • Up to 40 of those troops will be deployed to a European Union military training mission in Mali and the rest in English-speaking West African countries.

    CNN: STORY HIGHLIGHTS

  • Speaking during the interactive discussion were the representatives of Spain (on behalf of the European Union), Nauru (on behalf of the Pacific Small Island Developing States), Equatorial Guinea (on behalf of the African Group), Canada (also on behalf of Australia and New Zealand), Nepal (on behalf of the least developed countries), Bolivia, Australia, Colombia, Russian Federation and Venezuela.

    UN: General Assembly

  • Speaking after a meeting with First on Tuesday afternoon Gareth Jones, from Unite, said the union felt "significant progress" had been made and members would be contacted over the next few days with an update.

    BBC: First Cymru bus strike vote on Monday in south and west Wales

  • Speaking to the Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee on 4 October 2011 he said that economic and monetary union had provided stability and low inflation for over a decade.

    BBC: Jean-Claude Trichet: Economic crisis biggest since WWII

  • The United Kingdom is prepared to deploy up to 40 troops to a European Union military training mission in Mali, and up to 200 troops as trainers in English-speaking West African countries, British Defence Minister Philip Hammond told lawmakers in the House of Commons.

    CNN: SHARE THIS

  • The boss of the building union in Western Australia, Kevin Reynolds, even comes close (but not too close) to speaking fondly of Buckeridge.

    FORBES: Bricks and Vinegar

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