By Yahoo News/AP:
BAGHDAD – British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said Wednesday his country, the second-largest military presence in Iraq after the United States, will end its mission in Iraq by May 31.
Britain had previously said the 4,000-strong mission would conclude in the early summer, and Brown's statement appeared to accelerate that timetable.
The announcement came on a violent day in Iraq, where police said a double-bombing in eastern Baghdad targeting traffic police left at least 18 people dead and 52 others wounded.
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