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EdF lifts stake in British Energy, extends offer (AP) Posted: 08 Dec 2008 03:19 AM CST AP - Electricite de France SA said Monday it has raised its stake in British Energy Group PLC to 88.67 percent following its public takeover offer announced last month.

Director of Britain's Carphone Warehouse resigns (AP) Posted: 08 Dec 2008 03:10 AM CST AP - Carphone Warehouse says that a director has resigned after disclosing that he had pledged millions of company shares to secure personal loans.

Protesters break into secure area at UK airport (AP) Posted: 08 Dec 2008 03:04 AM CST AP - British police say they have arrested more than two dozen environmental protesters who broke into a secure area of Stansted Airport near London.

Qantas CEO: British Airways merger not guaranteed (AP) Posted: 07 Dec 2008 11:07 PM CST AP - The new chief executive of Qantas Airways Ltd. said Monday the Australian flag carrier was in a strong position in merger talks with British Airways but stressed that a consolidation of the two airlines was not guaranteed.

Wikipedia article blocked in UK over child photo (AP) Posted: 07 Dec 2008 03:52 PM CST AP - British Internet users have been blocked from accessing an article on popular online encyclopedia Wikipedia over child pornography concerns, the country's Internet watchdog and Wikipedia said Saturday.

UK food agency says don't eat Irish pork (Reuters) Posted: 07 Dec 2008 11:04 AM CST Reuters - Britain's Food Standards Agency warned consumers on Sunday not to eat pork from Ireland or Northern Ireland after Dublin ordered a recall of pigmeat due to contamination with potentially cancer-causing dioxins.

BA wants to cut more than 100 jobs at UK airport (AP) Posted: 07 Dec 2008 09:43 AM CST AP - British Airways plans to reduce the number of flights leaving London's Gatwick Airport, the company said, adding that it hopes to shed more than 100 jobs at check-in desks and ground operations there.

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