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UK retailer Woolworths files for administration (AP) Posted: 27 Nov 2008 03:33 AM CST AP - Woolworths Group PLC announced Thursday it has put its century-old retail business into administration after failed attempts at a fire sale.

Prince Charles celebrates British Muslim talent (AFP) Posted: 26 Nov 2008 08:21 PM CST AFP - Muslim communities have "enriched Britain in every sense", Prince Charles said as he attended an award ceremony for talented British Muslims alongside Jordan's Princess Badiya bint El Hassan.

Gunmen kill at least 78 in rampage across Mumbai (AP) Posted: 26 Nov 2008 05:53 PM CST AP - Teams of gunmen stormed luxury hotels, a popular restaurant, hospitals and a crowded train station in coordinated attacks across India's financial capital Wednesday night, killing at least 78 people and taking Westerners hostage, police said. A group of suspected Muslim militants claimed responsibility.

Human skull used in British Hamlet production (AP) Posted: 26 Nov 2008 02:45 PM CST AP - A Polish pianist has made his stage debut in Britain, 26 years after his death.

BBC producer killed unlawfully in Somalia in 2005: coroner (AFP) Posted: 26 Nov 2008 02:32 PM CST AFP - A BBC producer shot dead in Somalia three years ago was unlawfully killed, a British coroner ruled Wednesday.

India's ONGC says bid for Imperial on track (AFP) Posted: 26 Nov 2008 02:30 PM CST AFP - Indian state-run oil giant ONGC on Wednesday said its bid to buy Russia-focused Imperial Energy was "on track" and should be completed by June, securing new fuel sources to power the nation's economy.

UK furniture chain MFI goes into administration (AP) Posted: 26 Nov 2008 01:24 PM CST AP - British furniture chain MFI said Wednesday the company had failed and was going into administration, citing the continuing pressure on Britain's battered housing market.

Olympic duo win British awards (AFP) Posted: 26 Nov 2008 01:19 PM CST AFP - British Olympic gold medal winners Chris Hoy and Rebecca Adlington were named Wednesday sportsman and sportswoman of the year at the 60th Sports Journalists' Association (SJA) British sports awards.

Two major British retailers go bust: reports (AFP) Posted: 26 Nov 2008 01:05 PM CST AFP - Major British retailer Woolworths has gone into administration, the BBC reported Wednesday, after another high-street chain, MFI, announced it was calling in administrators.

Compass Group's full-year profit down 14 percent (AP) Posted: 26 Nov 2008 12:19 PM CST AP - Compass Group PLC, the world's largest catering company, reported Wednesday that profit fell 14 percent in the year ending Sept. 30 due to fewer sales of assets compared with a year earlier. Shares rose, though, as the results were better than analysts' forecasts.

Britain asks how system did not stop rapist father (AP) Posted: 26 Nov 2008 11:58 AM CST AP - A man who fathered nine children with his two daughters had attracted official suspicion but avoided detection for decades by moving his family frequently and intimidating his victims into silence, British prosecutors say.

Outrage over failure to spot incest, abuse horrors (AFP) Posted: 26 Nov 2008 11:34 AM CST AFP - Prime Minister Gordon Brown voiced anger Wednesday over how authorities failed to spot a harrowing trail of incest which has been likened to the case of the Austrian cellar rapist Josef Fritzl.

Britvic's profit falls, but sales growth strong (AP) Posted: 26 Nov 2008 11:12 AM CST AP - Soft drinks maker Britvic PLC, the British bottler for PepsiCo Inc., said Wednesday its annual net profit fell 25 percent because of one-time costs including a factory closure.

Britain to host G-20 meeting in April (AP) Posted: 26 Nov 2008 10:33 AM CST AP - Leaders of 20 of the world's industrialized and emerging economies will meet in London in April to check their progress on tackling the global financial crisis, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said Wednesday.

British journalist kidnapped in Puntland (AFP) Posted: 26 Nov 2008 10:03 AM CST AFP - A British and at least three other journalists were kidnapped on Wednesday in the northern Somali breakaway state of Puntland, officials and witnesses said.

British tourists trapped in Bangkok (AFP) Posted: 26 Nov 2008 09:12 AM CST AFP - Thai authorities Wednesday were evacuating British and other passengers stranded at Bangkok international airport after anti-government protesters stormed the building, AFP reporters said.

Brown, Cameron clash over VAT levels (AFP) Posted: 26 Nov 2008 08:46 AM CST AFP - The opposition accused the government on Wednesday of planning a secret "tax bombshell" which would hit every family in the country - a claim immediately denied by Prime Minister Gordon Brown.

Next G20 summit in London on April 2: British PM (AFP) Posted: 26 Nov 2008 06:57 AM CST AFP - The next summit of the Group of 20 countries on the global economic crisis will be held in London on April 2 next year, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said Wednesday.

British foreign secretary visits Pakistan (AFP) Posted: 26 Nov 2008 06:46 AM CST AFP - British Foreign Secretary David Miliband on Wednesday called for greater coordination with Pakistan on security issues and the fight against terrorism during a one-day visit, the foreign ministry said.

UK government to tackle high consumer debt (AP) Posted: 26 Nov 2008 05:31 AM CST AP - Britain's business chief will tackle the problem of high consumer debt Wednesday by urging the credit card industry to stop practices that risk hurting households' finances at a time of economic uncertainty.

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