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Terminally ill British TV star to marry, as cameras roll (AFP)

Posted: 21 Feb 2009 09:02 PM CST

AFP - Rags-to-riches reality-TV star Jade Goody gets married Sunday, the latest installment in her very public fight with terminal cancer which has enchanted and unnerved the British in near equal measure.

Ex-PM Blair sets up consultancy: watchdog (AFP)

Posted: 21 Feb 2009 08:21 PM CST

AFP - Former prime minister Tony Blair has established a commercial partnership to offer advice to potential clients on economic and political matters, a government watchdog confirmed Sunday.

Cancer-stricken star 'unwell' ahead of marriage (AP)

Posted: 21 Feb 2009 07:45 PM CST

AP - A dying British reality television star was feeling unwell from "overdoing it" the day before her televised wedding, her publicist said Saturday, and it was not clear whether she would be well enough to continue with a ceremony that has gripped the country.

Vivienne Westwood show makes prep-school look sexy (AP)

Posted: 21 Feb 2009 05:25 PM CST

AP - Trust punk priestess Vivienne Westwood to turn London Fashion Week upside down.

UK's Brown to visit Washington March 3: White House (Reuters)

Posted: 21 Feb 2009 03:20 PM CST

Reuters - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown will hold talks with President Barack Obama in Washington on March 3 on the global financial crisis and a comprehensive strategy for Afghanistan, the White House said on Saturday.

Iran offered nuclear deal to stop Iraq troop attacks: BBC (AFP)

Posted: 21 Feb 2009 11:07 AM CST

AFP - Iran offered to stop attacking troops in Iraq if the West dropped opposition to its nuclear programme, a top British official said in comments to be broadcast Saturday.