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Yahoo! News: World - Britain

Britain orders bank bonuses, management probe (AFP)

Posted: 07 Feb 2009 09:06 PM CST

British Finance Minister Alistair Darling in London. Britain is to conduct a review of bank management that will probe the link between bonuses and excessive risk-taking, Darling has said.(AFP/Pool/File/Lewis Whyld)AFP - Britain is to conduct a review of bank management that will probe the link between bonuses and excessive risk-taking, Finance Minister Alistair Darling said in comments published Sunday.

Bugatti found in Britain gets big bucks at auction (AP)

Posted: 07 Feb 2009 08:14 PM CST

A rare 1937 Bugatti Type 57S Atalante Coupe, originally the property of Francis Curzon, the 5th Earl Howe, is seen displayed at the Retromobile Vintage Cars show, in Paris, Friday, Feb. 6, 2009. The car abandoned in the garage for 50 years has sold at auction for approximately euro3.100,000, US$ 4.006,000, Saturday. (AP Photo/Jacques Brinon)AP - A car abandoned in a garage in Britain for half a century sold at an auction in Paris for euro3.4 million (about $4.4 million) Friday.

The Foreign Office facing big cash pressures: report (AFP)

Posted: 07 Feb 2009 06:09 PM CST

The Foreign Office is facing AFP - The Foreign Office is facing "serious financial pressures" due to the falling pound which could hit its international diplomacy efforts, an influential group of lawmakers said in a report Sunday.

Tributes pour in for Scotland's first Muslim lawmaker (AFP)

Posted: 07 Feb 2009 02:55 PM CST

Tributes poured in on Saturday for Bashir Ahmad, the first Muslim member of the Scottish parliament, who has died aged 68, his party announced. Scotland's First Minister and SNP leader Alex Salmond, seen here in 2008, led tributes to Ahmad while his deputy Nicola Sturgeon said he represented AFP - Tributes poured in on Saturday for Bashir Ahmad, the first Muslim member of the Scottish parliament, who has died aged 68, his party announced.

Ecstasy no worse than horse riding: Top drug advisor (AFP)

Posted: 07 Feb 2009 02:50 PM CST

Ecstasy tablets. Taking the synthetic drug ecstasy, which is derived from amphetamine, is no more dangerous than horse riding, a top drug adviser said Saturday.(AFP/ANP/File)AFP - Taking the synthetic drug ecstasy, which is derived from amphetamine, is no more dangerous than horse riding, a top drug adviser said Saturday.

Police seize Man Utd striker Tevez's car (AFP)

Posted: 07 Feb 2009 10:13 AM CST

Manchester United's Argentinian forward Carlos Tevez celebrates a goal during a January 2009 match. Police said Saturday they had seized Tevez's car after he was found to not have the proper documents to drive.(AFP/File/Paul Ellis)AFP - Police said Saturday they had seized Manchester United star Carlos Tevez's car after he was found to not have the proper documents to drive.

UK milkman delivered cannabis with bottles of milk (AP)

Posted: 07 Feb 2009 07:34 AM CST

AP - A British prosecutor says an elderly milkman supplied customers with cannabis as well as bottles of milk.

Clarkson won't apologise for calling Brown PM 'idiot' (AFP)

Posted: 07 Feb 2009 04:55 AM CST

BBC television presenter Jeremy Clarkson, seen here in 2007, has said that while he was sorry for having made fun of Prime Minister Gordon Brown's appearance, he would not apologise for calling him an AFP - BBC television presenter Jeremy Clarkson said on Saturday that while he was sorry for having made fun of Prime Minister Gordon Brown's appearance, he would not apologise for calling him an "idiot".

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