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Barclays chief pledges to curb bankers' pay (AFP) Posted: 24 Mar 2009 12:32 PM PDT AFP - The chairman of Barclays on Tuesday promised a review of his bank's pay structure amid a global row over bonuses, as the group revealed its board's earnings were slashed 84 percent last year.

British code crackers reunite, with pride unbroken (AP) Posted: 24 Mar 2009 12:25 PM PDT AP - During World War II, the best brains in Britain cracked Germany's encrypted secrets but never broke their own code of silence.

Annual inflation shoots higher (AFP) Posted: 24 Mar 2009 10:52 AM PDT AFP - Annual inflation climbed unexpectedly to 3.2 percent in February from 3.0 percent in January owing to higher food and drink prices, official data showed on Tuesday.

The McCanns prepare new campaign in Portugal (AFP) Posted: 24 Mar 2009 10:28 AM PDT AFP - The parents of missing girl Madeleine McCann are to launch a fresh appeal for information focused in Portugal, in the run-up to the second anniversary of her disappearance, they said Tuesday.

Gov updates anti-terror strategy, eyes nuke threat (AFP) Posted: 24 Mar 2009 10:05 AM PDT AFP - Britain faces an increased threat of a chemical or even nuclear terrorist attack, officials said Tuesday, highlighting also the risks from extremists in Pakistan and Somalia.

Hindu fights for open-air cremation in Newcastle (AFP) Posted: 24 Mar 2009 08:58 AM PDT AFP - An elderly Hindu man fighting to be allowed to have an open-air cremation in Britain took his case to London's High Court on Tuesday.

Schizophrenic gets life for killing Luton PC (AFP) Posted: 24 Mar 2009 08:07 AM PDT AFP - A paranoid schizophrenic from Nigeria who murdered a policeman from Luton, was on Tuesday sentenced to life behind bars.

Teen paints giant phallus on roof of parents' home (AFP) Posted: 24 Mar 2009 06:57 AM PDT AFP - A teenager inspired by an ancient fertility symbol painted a 60-foot phallus on the roof of his parents house, a newspaper reported on Tuesday.

More Madoff assets found, U.S.-British probe linked (Reuters) Posted: 24 Mar 2009 05:09 AM PDT Reuters - A court-appointed trustee has located more than $1 billion of jailed swindler Bernard Madoff's assets, his house in France could be seized and U.S. prosecutors are cooperating with a British agency that investigates organized crime, a court heard on Monday.

Barclays shares climb on Goldman Sachs report (AFP) Posted: 24 Mar 2009 04:06 AM PDT AFP - Shares in Barclays climbed Tuesday on newspaper reports that US giant Goldman Sachs was working on a bid for its asset management business iShares.

British group BG says has 90% of Pure Energy (AFP) Posted: 24 Mar 2009 03:57 AM PDT AFP - British oil and gas group BG now controls more than 90 percent of Pure Energy of Australia after another Australian company, Arrow Energy, agreed to sell BG a 20.59-percent stake in Pure, BG and Arrow said in a statement.

Goldman Sachs eyes iShares unit: reports (AFP) Posted: 23 Mar 2009 09:18 PM PDT AFP - Wall Street giant Goldman Sachs is working on a bid for iShares, the asset management business being auctioned by British bank Barclays, newspaper reports said here Tuesday.

British judges air Guantanamo details judges wanted kept secret (McClatchy Newspapers) Posted: 23 Mar 2009 03:29 PM PDT McClatchy Newspapers - LONDON — Two British High Court judges revealed Monday that U.S. military prosecutors tried to pressure a former detainee at the military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, into a plea bargain — on charges that hadn't been specified — that would have resulted in a 10-year sentence in addition to the years he'd already been detained.

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