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Police release Pakistani terror suspects (AFP) Posted: 21 Apr 2009 05:51 PM PDT AFP - Police released nine mostly Pakistani men arrested in a major anti-terror operation, a spokeswoman said, handing them over to immigration officials who vowed to deport them.

9 men caught in UK terror raids up for deportation (AP) Posted: 21 Apr 2009 05:26 PM PDT AP - British authorities said Tuesday they want to deport nine terrorism suspects arrested earlier this month in a highly publicized police operation.

No terrorism charges for nine more held in UK raids (Reuters) Posted: 21 Apr 2009 02:57 PM PDT Reuters - British police said Tuesday they would bring no charges against nine more of the 12 men arrested in connection with a suspected al Qaeda plot, leaving only two still under investigation.

UK: Taxi rapist jailed for at least 8 years (AP) Posted: 21 Apr 2009 02:18 PM PDT AP - The driver of one of London's iconic black cabs was sentenced to at least eight years in prison Tuesday for an 18-month campaign of rape and assault against his female passengers.

Gov eyeing reduced speed limits to cut road deaths (AFP) Posted: 21 Apr 2009 12:12 PM PDT AFP - The government unveiled proposals Tuesday to cut speed limits in a bid to bring the number of road deaths below 2,000 by 2020.

London taxi driver jailed for sex attacks (AFP) Posted: 21 Apr 2009 09:30 AM PDT AFP - A London black cab driver who tricked female passengers into drinking drugged champagne before sexually assaulting them in the back of his taxi was jailed for a minimum of eight years Tuesday.

Britain to review all arms exports to Israel (AP) Posted: 21 Apr 2009 09:13 AM PDT AP - Britain says it will review all weapons exports to Israel following the country's recent war on Hamas in the Gaza Strip.

British MEP charged with money laundering (AFP) Posted: 21 Apr 2009 08:32 AM PDT AFP - A British member of the European Parliament has been charged with false accounting and money laundering, the prosecutors' office said.

Retail prices drop for first time since 1960 (AFP) Posted: 21 Apr 2009 08:01 AM PDT AFP - Retail prices in March posted their first year-on-year drop in nearly 50 years, official data showed Tuesday, stoking fears the recession-hit country faces an extra threat from deflation.

Hawking's family 'looking forward' to recovery (AP) Posted: 21 Apr 2009 06:44 AM PDT AP - Physicist Stephen Hawking was hospitalized overnight for a chest infection but his family "is looking forward" to a full recovery, Cambridge University said Tuesday.

UK's Brown plans crackdown on lawmaker expenses (AP) Posted: 21 Apr 2009 06:27 AM PDT AP - Britain's prime minister proposed a crackdown on lawmakers' expenses Tuesday, saying ordinary people had lost faith in the way legislators use taxpayers' money.

Britain's Brown suffers pre-budget poll blows (Reuters) Posted: 21 Apr 2009 05:15 AM PDT Reuters - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has lost support for his handling of the economy, two polls showed on Tuesday, the eve of what is expected to be one of the bleakest budgets in decades. With an election due by June 2010, the ICM survey for the Guardian newspaper said 35 percent of voters trusted Brown and his finance minister Alistair Darling to run the economy, compared to 45 percent for the main opposition Conservatives.

Tesco rings up record results despite recession (AFP) Posted: 21 Apr 2009 05:04 AM PDT AFP - Leading retailer, supermarket giant Tesco, on Tuesday announced record-beating annual profits and sales despite a spreading global recession and deepening losses at its US division.

Stephen Hawking 'comfortable' in hospital (AFP) Posted: 21 Apr 2009 05:02 AM PDT AFP - Stephen Hawking, the acclaimed wheelchair-bound scientist, is reported "comfortable" in hospital the day after being rushed there, a Cambridge University spokesman said on Tuesday.

Scientists discover an Earth-sized planet (AP) Posted: 21 Apr 2009 04:57 AM PDT AP - Scientists say they've discovered a planet outside our solar system that is close to Earth in size — far different from the behemoths they had previously seen so far.

Physicist Stephen Hawking "comfortable" in hospital (Reuters) Posted: 21 Apr 2009 04:34 AM PDT Reuters - Physicist Stephen Hawking, the author of "A Brief History of Time" who is almost completely paralyzed by motor neurone disease, was comfortable in hospital on Tuesday, his university said.

Queen Elizabeth II turns 83 (AFP) Posted: 21 Apr 2009 04:30 AM PDT AFP - Queen Elizabeth II celebrates her 83rd birthday Tuesday, which will be marked by a 41-gun salute in central London.

Record price for rare 2-seat Spitfire fighter (AP) Posted: 21 Apr 2009 01:43 AM PDT AP - A British adventurer has paid a record price for a two-seat version of Britain's World War II Spitfire fighter.

Climate-change disasters to affect millions: Oxfam (AFP) Posted: 21 Apr 2009 12:45 AM PDT AFP - Hundreds of millions of people will become victims of climate change-related disasters over the next six years, Oxfam said on Tuesday, urging governments to change the way they respond to such events.

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