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Journalist may challenge MP exposed in expenses row (AFP)
Schoolboy charged with fatal stabbing of teen in London: police (AFP)
Ugly fight for Oxford's top poetry post splits UK (AP)
British Conservative leader calls for change (AP)
Correction: Britain-Gay Minister (AP)
Nine detained after NI man beaten to death (AFP)
UK opposition leader Cameron outlines reforms (AP)
Miliband defends seeking help on tax returns (AFP)
Virgin Atlantic annual profits almost double (AFP)
McCann detectives bid to quiz paedophile (AFP)

Journalist may challenge MP exposed in expenses row (AFP)

Posted: 26 May 2009 03:44 PM PDT

AFP - The scandal over lawmakers' expenses took a new twist Tuesday when the associate editor of the newspaper that broke the story said he might challenge one of the exposed MPs at the next election.

Schoolboy charged with fatal stabbing of teen in London: police (AFP)

Posted: 26 May 2009 02:04 PM PDT

AFP - A 13-year-old boy was charged with murder Tuesday following the fatal stabbing of a teenager in London, police said, which has fuelled concern over youth violence on the capital's streets.

Ugly fight for Oxford's top poetry post splits UK (AP)

Posted: 26 May 2009 01:45 PM PDT

AP - LONDON A fight over who gets to be Oxford University's top poet has set Britain's pens racing and weakened the careers of two well-known wordsmiths.

British Conservative leader calls for change (AP)

Posted: 26 May 2009 12:16 PM PDT

AP - Conservative Party leader David Cameron called Tuesday for sweeping reforms to Britain's political system, part of an aggressive damage-control campaign that has made him the only political figure to gain ground from a scandal over lawmakers' expenses.

Correction: Britain-Gay Minister (AP)

Posted: 26 May 2009 09:07 AM PDT

AP - In a May 24 story about a gay British minister, The Associated Press reported erroneously that the Church of Scotland is a member of the Anglican Communion. The Church of Scotland is Presbyterian, not Anglican.

Nine detained after NI man beaten to death (AFP)

Posted: 26 May 2009 08:14 AM PDT

AFP - Police were questioning nine men on Tuesday after a community youth worker was beaten to death by a mob in Northern Ireland.

UK opposition leader Cameron outlines reforms (AP)

Posted: 26 May 2009 06:16 AM PDT

AP - Britain's top opposition leader proposed a radical redistribution of power on Tuesday as a way to restore faith in government following a scandal over the misuse of public funds.

Miliband defends seeking help on tax returns (AFP)

Posted: 26 May 2009 05:37 AM PDT

AFP - Foreign Secretary David Miliband Tuesday said he did "the right thing" in hiring accountants to help with his tax returns, which landed him in an ongoing public expenses scandal.

Virgin Atlantic annual profits almost double (AFP)

Posted: 26 May 2009 02:45 AM PDT

AFP - Virgin Atlantic said Tuesday that profits almost doubled in 2008/09, in contrast to a large annual loss at rival British Airways, despite choppy oil prices and a fierce recession.