Yahoo! News: World - Britain

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• Thongchai flies the flag at British Open (AFP)
• Woods crashes out of British Open (AFP)
• Afghan bombs kill 12 including British soldier (AP)
• Watson dream alive as Tiger faces British Open KO (AFP)
• Stretched British Airways to raise £600 mln (AFP)
• Royal protection officer convicted over swindle (AFP)
• British man dies after Madonna stage collapse (AFP)
• Student jailed for suicide bomb plot (AFP)
• UK insurer Friends Provident eyes Resolution buy-out (AFP)
• Taxes, sterling costing EPL in players race (AFP)
• UK man convicted over suicide bomb plot (AP)
• Army chief calls for more troops in Afghanistan (AFP)
• British Airways to raise almost $1 billion (AP)
• UK should hold troop levels in Afghanistan: general (Reuters)
• British Airways raises $1 billion to avert cash crisis (Reuters)
• Soldier killed in Afghanistan (AFP)
• Postal workers go on strike (AFP)
• BA launches £300 mln bond issue (AFP)
• Supermarkets slash plastic bags (AFP)
• UK says could cut warheads if U.S., Russia go further (Reuters)

Thongchai flies the flag at British Open (AFP) Posted: 17 Jul 2009 01:36 PM PDT AFP - Thongchai Jaidee will fly the flag for Thailand in the last two rounds of the British Open after a battling 72 left him at one over par at the halfway stage.

Woods crashes out of British Open (AFP) Posted: 17 Jul 2009 01:10 PM PDT AFP - Tiger Woods crashed out of the British Open at the halfway stage after a second round 74 here on Friday.

Afghan bombs kill 12 including British soldier (AP) Posted: 17 Jul 2009 11:58 AM PDT AP - Bombs killed a dozen people, including a British soldier and five children, in southern Afghanistan, authorities said Friday, as U.S. and British officials consider sending more troops to combat the growing Taliban insurgency.

Watson dream alive as Tiger faces British Open KO (AFP) Posted: 17 Jul 2009 10:47 AM PDT AFP - Tom Watson kept his dream of capturing a sixth British Open title at the age of 59 alive on Friday but Tiger Woods was facing an early exit on a day of extraordinary drama at Turnberry.

Stretched British Airways to raise £600 mln (AFP) Posted: 17 Jul 2009 10:27 AM PDT AFP - Troubled airline British Airways said on Friday that it was raising about 600 million pounds to improve its cash pile.

Royal protection officer convicted over swindle (AFP) Posted: 17 Jul 2009 10:13 AM PDT AFP - A former police officer who protected the royal family at Buckingham Palace was facing a lengthy jail term Friday after being found guilty over a massive property and betting swindle.

British man dies after Madonna stage collapse (AFP) Posted: 17 Jul 2009 09:14 AM PDT AFP - A 23-year-old British man has died of his injuries after the collapse of a stage being built for a Madonna concert in southern France, hospitals officials said Friday.

Student jailed for suicide bomb plot (AFP) Posted: 17 Jul 2009 07:57 AM PDT AFP - A student who converted to Islam was jailed for a minimum 10 years Friday for plotting an attack with a suicide vest and home-made explosives last year.

UK insurer Friends Provident eyes Resolution buy-out (AFP) Posted: 17 Jul 2009 07:18 AM PDT AFP - British insurer Friends Provident proposed on Friday a takeover of buy-out firm Resolution in an all-shares deal, turning the tables on Resolution which itself is looking to buy Friends Provident.

Taxes, sterling costing EPL in players race (AFP) Posted: 17 Jul 2009 06:46 AM PDT AFP - Premier League clubs are losing the battle for top European stars as the exchange rate and tax rises clobber their projected income, auditors Deloitte said Friday.

UK man convicted over suicide bomb plot (AP) Posted: 17 Jul 2009 05:56 AM PDT AP - A British Muslim convert was jailed Friday for plotting to carry out a suicide bomb attack on a shopping mall in southern England.

Army chief calls for more troops in Afghanistan (AFP) Posted: 17 Jul 2009 04:56 AM PDT AFP - The head of the army called for more troops and equipment in Afghanistan Friday, piling pressure on Prime Minister Gordon Brown after an increase in troop deaths in the war.

British Airways to raise almost $1 billion (AP) Posted: 17 Jul 2009 04:49 AM PDT AP - Hard-pressed British Airways said Friday it plans to raise 600 million pounds ($980 million) to see it through the recession and financial losses, which it estimated at 100 million pounds for the three months through June.

UK should hold troop levels in Afghanistan: general (Reuters) Posted: 17 Jul 2009 04:12 AM PDT Reuters - Britain should maintain its current troops levels in Afghanistan and may need to deploy more soldiers for up to 18 months until the Afghan army can take on greater responsibility, the head of the army said on Friday.

British Airways raises $1 billion to avert cash crisis (Reuters) Posted: 17 Jul 2009 04:11 AM PDT Reuters - British Airways unveiled a $1 billion fundraising aimed at securing its future, including $540 million in bank loans that had been earmarked for its pension funds as a safety net against the airline going bust.

Soldier killed in Afghanistan (AFP) Posted: 17 Jul 2009 01:47 AM PDT AFP - Another soldier has died in Afghanistan, the Ministry of Defence said Friday, following a surge in killings there which has piled pressure on the government over military resources.

Postal workers go on strike (AFP) Posted: 17 Jul 2009 01:40 AM PDT AFP - Thousands of postal workers are to stage a 24-hour walkout on Friday as part of an escalating dispute over job cuts, pay and working practices.

BA launches £300 mln bond issue (AFP) Posted: 17 Jul 2009 12:07 AM PDT AFP - Troubled airline British Airways announced Friday a 300-million-pounds convertible debt issue to shore up its balance sheet following controversial cost-cutting measures.

Supermarkets slash plastic bags (AFP) Posted: 16 Jul 2009 06:28 PM PDT AFP - Supermarkets are giving out almost half as many plastic shopping bags as they were three years ago after a campaign to slash use of the environmental hazards, officials have said.

UK says could cut warheads if U.S., Russia go further (Reuters) Posted: 16 Jul 2009 05:51 PM PDT Reuters - Britain could look at further reductions in the number of its nuclear warheads, but only if the United States and Russia make deeper cuts in their arsenals than those already announced, the government said on Thursday.

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