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Three fishermen die off Scotland after boat capsizes: officials (AFP)
Swine flu threatens British economy: study (AFP)
Queen watches as boatmen count her swans (AP)
Friends Provident rejects Resolution takeover offer (AFP)
Russian oligarch challenges London court ruling (AFP)
British jet crashes in Afghanistan as four US troops killed (AFP)
Afghan blast kills 4 GIs in deadliest month for US (AP)
UK drops terror alert level to lowest in 2 years (AP)
Gerrard in dock over nightclub brawl (AFP)
Queen Elizabeth II counts her swans (AFP)
Britain's swine flu advice confuses public (AP)
Adulterous Saudi princess in UK asylum bid: report (AFP)
British fighter jet crashes in south Afghanistan (Reuters)
Terror threat level lowered (AFP)
Report: UK mortgage lending up 17 pct in June (AP)
Lost love letter reunites couple after 16 years (AFP)
Cink denies veteran Watson to win British Open golf (AFP)
At least 85 British students quarantined in China (AFP)
Soldier killed in Afghanistan explosion (AFP)

Three fishermen die off Scotland after boat capsizes: officials (AFP)

Posted: 20 Jul 2009 04:23 PM PDT

AFP - Three fishermen died after their boat capsized Monday in high seas off Scotland, coastguard and police said.

Swine flu threatens British economy: study (AFP)

Posted: 20 Jul 2009 01:45 PM PDT

AFP - The British economy could contract as much as 7.5 percent this year if the swine flu pandemic continues to escalate, a report published Monday.

Queen watches as boatmen count her swans (AP)

Posted: 20 Jul 2009 12:01 PM PDT

AP - Queen Elizabeth II took to the River Thames in a steam launch Monday to watch red-suited boatmen carefully count all her swans

Friends Provident rejects Resolution takeover offer (AFP)

Posted: 20 Jul 2009 11:54 AM PDT

AFP - British insurer Friends Provident on Monday rejected an improved merger offer from investment company Resolution Limited, citing "structural and governance" problems with the proposal.

Russian oligarch challenges London court ruling (AFP)

Posted: 20 Jul 2009 11:48 AM PDT

AFP - Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska on Monday challenged a court ruling that a lawsuit brought against him by a former friend should be heard in Britain rather than Russia.

British jet crashes in Afghanistan as four US troops killed (AFP)

Posted: 20 Jul 2009 11:35 AM PDT

AFP - A British fighter jet crashed in Afghanistan on Monday injuring two pilots, while four US troops were killed in a bomb blast as foreign casualties soar in the war-torn country.

Afghan blast kills 4 GIs in deadliest month for US (AP)

Posted: 20 Jul 2009 04:15 PM PDT

AP - A roadside bomb killed four American troops in eastern Afghanistan on Monday, driving the July death toll for U.S. forces to the highest monthly level of the war.

UK drops terror alert level to lowest in 2 years (AP)

Posted: 20 Jul 2009 09:23 AM PDT

AP - Britain's government reduced its terror alert level Monday to its lowest level since the July 7, 2005 bombings of the London transport system but warned that the threat remains serious.

Gerrard in dock over nightclub brawl (AFP)

Posted: 20 Jul 2009 08:16 AM PDT

AFP - England and Liverpool midfielder Steven Gerrard appeared in court here on Monday ahead of his trial on charges of being involved in a nightclub brawl.

Queen Elizabeth II counts her swans (AFP)

Posted: 20 Jul 2009 07:56 AM PDT

AFP - Queen Elizabeth II watched for the first time Monday as her staff began the annual job of counting her swans.

Britain's swine flu advice confuses public (AP)

Posted: 20 Jul 2009 07:27 AM PDT

AP - Health officials in Britain have issued a torrent of conflicting advice on swine flu, telling people to avoid travel, stay away from crowds and even advising women to delay getting pregnant until the virus subsides.

Adulterous Saudi princess in UK asylum bid: report (AFP)

Posted: 20 Jul 2009 07:22 AM PDT

AFP - A Saudi princess who fell pregnant during an affair with a British man has been granted asylum here after she claimed she could face the death penalty if she went home, a newspaper report said Monday.

British fighter jet crashes in south Afghanistan (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Jul 2009 06:25 AM PDT

Reuters - A British Tornado fighter jet crashed at a major NATO base in southern Afghanistan on Monday, officials said, the third aircraft mishap in as many days as foreign forces press their new offensives against the Taliban.

Terror threat level lowered (AFP)

Posted: 20 Jul 2009 05:05 AM PDT

AFP - The government downgraded its terror threat level to "substantial" on Monday, its lowest for at least three years, but stressed that it still faced a "real and serious" threat.

Report: UK mortgage lending up 17 pct in June (AP)

Posted: 20 Jul 2009 03:45 AM PDT

AP - Gross mortgage lending in the United Kingdom rose by 17 percent in June compared to the previous month but still lagged at about half of year-ago levels, the Council of Mortgage Lenders said Monday.

Lost love letter reunites couple after 16 years (AFP)

Posted: 20 Jul 2009 03:01 AM PDT

AFP - A British man and his Spanish former sweetheart have finally married 16 years after they drifted apart, reunited by a love letter lost behind a fireplace for over a decade, reports said on Monday.

Cink denies veteran Watson to win British Open golf (AFP)

Posted: 20 Jul 2009 02:27 AM PDT

AFP - For Stewart Cink and his family it might be different but for everyone else, Turnberry 2009 will be remembered as the Open that Tom Watson and, to a lesser extent Lee Westwood, failed to win.

At least 85 British students quarantined in China (AFP)

Posted: 20 Jul 2009 01:21 AM PDT

AFP - The number of British students and teachers quarantined in Beijing over swine flu has leapt to at least 85, while four more have been hospitalised with the virus, Britain's embassy said Monday.