Yahoo! News: World - Britain

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• UK army chief: Afghan defeat would harm reputation (AP)
• Biggest ever heroin haul at Britain's Heathrow Airport (AFP)
• Law chief's illegal maid an 'inadvertent mistake': Brown (AFP)
• The Observer newspaper to stay open (AFP)
• UK labor unions approve Israeli goods boycott (AP)
• Queen Mother's anger at Charles-Diana divorce: biography (AFP)
• Signed, sealed, undelivered: Mail strike hits UK (AP)
• Merck, British charity to jointly develop vaccines (AP)
• Londoners miffed after Tube map ditches Thames (AP)
• A bill UK lawmakers can't stomach: the lunch check (AP)
• Patient in hospital posts 'disgusting' food online (AFP)
• Second farm shuts down amid E.coli fears (AFP)
• Retail sales flat in August (AFP)
• Postal workers vote on strike (AFP)
• Retailer Kingfisher's first-half profits jump (AFP)
• Ivory Coast toxic waste case nears settlement (AP)
• 8'1" Turk takes title of world's tallest man (AP)

UK army chief: Afghan defeat would harm reputation (AP) Posted: 17 Sep 2009 02:59 PM PDT AP - Britain's new army chief warned Thursday that failure in Afghanistan would alienate millions of Afghans, lead to a resurgence of al-Qaida inspired terrorism and destabilize neighboring Pakistan.

Biggest ever heroin haul at Britain's Heathrow Airport (AFP) Posted: 17 Sep 2009 02:17 PM PDT AFP - British and South African authorities have made a record heroin seizure following on operation at London's Heathrow Airport and raids in both countries, officials said Thursday.

Law chief's illegal maid an 'inadvertent mistake': Brown (AFP) Posted: 17 Sep 2009 01:08 PM PDT AFP - The top legal figure, caught employing an illegal immigrant, was a very good legal officer who made an "inadvertent mistake," Prime Minister Gordon Brown said Thursday.

The Observer newspaper to stay open (AFP) Posted: 17 Sep 2009 12:53 PM PDT AFP - The Sunday newspaper The Observer will continue to be published, its parent company announced on Thursday, putting an end to speculation that the 200-year-old title was to close.

UK labor unions approve Israeli goods boycott (AP) Posted: 17 Sep 2009 10:09 AM PDT AP - British labor unions agreed Thursday to support a boycott of some Israeli goods in response to the offensive in Gaza.

Queen Mother's anger at Charles-Diana divorce: biography (AFP) Posted: 17 Sep 2009 09:19 AM PDT AFP - The queen mother thought it was "utterly abhorrent" when Prince Charles and princess Diana went public on their marriage failings, according to her official biography released on Thursday.

Signed, sealed, undelivered: Mail strike hits UK (AP) Posted: 17 Sep 2009 08:16 AM PDT AP - In Britain, the check is in the mail — for the indefinite future.

Merck, British charity to jointly develop vaccines (AP) Posted: 17 Sep 2009 08:11 AM PDT AP - Drugmaker Merck & Co. and Britain's largest charity, the Wellcome Trust, said Thursday they are starting a not-for-profit partnership to create affordable vaccines against diseases common in poor countries.

Londoners miffed after Tube map ditches Thames (AP) Posted: 17 Sep 2009 08:06 AM PDT AP - London's subway bosses have erased the River Thames.

A bill UK lawmakers can't stomach: the lunch check (AP) Posted: 17 Sep 2009 05:12 AM PDT AP - They claimed thousands in expenses, but some British lawmakers can't find the cash to settle their lunch bills.

Patient in hospital posts 'disgusting' food online (AFP) Posted: 17 Sep 2009 04:01 AM PDT AFP - A hospital patient is so disgusted with the quality of his food that he has taken photos of the meals, posted them on the Internet and asked people to guess the meal, reports said on Thursday.

Second farm shuts down amid E.coli fears (AFP) Posted: 17 Sep 2009 03:45 AM PDT AFP - A second petting farm in Surrey has closed after an E.coli outbreak at a sister attraction left 14 children ill.

Retail sales flat in August (AFP) Posted: 17 Sep 2009 03:14 AM PDT AFP - Retail sales flattened in August from July as shoppers tightened their belts amid the recession, official data showed on Thursday.

Postal workers vote on strike (AFP) Posted: 17 Sep 2009 02:56 AM PDT AFP - A bitter Royal Mail dispute over pay and jobs threatened to escalate further as postal workers began voting on a national walkout Thursday.

Retailer Kingfisher's first-half profits jump (AFP) Posted: 17 Sep 2009 12:42 AM PDT AFP - Kingfisher, the biggest home-improvements retailer in Europe, said on Thursday its first-half net profits leapt more than a third due to improved trading at B&Q and cost-cutting.

Ivory Coast toxic waste case nears settlement (AP) Posted: 17 Sep 2009 12:37 AM PDT AP - Commodities trading company Trafigura said Wednesday it is close to reaching a settlement with people who claim they fell ill after a tanker dumped hundreds of tons of waste around the Ivory Coast's main city of Abidjan.

8'1" Turk takes title of world's tallest man (AP) Posted: 16 Sep 2009 06:02 PM PDT AP - A towering Turk was officially crowned the world's tallest man Thursday after his Ukrainian rival dropped out of the running by refusing to be measured.

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