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Gordon Brown denies 'Obama snub' at UN (AFP)
Pope to visit Britain next year: reports (AFP)
UK reports: Pope Benedict XVI to visit Britain (AP)
Tories warn could still torpedo EU treaty (AFP)
UK's Brown denies he is steadily going blind (AP)
Madeleine McCann's parents return to Portugal (AFP)
Charges unlikely for helping suicide in England (AP)
British Museum seeks to remake Montezuma's image (AP)
UK home builder Barratt raising 720.5M pounds (AP)
Serial mugger jailed for attacking French designer Farhi (AFP)
Father: Iraqi perhaps slain in UK revenge attack (AP)
Britain's Brown offers to cut nuclear sub fleet (AFP)
Iraqi father says British troops targeted son (AFP)
Aide quits over politician's illegal maid (AFP)
New guidelines clarify assisted suicide laws (AFP)
UK court OKs deal on Ivory Coast toxic waste claim (AP)
British bikers die in Italian road crash: report (AFP)
BA 'to trim subsidies on staff meals' (AFP)
Brits have had 'indirect sex' with 2.8 mln people (AFP)
Who inspires Prince William? His grandmother (AP)

Gordon Brown denies 'Obama snub' at UN (AFP)

Posted: 23 Sep 2009 06:15 PM PDT

AFP - US President Barack Obama turned down five requests from Prime Minister Gordon Brown for a meeting this week, amid tensions over the release of the Lockerbie bomber, reports here said Thursday.

Pope to visit Britain next year: reports (AFP)

Posted: 23 Sep 2009 03:11 PM PDT

AFP - Pope Benedict XVI will visit Britain in 2010 after accepting an invitation from Prime Minister Gordon Brown, media reports said Wednesday, without naming sources.

UK reports: Pope Benedict XVI to visit Britain (AP)

Posted: 23 Sep 2009 01:52 PM PDT

AP - Pope Benedict XVI next year will make the first visit to Britain by a pontiff in decades, British media reported Wednesday.

Tories warn could still torpedo EU treaty (AFP)

Posted: 23 Sep 2009 12:28 PM PDT

AFP - Conservatives warned Wednesday they would hold a referendum on the EU's Lisbon Treaty if they take office next year and the eurosceptic Czech president has not yet ratified it.

UK's Brown denies he is steadily going blind (AP)

Posted: 23 Sep 2009 12:12 PM PDT

AP - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown on Wednesday dismissed reports that he is slowly going blind, as a longtime critic in his governing Labour Party urged him to stand down as leader to save the party from a mauling at the next general election.

Madeleine McCann's parents return to Portugal (AFP)

Posted: 23 Sep 2009 12:10 PM PDT

AFP - The parents of missing girl Madeleine McCann returned to Portugal on Wednesday for talks with advisors and lawyers as part of their campaign to keep the search for their daughter alive.

Charges unlikely for helping suicide in England (AP)

Posted: 23 Sep 2009 11:56 AM PDT

AP - England's top prosecutor unveiled new guidelines that could decriminalize many forms of assisted suicide, saying Wednesday that most people who help close friends or family kill themselves aren't likely to face charges.

British Museum seeks to remake Montezuma's image (AP)

Posted: 23 Sep 2009 11:05 AM PDT

AP - The world-famous British Museum, home of the contested Elgin Marbles sought by Greece, is leaping into another controversy with a special exhibit re-examining the life of Montezuma, the doomed last ruler of the Aztecs.

UK home builder Barratt raising 720.5M pounds (AP)

Posted: 23 Sep 2009 10:34 AM PDT

AP - Major British home builder Barratt Developments PLC announced a rights issue Wednesday to raise 720.5 million pounds ($1.18 billion) to beef up its balance sheet and prepare for new land acquisitions.

Serial mugger jailed for attacking French designer Farhi (AFP)

Posted: 23 Sep 2009 10:01 AM PDT

AFP - A serial mugger was jailed for life on Wednesday for a long string of robberies including that of fashion designer Nicole Farhi outside her London home.

Father: Iraqi perhaps slain in UK revenge attack (AP)

Posted: 23 Sep 2009 08:32 AM PDT

AP - British soldiers laughed as they beat an Iraqi hotel receptionist to death, the man's father alleged Wednesday as he gave evidence to an inquiry into the slaying.

Britain's Brown offers to cut nuclear sub fleet (AFP)

Posted: 23 Sep 2009 08:11 AM PDT

AFP - Britain is prepared to scale back its nuclear capability as part of global disarmament efforts, Prime Minister Gordon Brown said Wednesday ahead of an address to the UN General Assembly.

Iraqi father says British troops targeted son (AFP)

Posted: 23 Sep 2009 07:37 AM PDT

AFP - The father of an Iraqi man who died in British military custody in 2003 told an inquiry in London Wednesday his son may have been singled out for bad treatment because he had accused troops of stealing.

Aide quits over politician's illegal maid (AFP)

Posted: 23 Sep 2009 07:06 AM PDT

AFP - The country's top legal officer faced fresh pressure to quit Wednesday after an aide resigned over her employment of an illegal immigrant as her housekeeper.

New guidelines clarify assisted suicide laws (AFP)

Posted: 23 Sep 2009 06:14 AM PDT

AFP - People who help their relatives commit suicide are unlikely to be prosecuted in England and Wales provided they were motivated by compassion and the victim had a strong desire to die, officials said Wednesday.

UK court OKs deal on Ivory Coast toxic waste claim (AP)

Posted: 23 Sep 2009 06:04 AM PDT

AP - A British court approved Wednesday the settlement of thousands of claims against oil-trading company Trafigura Beheer BV related to the dumping of toxic waste around the Ivory Coast's main city of Abidjan.

British bikers die in Italian road crash: report (AFP)

Posted: 23 Sep 2009 05:09 AM PDT

AFP - Three British motor-cyclists died in a road accident in northern Italy while a fourth suffered serious injuries, ANSA news agency reported Wednesday.

BA 'to trim subsidies on staff meals' (AFP)

Posted: 23 Sep 2009 03:58 AM PDT

AFP - Loss-making British Airways will reduce subsidies on staff meals to save 2.7 million pounds annually, according to an internal company newsletter.