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Many reluctant to have swine flu vaccine: poll (AFP)
Slovakia to add 250 NATO troops to Afghan mission (AP)
Briton killed wife in sleep, court hears (AFP)
Lloyds employees protest job cuts in Spain (AFP)
GM says 10,000 jobs could go in European shake-up (Reuters)
FTSE 100 slips on profit-taking (AFP)
NATO, Britain stress Afghan handover plans (AFP)
6.6 magnitude quake rattles west coast (Reuters)
What's in a name? More than you might think (Reuters)
easyJet reports profit drop on high fuel costs (AFP)
British inflation climbs 1.5%: official data (AFP)
Britain plans Afghan handover conference (AFP)
Swindon to offer free wi-fi to all residents (AFP)
MoD denies plan to pay off Taliban in Afghanistan (AFP)

Many reluctant to have swine flu vaccine: poll (AFP)

Posted: 17 Nov 2009 04:06 PM PST

AFP - Many Britons are refusing to have swine flu vaccinations because of concerns about side effects and the general perception that it is a mild illness, a newspaper for doctors reported on Wednesday.

Slovakia to add 250 NATO troops to Afghan mission (AP)

Posted: 17 Nov 2009 02:44 PM PST

AP - Slovakia pledged about 250 extra soldiers Tuesday to the NATO-led force in Afghanistan, the first of what British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said would be a series of international reinforcements.

Briton killed wife in sleep, court hears (AFP)

Posted: 17 Nov 2009 11:56 AM PST

AFP - A Briton killed his wife in his sleep, after dreaming that she was an intruder in their camper van, a court heard on Tuesday.

Lloyds employees protest job cuts in Spain (AFP)

Posted: 17 Nov 2009 10:38 AM PST

AFP - Several hundred employees of Lloyds Banking Group protested in Madrid Tuesday against proposed cutbacks in Spain as part of the bank's plans to slash 5,000 jobs worldwide.

GM says 10,000 jobs could go in European shake-up (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Nov 2009 10:18 AM PST

Reuters - U.S. carmaker General Motors could cut between 9,000 and 10,000 jobs as part of its restructuring of its European operations, Nick Reilly, interim head of GM's European business, said on Tuesday.

FTSE 100 slips on profit-taking (AFP)

Posted: 17 Nov 2009 09:56 AM PST

AFP - The FTSE 100 index wilted on Tuesday in line with early trading on Wall Street, as investors took profits from big gains the day before.

NATO, Britain stress Afghan handover plans (AFP)

Posted: 17 Nov 2009 09:54 AM PST

AFP - The head of NATO said Tuesday he expected "substantially more forces" for Afghanistan to be pledged within weeks, but only to help speed up handing over security responsibility to Afghan forces.

6.6 magnitude quake rattles west coast (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Nov 2009 02:23 PM PST

Reuters - A 6.6 magnitude earthquake rattled residents on the west coast of Canada on Tuesday, but did not cause damage or trigger a tsunami, U.S. and Canadian officials said.

What's in a name? More than you might think (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Nov 2009 06:11 AM PST

Reuters - A London-based translation firm is offering parents-to-be the chance to check the meaning of prospective baby names in other languages to avoid inadvertently causing their offspring future embarrassment.

easyJet reports profit drop on high fuel costs (AFP)

Posted: 17 Nov 2009 04:52 AM PST

AFP - British budget airline easyJet said on Tuesday that rising jet fuel costs were a factor in a 14-percent drop in annual net profit to 71.2 million pounds (80 million euros, 120 million dollars).

British inflation climbs 1.5%: official data (AFP)

Posted: 17 Nov 2009 03:59 AM PST

AFP - British 12-month inflation rose to 1.5 percent in October, accelerating for the first time for eight months in line with market expectations, official data showed on Tuesday.

Britain plans Afghan handover conference (AFP)

Posted: 17 Nov 2009 03:34 AM PST

AFP - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown offered to host an international conference on Afghanistan in London, which he said could set a time-frame for a handover of security to Afghan forces from 2010.

Swindon to offer free wi-fi to all residents (AFP)

Posted: 17 Nov 2009 03:17 AM PST

AFP - Swindon has become the first place in the country to offer free wireless Internet access to all its 186,000 residents, in what is thought to be the first such a scheme, officials said on Tuesday.