Yahoo! News: World - Britain

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• British banks face tax on bonuses: reports (AFP)
• Boyle stays British number one (AFP)
• Shell talks to sell refineries to India's Essar 'going well': report (AFP)
• Amazon says no plans to open physical stores (Reuters)
• Queen Elizabeth II tells paparazzi to back off (AP)
• Half of Britons deny climate change man-made: poll (AFP)
• TV chef faces charges for cooking rat on jungle show (AFP)
• Royals warn newspapers over paparazzi shots (AFP)
• Britain's queen writes to editors over paparazzi (Reuters)

British banks face tax on bonuses: reports (AFP) Posted: 06 Dec 2009 04:45 PM PST AFP - The government is considering slapping a "supertax" on bankers' bonuses amid fears of a lavish season for senior staff despite the global financial crisis, reports said Monday.

Boyle stays British number one (AFP) Posted: 06 Dec 2009 12:59 PM PST AFP - Susan Boyle stayed at the top of the British album charts Sunday for the second straight week as the success of her record-breaking debut album continued.

Shell talks to sell refineries to India's Essar 'going well': report (AFP) Posted: 06 Dec 2009 11:29 AM PST AFP - Talks with British energy giant Royal Dutch Shell to sell three European refineries to Indian conglomerate Essar are "going well," an Essar manager told Germany's Die Welt edition to be published Monday.

Amazon says no plans to open physical stores (Reuters) Posted: 06 Dec 2009 09:08 AM PST Reuters - Amazon.com Inc , the world's largest online retailer, has no plans to open stores anywhere in the world, it said on Sunday, in response to a report it was planning to open high street shops in Britain.

Queen Elizabeth II tells paparazzi to back off (AP) Posted: 06 Dec 2009 08:53 AM PST AP - Britain's Queen Elizabeth II has warned newspapers not to run unauthorized paparazzi photos of the royal family, Buckingham Palace said Sunday.

Half of Britons deny climate change man-made: poll (AFP) Posted: 06 Dec 2009 08:13 AM PST AFP - Almost half of Britons do not believe human behaviour is the main cause of global warming, a new poll showed Sunday, a day before world leaders begin crunch climate talks in Copenhagen.

TV chef faces charges for cooking rat on jungle show (AFP) Posted: 06 Dec 2009 07:30 AM PST AFP - Fresh from being crowned king of the jungle on "I'm A Celebrity..", Italian TV chef Gino D'Acampo now faces charges for animal cruelty after killing and cooking a rat while on the show.

Royals warn newspapers over paparazzi shots (AFP) Posted: 06 Dec 2009 05:54 AM PST AFP - Queen Elizabeth II has warned newspapers not to publish paparazzi pictures of the royal family, Buckingham Palace said Sunday, as the royals prepare for their Christmas break.

Britain's queen writes to editors over paparazzi (Reuters) Posted: 05 Dec 2009 05:43 PM PST Reuters - Britain's Queen Elizabeth has written to newspaper and magazine editors over the issue of paparazzi photographers intruding on the royal family's privacy, Buckingham Palace said on Sunday.

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