Yahoo! News: World - Britain

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• Court: UK is hiding info already made public (AP)
• Brown pushes for gay rights in Europe (AFP)
• BBC slammed for debating Ugandan bill to kill gays (AP)
• Court finds racial discrimination at Jewish school (AFP)
• Supreme Court: London Jewish school discriminated (AP)
• Two British boys aged 10 charged with rape of girl (Reuters)
• Liechtenstein royal cancels major UK art exhibit (AP)
• British bicycle-maker enjoying a "pash" for retro (Reuters)
• Two jailed for setting sleeping passenger on fire (AFP)
• Court to rule on BA Christmas strike row (AFP)
• British Eurostar drivers set for two-day strike: union (AFP)
• UK holiday travelers face strike chaos (AP)
• FTSE 100 boosted by job data (AFP)
• Britain says Livni welcome despite arrest warrant (AP)
• Serial killer Tobin found guilty of McNicol murder (AFP)
• British PM calls Israel's Livni over arrest warrant (AFP)
• Britain sets up defense air safety body after Afghan crash (Reuters)
• Early snow sees bookies slash odds on White Christmas (AFP)
• Britain bounces checks after 300 years (Reuters)
• Kidnapped Guardian reporters freed in Afghanistan (AFP)

Court: UK is hiding info already made public (AP) Posted: 16 Dec 2009 04:48 PM PST AP - Details of U.S. interrogation techniques that Britain is fighting to keep secret are no different from what has already been made public by President Barack Obama, according to parts of a U.K. court ruling that were declassified Wednesday.

Brown pushes for gay rights in Europe (AFP) Posted: 16 Dec 2009 03:32 PM PST AFP - Prime Minister Gordon Brown said Wednesday he was pushing for gay civil partnerships in Britain to be recognised across the EU, especially in eastern Europe.

BBC slammed for debating Ugandan bill to kill gays (AP) Posted: 16 Dec 2009 02:20 PM PST AP - The British Broadcasting Corp. suffered criticism from lawmakers Wednesday for inviting debate on whether homosexuals should face execution in Uganda.

Court finds racial discrimination at Jewish school (AFP) Posted: 16 Dec 2009 12:40 PM PST AFP - A Jewish school in London that refused to admit a pupil whose mother was not born into the faith was found to breach race discrimination laws Wednesday in a ruling by the Supreme Court.

Supreme Court: London Jewish school discriminated (AP) Posted: 16 Dec 2009 11:57 AM PST AP - A Jewish school discriminated against a child when it refused to admit him because it did not recognize his mother as Jewish, Britain's highest court ruled Wednesday.

Two British boys aged 10 charged with rape of girl (Reuters) Posted: 16 Dec 2009 11:43 AM PST Reuters - Two 10-year-old boys have been charged with the rape of an 8-year-old girl in London, British police said on Wednesday.

Liechtenstein royal cancels major UK art exhibit (AP) Posted: 16 Dec 2009 11:03 AM PST AP - The prince of Liechtenstein has canceled a major London art exhibition because British officials have held up the export of a Renaissance painting he bought in 2006, officials said Wednesday.

British bicycle-maker enjoying a "pash" for retro (Reuters) Posted: 16 Dec 2009 10:56 AM PST Reuters - They may look as if they were plucked straight from a sepia-toned photograph of your great-grandfather's years as a student at Cambridge, but vintage bicycles are all the rage at the moment.

Two jailed for setting sleeping passenger on fire (AFP) Posted: 16 Dec 2009 10:34 AM PST AFP - A court jailed two young men Wednesday for setting fire to a stranger's beard as he slept on a train.

Court to rule on BA Christmas strike row (AFP) Posted: 16 Dec 2009 10:21 AM PST AFP - London's High Court will rule Thursday over the legal action brought by British Airways to prevent a damaging cabin crew strike during the busy Christmas and New Year period.

British Eurostar drivers set for two-day strike: union (AFP) Posted: 16 Dec 2009 10:20 AM PST AFP - British drivers and onboard staff on Eurostar trains will strike on Friday and Saturday in a pay dispute, train drivers' union ASLEF announced on Wednesday.

UK holiday travelers face strike chaos (AP) Posted: 16 Dec 2009 09:56 AM PST AP - More than a million people faced travel chaos over the Christmas and New Year's holidays as baggage handlers and check-in staff at Heathrow and Aberdeen airports announced strikes in tandem with work stoppages by British Airways cabin crews.

FTSE 100 boosted by job data (AFP) Posted: 16 Dec 2009 09:17 AM PST AFP - The leading stock exchange was boosted Wednesday by a fall in jobseeker allowance claims and a strong performance by the financial sector.

Britain says Livni welcome despite arrest warrant (AP) Posted: 16 Dec 2009 09:02 AM PST AP - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown phoned former Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni Wednesday to say she is still welcome in Britain, despite a recent attempt by pro-Palestinian activists to have her arrested during a planned visit to London.

Serial killer Tobin found guilty of McNicol murder (AFP) Posted: 16 Dec 2009 09:01 AM PST AFP - A serial killer was ordered on Wednesday to spend the rest of his life in prison after he was convicted of a third murder, committed 18 years ago.

British PM calls Israel's Livni over arrest warrant (AFP) Posted: 16 Dec 2009 09:00 AM PST AFP - Prime Minister Gordon Brown told former Israeli foreign minister Tzipi Livni on Wednesday that she would "always be welcome" in Britain, after a warrant was issued here for her arrest, his office said.

Britain sets up defense air safety body after Afghan crash (Reuters) Posted: 16 Dec 2009 08:58 AM PST Reuters - Britain said on Wednesday it would set up a new military air safety body after a probe into a Royal Air Force plane crash in Afghanistan that killed 14 people found serious faults in safety procedures.

Early snow sees bookies slash odds on White Christmas (AFP) Posted: 16 Dec 2009 08:40 AM PST AFP - Snow fell in London and much of the southeast on Wednesday, pushing bookmakers to slash the odds on a white Christmas as forecasters warned of heavy snowfalls later in the week.

Britain bounces checks after 300 years (Reuters) Posted: 16 Dec 2009 07:56 AM PST Reuters - After more than three centuries, the humble check is set to become a historic relic after British banks voted to phase it out in favor of more modern payment methods.

Kidnapped Guardian reporters freed in Afghanistan (AFP) Posted: 16 Dec 2009 07:48 AM PST AFP - Three Afghan and Iraqi journalists working for The Guardian were on Wednesday freed after being taken hostage six days ago in a remote region of Afghanistan, the newspaper announced in London.

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