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Yahoo! News: World - Britain

'This is my last chance' says troubled footballer Gascoigne (AFP)

Posted: 01 Jan 2009 09:07 PM CST

File photo of English footballer Paul Gascoigne, who said drink and drug addictions nearly killed him in 2008 and knows he is now on his last chance to save himself, in an interview published Friday.(AFP/File/Carl de Souza)AFP - England football legend Paul Gascoigne said drink and drug addictions nearly killed him in 2008 and knows he is now on his last chance to save himself, in an interview published Friday.

Rare Bugatti untouched for 50 years could fetch millions: report (AFP)

Posted: 01 Jan 2009 01:50 PM CST

The 1937 Bugatti 57S originally owned by Earl Howe is displayed in the Bonham's auction room at Olympia, London in 2008 ahead of it's sale in the Bonham's AFP - A rare Bugatti supercar left to gather dust in an English garage for half a century could fetch millions when it goes under the hammer next month, a report said Thursday.

Britain says U.S. needs help to shut Guantanamo (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Jan 2009 09:29 AM CST

The outside of the 'Camp Five' detention facility is seen at U.S. Naval Station Guantanamo Bay December 10, 2008. (Mandel Ngan/Pool/Reuters)Reuters - Britain said on Thursday that the United States would need help to close down the Guantanamo Bay prison camp for terrorism suspects but refused to say if it would agree to resettle inmates with no links to Britain.

Majority of Britons opposed to adopting euro: poll (AFP)

Posted: 01 Jan 2009 08:05 AM CST

A young woman smiles after collecting her first euro notes from a cash machine in the centre of Bratislava's main square after Slovakia joined the eurozone, January 1, 2009. A clear majority of Britons remain opposed to abandoning the pound in favour of the euro a decade after the single European currency was introduced, according to a poll published on Thursday.(AFP/Samuel Kubani)AFP - A clear majority of Britons remain opposed to abandoning the pound in favour of the euro a decade after the single European currency was introduced, according to a poll published on Thursday.

Christmas in Paris, 'luggage in Afghanistan' (AFP)

Posted: 01 Jan 2009 07:23 AM CST

A passenger looks at an information board at Orly airport, outside Paris, February 2008. A family enjoyed a Christmas break in Paris but were flabbergasted to find that luggage containing gifts for their children travelled to Afghanistan, a report said Thursday.(AFP/File/Bertrand Guay)AFP - A family enjoyed a Christmas break in Paris but were flabbergasted to find that luggage containing gifts for their children travelled to Afghanistan, a report said Thursday.

British forces hand Basra airport to Iraqis (AFP)

Posted: 01 Jan 2009 06:06 AM CST

A British soldier (right) walks past Iraqi youths outside a police station in central Basra, southern Iraq, as British troops provided Iraqi police with assistance and support, December 29, 2008. British forces on Thursday handed over control of Basra airport, its main military base in southern Iraq, to Iraqi officials in accordance with an agreement signed with Baghdad this week.(AFP/File/Essam-al-Sudani)AFP - British forces on Thursday handed over control of Basra airport, its main military base in southern Iraq, to Iraqi officials in accordance with an agreement signed with Baghdad this week.

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