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Smith red-faced over husband's porn films (AFP) Posted: 29 Mar 2009 07:50 AM PDT AFP - Home Secretary Jacqui Smith apologised Sunday after she "mistakenly" submitted an expenses claim which included adult films watched by her husband.

Minister apologizes for adult movies expense claim (AP) Posted: 29 Mar 2009 06:53 AM PDT AP - Britain's Home Secretary apologized Sunday for claiming on parliamentary expenses for the cost of five movies — including two adult ones — screened at her home.

Britain says G20 summit won't demand spending pledges (Reuters) Posted: 29 Mar 2009 05:08 AM PDT Reuters - Britain and the United States will not push G20 leaders to announce specific spending pledges to help fix the worst economic crisis in decades when they meet in London next week, British Foreign Secretary David Miliband said on Sunday.

Brown struggling in the polls (AFP) Posted: 29 Mar 2009 01:30 AM PDT AFP - Prime Minister Gordon Brown's party is still flailing in the domestic opinion polls, as he prepares to host the G20 summit this week that could plot the way out of the global economic downturn.

British gov't to salvage Scotland's biggest building society (AFP) Posted: 28 Mar 2009 04:38 PM PDT AFP - The British government said Saturday it would step in to save Scotland's biggest building society, the latest lender crippled by the credit crunch.

G20 marches begin week of protests in Europe (Reuters) Posted: 28 Mar 2009 01:42 PM PDT Reuters - Tens of thousands of people marched in capital cities across Europe on Saturday to protest about the economic crisis and urge world leaders to act on poverty, jobs and climate change at a G20 summit next week.

British sprinters stunned by France, Malaysia (AFP) Posted: 28 Mar 2009 12:54 PM PDT AFP - Britain's gold medal hopes in the coveted track cycling sprint competition were virtually crushed by France, and plucky Malaysia, here Saturday at the world championships.

UK charity urges Madonna: Rethink Malawi adoption (AP) Posted: 28 Mar 2009 08:11 AM PDT AP - Madonna is expected to arrive in Malawi Sunday, airport officials said, as the star's plans to adopt a girl as her second child from the poor African country began to draw criticism.

Gunfight erupts as Iraqi Sunni leader arrested (AP) Posted: 28 Mar 2009 03:30 PM PDT AP - Authorities arrested the local leader of a Sunni group that had broken with al-Qaida, sparking a gunfight Saturday in central Baghdad that killed four people and wounded 10, Iraqi officials said.

Sprint queen Pendleton rescues gold-shy Britain (AFP) Posted: 28 Mar 2009 03:07 PM PDT AFP - Undisputed sprint queen Victoria Pendleton rescued gold-shy Britain on another mixed day for the world and Olympic pacesetters here at the world track cycling championships on Saturday.

British Airways ends direct flights to Bangladesh (AFP) Posted: 27 Mar 2009 11:02 PM PDT AFP - British Airways ended its direct flights between the Bangladeshi capital Dhaka and London Saturday because the 34-year-old route was no longer profitable, the carrier said.

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