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The Foreign Office warns of email scam (AFP) Posted: 06 Apr 2009 11:16 AM PDT AFP - Britain's Foreign Office issued a warning Monday over a scam email, claiming to be from Foreign Secretary David Miliband, offering money to people in trouble due to the global economic slowdown.

British oil worker kidnapped in southern Nigeria (AFP) Posted: 06 Apr 2009 11:05 AM PDT AFP - Gunmen have kidnapped a British oil worker in southern Nigeria as well as killed a police officer and injured another, a security source said Monday.

London demo slams Sri Lanka rights abuses (AFP) Posted: 06 Apr 2009 09:55 AM PDT AFP - Around 1,000 protesters staged a rally outside parliament in London on Monday against alleged human rights abuses in Sri Lanka, police said.

Fed announces credit lines with 4 central banks (AP) Posted: 06 Apr 2009 08:58 AM PDT AP - The Federal Reserve said Monday it has expanded credit lines with the central banks of Japan, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and European Union that will provide foreign currency to U.S. banks — if needed.

Blair urges Netanyahu not to abandon peace talks (Reuters) Posted: 06 Apr 2009 08:25 AM PDT Reuters - Middle East envoy Tony Blair urged Israel's prime minister on Monday to resume Palestinian statehood talks in parallel with a push to boost the West Bank economy and to let Palestinians control more of their territory.

British minister leads trade mission to Iraq (AFP) Posted: 06 Apr 2009 07:54 AM PDT AFP - Britain's business minister Peter Mandelson headed a high-profile group of British companies visiting Iraq on Monday, underscoring the huge trading potential of the oil-rich country.

Blair: Skepticism about peace after Netanyahu win (AP) Posted: 06 Apr 2009 07:34 AM PDT AP - International mediator Tony Blair says there's skepticism about the prospects for peace because of Israel's new government.

Blair says Palestinian state only solution (AFP) Posted: 06 Apr 2009 06:13 AM PDT AFP - Middle East Quartet envoy Tony Blair on Monday emerged from talks with new Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu saying a Palestinian state was the only solution to the Middle East conflict.

Police probe 'shocking' attack on schoolboys (AFP) Posted: 06 Apr 2009 05:28 AM PDT AFP - Police said Monday they were questioning two schoolboys after a vicious attack on two kids aged nine and 11, reportedly involving bricks, knives and cigarette burns.

British car sales 'drop 30% in March' (AFP) Posted: 06 Apr 2009 03:54 AM PDT AFP - Sales of new cars in Britain plunged by almost a third in March as recession hit consumers, trade data showed on Monday and the industry lobby group said it had appealed for government help.

Sainsbury's rebrands fish to spare blushes (AFP) Posted: 06 Apr 2009 03:50 AM PDT AFP - Sainsbury's has rebranded a fish after shoppers said they were embarrassed to ask for it by name, it said Monday.

Brewers call for National Beer Day (AFP) Posted: 06 Apr 2009 02:25 AM PDT AFP - Campaigners on Monday issued calls for a National Beer Day as part of a plan to save the "great British pub."

Briton held over Bangladesh 'bomb factory' (AFP) Posted: 06 Apr 2009 01:52 AM PDT AFP - Bangladesh security forces have arrested the head of a British charity in connection with a huge cache of weapons and bomb-making equipment uncovered at a religious school last month.

Helicopter crash bodies returned to mainland (AFP) Posted: 06 Apr 2009 12:54 AM PDT AFP - The bodies of eight people who were found in the helicopter which crashed in the North Sea off Scotland were brought back to the mainland Monday.

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