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UK's new Catholic leader opposes changing sex ads (AFP) Posted: 09 Apr 2009 04:07 PM PDT AFP - Archbishop Vincent Nichols, who will take over as the head of the Catholic Church of England and Wales next month, warned Friday against relaxing rules on broadcasting abortion and condom adverts.

UK's top anti-terror officer resigns after blunder (AP) Posted: 09 Apr 2009 04:05 PM PDT AP - Britain's top counter-terrorist police officer resigned Thursday after he was photographed carrying clearly visible secret documents about an operation against an alleged al-Qaida plot by Pakistani nationals to launch an attack in Britain.

Britain swoops on 'major terrorist plot': PM (AFP) Posted: 09 Apr 2009 03:42 PM PDT AFP - British police moved to stop a "major terrorist plot" by arresting 12 mostly Pakistani suspects linked to Al-Qaeda across northwest England, Prime Minister Gordon Brown said Thursday.

UK's top anti-terrorism officer quits over blunder (Reuters) Posted: 09 Apr 2009 10:01 AM PDT Reuters - Britain's top counter-terrorism officer quit on Thursday after his security blunder forced police to bring forward a major operation to thwart a suspected al Qaeda plot involving Pakistani nationals.

Barclays sells iShares to CVC for $4.4 billion (AP) Posted: 09 Apr 2009 09:38 AM PDT AP - Barclays PLC said Thursday that it has agreed to sell its U.S.-based asset management business iShares to European private equity firm CVC Capital Partners Group, booking a net gain of $2.2 billion from the sale.

11 suspects in British anti-terror raids Pakistani (AFP) Posted: 09 Apr 2009 07:34 AM PDT AFP - Eleven out of 12 suspects arrested in a major anti-terror operation in Britain are Pakistani nationals, the head of Greater Manchester Police said Thursday.

Bakery uses its loaf and turns to Twitter (AFP) Posted: 09 Apr 2009 07:10 AM PDT AFP - A London bakery has started using the Internet messaging system Twitter to inform customers when the latest batches of bread hit the shelves.

Barclays sells iShares to CVC for £3 billion (AFP) Posted: 09 Apr 2009 06:51 AM PDT AFP - Barclays said Thursday it had sold its asset management business iShares to private equity group CVC Capital Partners for 4.4 billion dollars (3.0 billion pounds) to bolster its finances.

Bank of England keeps rates steady (AP) Posted: 09 Apr 2009 06:11 AM PDT AP - The Bank of England kept official interest rates on hold on Thursday, closing a series of cut in recent months that have brought rates to a record low of 0.5 percent, saying it would instead continue with its asset-buying program to boost the money supply.

BoE holds rates at 0.5 percent (Reuters) Posted: 09 Apr 2009 04:24 AM PDT Reuters - The Bank of England left interest rates unchanged at a record low of 0.5 percent on Thursday, and said it would take another two months to complete its 75 billion pound quantitative easing program.

Producer prices in weakest annual gain since 2007 (AFP) Posted: 09 Apr 2009 03:14 AM PDT AFP - The cost of goods leaving factories rose in March at the slowest annual rate since 2007 after a record drop in petroleum prices, official data showed Thursday.

Police arrest 12 in England anti-terror raids (AP) Posted: 09 Apr 2009 03:01 AM PDT AP - British police arrested 12 men Wednesday in a series of anti-terrorist raids involving hundreds of officers across northwest England.

British police chief quits over terror blunder (AFP) Posted: 09 Apr 2009 01:24 AM PDT AFP - Britain's top anti-terror police chief has tendered his resignation following a security blunder, London Mayor Boris Johnson said Thursday.

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