Yahoo! News: World - Britain

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• Thousands march in Scotland over whisky plant closure (AFP)
• Roberts wins second Senior British Open (AFP)
• Dovizioso wins British MotoGP (AFP)
• British economists send apology to queen (AP)
• UK plans memorial to World War I veterans (AP)
• Dozens rescued after sea plunge on British coast (AP)
• PM wants 'discipline' (AFP)
• Queen Elizabeth told crisis sprung from 'denial' (AFP)
• British bush survivor rows with dad over TV cash (AFP)
• Farewell to Fleet Street (AFP)
• Iraq to send students to colleges in US, abroad (AP)

Thousands march in Scotland over whisky plant closure (AFP) Posted: 26 Jul 2009 03:27 PM PDT AFP - Thousands of people took to the streets of a Scottish town Sunday to protest against the planned closure of a whisky plant with the loss of some 700 jobs, organisers said.

Roberts wins second Senior British Open (AFP) Posted: 26 Jul 2009 12:39 PM PDT AFP - America's Loren Roberts won his second Senior British Open on Sunday when he edged Mark McNulty and Fred Funk in a play-off at Sunningdale.

Dovizioso wins British MotoGP (AFP) Posted: 26 Jul 2009 08:58 AM PDT AFP - Italian rider Andrea Dovizioso won the British MotoGP here on Sunday on its farewell appearance at the track.

British economists send apology to queen (AP) Posted: 26 Jul 2009 06:31 AM PDT AP - Sorry Ma'am — we just didn't see it coming.

UK plans memorial to World War I veterans (AP) Posted: 26 Jul 2009 06:22 AM PDT AP - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown's office says a national memorial service will take place to honor those who fought in World War I.

Dozens rescued after sea plunge on British coast (AP) Posted: 26 Jul 2009 06:08 AM PDT AP - Lifeguards say a dramatic rescue operation saved dozens of children after a sandbank collapsed and plunged 40 people into freezing waters in Wales.

PM wants 'discipline' (AFP) Posted: 25 Jul 2009 09:23 PM PDT AFP - Prime Minister Gordon Brown urged the Labour Party to show some "discipline" after a punishing by-election defeat caused alarm in the ranks, in an interview published Sunday.

Queen Elizabeth told crisis sprung from 'denial' (AFP) Posted: 25 Jul 2009 09:08 PM PDT AFP - Eminent economists have told Queen Elizabeth II that the global financial downturn was brought about by a "psychology of denial" among the financial and political elite, a report said Sunday.

British bush survivor rows with dad over TV cash (AFP) Posted: 25 Jul 2009 09:02 PM PDT AFP - The father of a British teenager who survived 12 nights in the Australian bush is locked in a feud with his son over the money made from television appearances, he told The Mail on Sunday newspaper.

Farewell to Fleet Street (AFP) Posted: 25 Jul 2009 06:40 PM PDT AFP - Fleet Street, the London thoroughfare synonymous with 300 years of journalism in Britain, bids farewell to its last international newsroom on Sunday, when Agence France-Presse moves office.

Iraq to send students to colleges in US, abroad (AP) Posted: 25 Jul 2009 06:22 PM PDT AP - Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki said Saturday his country plans to send up to 10,000 Iraqi students per year to colleges in the United States, United Kingdom, Canada and Australia over the next five years as a part of a new scholarship program.

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