Yahoo! News: World - Britain

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• Manager denies Russell Crowe British pub ban (AP)
• Britain's historic criminal trials go online (AFP)
• Cameron: strong case for more troops to Afghan (AP)
• Matthew wins Women's British Open golf title (AFP)
• Report: UK military worried some soldiers too fat (AP)
• Guardian group mulls closure of Observer newspaper (AFP)
• Catholic leader warns against social network sites (AFP)
• Wildfires ravage Canada's British Columbia (AFP)
• Chicken tikka masala claims its origins in Scotland (AFP)
• Afghan mission falls short of expectations: lawmakers (AFP)

Manager denies Russell Crowe British pub ban (AP) Posted: 02 Aug 2009 05:15 PM PDT AP - Russell Crowe's manager on Monday denied a newspaper report that the Oscar-winning Australian actor had been banned from a British pub near the set of his new film "Robin Hood."

Britain's historic criminal trials go online (AFP) Posted: 02 Aug 2009 04:07 PM PDT AFP - Criminal trials in England dating back to the 18th century, including the infamous "Jack the Ripper" suspect, are to go online for the first time Monday, a British website said.

Cameron: strong case for more troops to Afghan (AP) Posted: 02 Aug 2009 02:04 PM PDT AP - There is a very strong case for sending more U.K. soldiers to Afghanistan, British opposition leader David Cameron said in an interview broadcast Sunday.

Matthew wins Women's British Open golf title (AFP) Posted: 02 Aug 2009 09:30 AM PDT AFP - Catriona Matthew birdied three successive holes in a final round of 73 on Sunday to win the Women's British Open by three shots and become the first Scot to capture a major.

Report: UK military worried some soldiers too fat (AP) Posted: 02 Aug 2009 08:52 AM PDT AP - British soldiers are getting so fat it's putting lives at risk, according to a leaked memo from the army's physical training corps published in a Sunday newspaper.

Guardian group mulls closure of Observer newspaper (AFP) Posted: 02 Aug 2009 05:19 AM PDT AFP - Loss-making Guardian Media Group could close its weekly newspaper The Observer in a drastic cost-cutting drive, the Sunday Times reported here citing sources at the rival paper.

Catholic leader warns against social network sites (AFP) Posted: 02 Aug 2009 04:44 AM PDT AFP - The head of the Roman Catholic Church in Britain warned Sunday that social networking websites like Facebook and MySpace lured teenagers into "transient" relationships that could leave them suicidal.

Wildfires ravage Canada's British Columbia (AFP) Posted: 01 Aug 2009 09:28 PM PDT AFP - Thousands of residents in British Columbia were ordered to leave their homes as more than 500 fires raged out of control in the state, fueled by dry forests and record-high temperatures.

Chicken tikka masala claims its origins in Scotland (AFP) Posted: 01 Aug 2009 09:25 PM PDT AFP - Scotland is known around the world for bagpipes, Scotch whisky, haggis and tartan kilts. But now it is trying to protect a less obviously Scottish treasure: chicken tikka masala.

Afghan mission falls short of expectations: lawmakers (AFP) Posted: 01 Aug 2009 07:16 PM PDT AFP - The international military mission in Afghanistan has delivered "much less than it promised" due to the lack of a realistic strategy, an influential committee of British lawmakers said Sunday.

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