Yahoo! News: World - Britain

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• Support for Afghan war fading: poll (AFP)
• Remember Afghanistan victims alongside WWI: British PM (AFP)
• BA cabin crew to vote on strike: union (AFP)
• British man provides photo for his own wanted poster (Reuters)
• Murdered French students' parents claim against UK (AFP)
• UK foreign secretary: Obama critics miss the point (AP)
• Lock and roll: Presley's hair for sale at auction (AP)
• G-20 finance officials: Too early to end stimulus (AP)
• 2 tickets win UK's largest lottery payout (AP)
• Govt in push for new nuclear plants (AFP)
• Butcher takes biro to meet the queen (AFP)

Support for Afghan war fading: poll (AFP) Posted: 07 Nov 2009 04:24 PM PST AFP - Public support for the war in Afghanistan is falling, while more than 40 percent do not understand why British troops are fighting there, a poll released on Remembrance Sunday showed.

Remember Afghanistan victims alongside WWI: British PM (AFP) Posted: 07 Nov 2009 01:23 PM PST AFP - The fallen soldiers of World War I must not be forgotten as Britain mourns those killed in the current battles in Afghanistan, Prime Minister Gordon Brown said as the country prepared to mark Remembrance Sunday.

BA cabin crew to vote on strike: union (AFP) Posted: 07 Nov 2009 12:29 PM PST AFP - Thousands of British Airways cabin crew are to vote on whether to take industrial action, the Unite trade union said Saturday, in a row over job cuts and new contracts.

British man provides photo for his own wanted poster (Reuters) Posted: 07 Nov 2009 09:34 AM PST Reuters - A British man on the run from police sent a picture of himself to his local paper because he disliked the mugshot they had printed of him as part of a public appeal to track him down.

Murdered French students' parents claim against UK (AFP) Posted: 07 Nov 2009 07:55 AM PST AFP - The parents of two French students brutally killed in London are demanding compensation from the British government for mistakes that could have prevented the murders, their lawyer said on Saturday.

UK foreign secretary: Obama critics miss the point (AP) Posted: 07 Nov 2009 07:41 AM PST AP - British Foreign Secretary David Miliband on Saturday accused critics of U.S. President Barack Obama of foolishly expecting him to fix the world's woes single-handedly.

Lock and roll: Presley's hair for sale at auction (AP) Posted: 07 Nov 2009 05:25 AM PST AP - A British auction house says it's selling a strand of Elvis Presley's hair preserved for decades by a fan.

G-20 finance officials: Too early to end stimulus (AP) Posted: 07 Nov 2009 10:58 AM PST AP - Finance officials from rich and developing countries pledged Saturday to maintain emergency support for their economies until recovery is assured, but failed to reach a clear agreement to bear the cost of fighting climate change.

2 tickets win UK's largest lottery payout (AP) Posted: 07 Nov 2009 02:23 AM PST AP - European lottery officials say two British ticketholders have shared a jackpot of 90 million pounds ($150 million) — the largest lottery prizes ever paid out in the United Kingdom.

Govt in push for new nuclear plants (AFP) Posted: 07 Nov 2009 01:13 AM PST AFP - The country could face a serious energy crisis unless plans to build new nuclear power stations are implemented, the energy secretary revealed in an interview Saturday.

Butcher takes biro to meet the queen (AFP) Posted: 06 Nov 2009 08:56 PM PST AFP - A butcher who received a medal from Queen Elizabeth kept his trusty pen tucked behind his ear throughout the ceremony, newspapers reported Saturday.

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