Yahoo! News: World - Britain

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• Hepburn's dress takes nearly $100,000 at auction (AP)
• British researchers: little evidence Tamiflu works (AP)
• Briton held in Guantanamo wins access to secret documents (AFP)
• UK believed Iraqi weapons had been dismantled (AP)
• UK makes online safety lessons for kids compulsory (Reuters)
• Brown admits tweeting son blunder (AFP)
• Lawyers for Guantanamo prisoner to get documents (AP)
• British spy denies Iraq pressure, distances from Blair (AFP)
• FTSE 100 tumbles 1.56% (AFP)
• Moody's warns of 'fiscal crisis' in top-rated nations (AFP)
• Rolls-Royce announces $2 bln engine order (AFP)
• Hoteliers deny abusing Muslim woman over hijab (AFP)
• France denies snubbing Britain on EU farm talks (AFP)
• Manufacturing output flattens: data (AFP)
• House prices rise in November: survey (AFP)
• Govt holds firm on Afghan war despite 100th death (AFP)
• Tesco says 'confidence improving' after sales rise (AFP)

Hepburn's dress takes nearly $100,000 at auction (AP) Posted: 08 Dec 2009 02:09 PM PST AP - The black cocktail dress worn by Audrey Hepburn in "How to Steal a Million" has sold for nearly $100,000 at auction.

British researchers: little evidence Tamiflu works (AP) Posted: 08 Dec 2009 12:17 PM PST AP - British researchers say there is little evidence Tamiflu stops complications in healthy people who catch the flu, though public health officials contend the swine flu drug reduces flu hospitalizations and deaths.

Briton held in Guantanamo wins access to secret documents (AFP) Posted: 08 Dec 2009 11:44 AM PST AFP - London's high court ruled Tuesday that the last British resident in Guantanamo Bay should be allowed to see classified documents that his lawyers believe could help win his freedom.

UK believed Iraqi weapons had been dismantled (AP) Posted: 08 Dec 2009 11:27 AM PST AP - Britain believed Iraq had dismantled its chemical and biological weapons in the run-up to the 2003 invasion but thought it was possible they could be reassembled, the former head of the country's Joint Intelligence Committee said Tuesday.

UK makes online safety lessons for kids compulsory (Reuters) Posted: 08 Dec 2009 10:40 AM PST Reuters - Britain is to make online safety lessons for children over 5 compulsory under a new scheme which aims to echo road safety campaigns of the past.

Brown admits tweeting son blunder (AFP) Posted: 08 Dec 2009 10:22 AM PST AFP - Prime Minister Gordon Brown admitted Tuesday he should oversee the family computer more closely, after his young son posted a string of gobbledegook on his wife's Twitter page.

Lawyers for Guantanamo prisoner to get documents (AP) Posted: 08 Dec 2009 10:05 AM PST AP - The last British resident imprisoned at Guantanamo won the right Tuesday to see documents his lawyers believe will show that he was tortured. The British government immediately announced an appeal.

British spy denies Iraq pressure, distances from Blair (AFP) Posted: 08 Dec 2009 09:27 AM PST AFP - One of Britain's former spy chiefs denied Tuesday that he received political pressure to change a key intelligence briefing paper cited by Tony Blair in the run-up to the 2003 invasion of Iraq.

FTSE 100 tumbles 1.56% (AFP) Posted: 08 Dec 2009 09:18 AM PST AFP - The leading stock exchange tumbled on Tuesday as cautious investors focused on profit-taking ahead of the pre-budget report on Wednesday.

Moody's warns of 'fiscal crisis' in top-rated nations (AFP) Posted: 08 Dec 2009 09:11 AM PST AFP - Ratings agency Moody's warned on Tuesday of a "fiscal crisis" lasting "several years" in Britain, France, Germany and the United States, but saw no immediate threat to their top AAA credit assessments.

Rolls-Royce announces $2 bln engine order (AFP) Posted: 08 Dec 2009 09:05 AM PST AFP - Engine manufacturer Rolls-Royce announced on Tuesday that it had clinched a deal worth two billion dollars to supply engines to United Airlines for its new Airbus fleet.

Hoteliers deny abusing Muslim woman over hijab (AFP) Posted: 08 Dec 2009 08:58 AM PST AFP - A couple went on trial on Tuesday accused of verbally abusing a Muslim woman for wearing the hijab while she was staying at their hotel.

France denies snubbing Britain on EU farm talks (AFP) Posted: 08 Dec 2009 08:32 AM PST AFP - France denied on Tuesday it had snubbed Britain by not inviting its agriculture minister to talks on the future of Europe's farm subsidies, and said it was happy for London to send an "observer" instead.

Manufacturing output flattens: data (AFP) Posted: 08 Dec 2009 03:46 AM PST AFP - Manufacturing output steadied in October from the previous month, but fell sharply on an annual basis, official data showed on Tuesday.

House prices rise in November: survey (AFP) Posted: 08 Dec 2009 03:20 AM PST AFP - House prices have risen for a fifth month, jumping 1.4 percent in November from October, a key survey from home-loans provider Halifax showed on Tuesday.

Govt holds firm on Afghan war despite 100th death (AFP) Posted: 08 Dec 2009 02:49 AM PST AFP - The government insisted on Tuesday that progress is being made in Afghanistan despite the death of its 100th soldier there this year and the war's increasing unpopularity with the public.

Tesco says 'confidence improving' after sales rise (AFP) Posted: 08 Dec 2009 01:46 AM PST AFP - Supermarket giant Tesco said on Tuesday that group sales rose by almost nine percent in its third quarter as consumer confidence improved globally.

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