Yahoo! News: World - Britain

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• Blair defends Iraq war, even without WMD (AFP)
• Saddam ouster right, even without WMDs: Blair (Reuters)
• UK court issues injunction in Woods case (AP)
• Govt wants labelling change on Israeli settlement goods (AFP)
• FTSE 100 ends higher (AFP)
• Portugal trial of officer in McCann case postponed (AFP)
• It's the thought that counts -- even in January (Reuters)
• Cameron's 'Avatar' premieres in London to cheers (AP)
• Drivers drop hangups over mobile phone fines: study (AFP)
• Quentin Davies denies bell-tower expense claim (AFP)

Blair defends Iraq war, even without WMD (AFP) Posted: 11 Dec 2009 04:38 PM PST AFP - Britain would have backed the invasion of Iraq even if it had been known that Saddam Hussein had no weapons of mass destruction (WMDs), former premier Tony Blair said Saturday.

Saddam ouster right, even without WMDs: Blair (Reuters) Posted: 11 Dec 2009 03:48 PM PST Reuters - Former British prime minister Tony Blair believes it was right to oust Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein from power even though no weapons of mass destruction were ever found.

UK court issues injunction in Woods case (AP) Posted: 11 Dec 2009 03:11 PM PST AP - A British judge has barred journalists in the country from publishing some material about golfer Tiger Woods.

Govt wants labelling change on Israeli settlement goods (AFP) Posted: 11 Dec 2009 09:59 AM PST AFP - The government has changed its advice to retailers and importers on the labelling of products from the West Bank to clarify if they were made in Israeli settlements.

FTSE 100 ends higher (AFP) Posted: 11 Dec 2009 09:49 AM PST AFP - The benchmark FTSE 100 index crept up for the second successive day on Friday as investors shrugged off Greece's debt woes, traders said.

Portugal trial of officer in McCann case postponed (AFP) Posted: 11 Dec 2009 06:34 AM PST AFP - A libel trial against a policeman in Portugal who claimed missing British girl Madeleine McCann was dead and that her parents could have hidden the corpse opened on Friday but was immediately postponed.

It's the thought that counts -- even in January (Reuters) Posted: 11 Dec 2009 05:27 AM PST Reuters - Large numbers of cash-strapped British shoppers are thinking of putting off buying their Christmas presents until January when the sales kick in, according to a survey on Friday.

Cameron's 'Avatar' premieres in London to cheers (AP) Posted: 11 Dec 2009 05:11 AM PST AP - A delighted audience clapped and cheered as the lights came on after the world premiere of James Cameron's sci-fi extravaganza "Avatar" in London on Thursday.

Drivers drop hangups over mobile phone fines: study (AFP) Posted: 11 Dec 2009 04:02 AM PST AFP - More drivers are using hand-held mobile phones than before tougher penalties were brought in two years ago, a survey suggested on Friday.

Quentin Davies denies bell-tower expense claim (AFP) Posted: 11 Dec 2009 01:07 AM PST AFP - Defence minister Quentin Davies has denied he claimed thousands of pounds of taxpayers' money to fix a bell tower on his home, as a political expenses scandal flared up again.

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