Yahoo! News: World - Britain

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• Britain suspends direct flights to Yemen (AP)
• New adoptions in Haiti must stop: British charities (AFP)
• Buffett still opposed to Kraft takeover of Cadbury (AFP)
• British engineers slam home wind turbines as 'eco-bling' (AFP)
• Security timetable tops Afghanistan conference (AP)
• Mother jailed for killing son with heroin jab (AFP)
• Extra jail time for 'Facebook fugitive' (AFP)
• Early queen's remains unearthed in Germany (AFP)
• Unemployment data sparks hopes of recession exit (AFP)
• Six rugby players held over rape claim (AFP)
• Laos drug smuggling Londoner loses appeal (AFP)
• Sick torture exposed as Yorkshire boys face sentence (AFP)
• Jobless claims in biggest drop since April 2007 (AFP)
• Brown vows fight for Cadbury jobs amid fury at deal (AFP)
• UK's Brown confirms suspension of flights from Yemen (Reuters)
• Police rapped over rapist cabbie probe (AFP)
• Boozy British skiers hit slopes worse for wear (Reuters)
• Angry boss radio ad ruled "offensive to Germans" (Reuters)
• UK jobless rate eases to 7.8 pct (AP)

Britain suspends direct flights to Yemen (AP) Posted: 20 Jan 2010 11:27 AM PST AP - Britain's government said Wednesday it would create a new terrorist no-fly list, target specific airline passengers for tougher security checks and suspend some international flights in response to a growing terrorism threat posed by Yemen and Somalia.

New adoptions in Haiti must stop: British charities (AFP) Posted: 20 Jan 2010 10:23 AM PST AFP - All new adoptions of children separated from their families by the catastrophic earthquake in Haiti must be halted immediately, three leading British charities said Wednesday.

Buffett still opposed to Kraft takeover of Cadbury (AFP) Posted: 20 Jan 2010 09:59 AM PST AFP - Billionaire Warren Buffett said Wednesday he remained opposed to the Kraft Foods takeover of Britain's Cadbury, saying it may hurt the value of shares he owns in the US food giant.

British engineers slam home wind turbines as 'eco-bling' (AFP) Posted: 20 Jan 2010 09:42 AM PST AFP - Installing wind turbines and solar panels in people's homes is "eco-bling" that will not help meet Britain's targets on cutting carbon emissions, engineers warned Wednesday.

Security timetable tops Afghanistan conference (AP) Posted: 20 Jan 2010 09:29 AM PST AP - An international conference on Afghanistan next week will aim to set a tentative timetable to switch security duties from foreign troops to local forces, and seek to spur efforts to reconcile Taliban fighters with the government, Britain's ambassador to Kabul said Wednesday.

Mother jailed for killing son with heroin jab (AFP) Posted: 20 Jan 2010 08:54 AM PST AFP - A mother who gave her brain-damaged son a lethal injection of heroin to end his suffering was jailed for life for his murder on Wednesday.

Extra jail time for 'Facebook fugitive' (AFP) Posted: 20 Jan 2010 08:37 AM PST AFP - An on-the-run British convict who tormented police on Facebook for four months before being recaptured was sentenced to extra time behind bars Wednesday for escaping from custody.

Early queen's remains unearthed in Germany (AFP) Posted: 20 Jan 2010 08:34 AM PST AFP - The remains of one of an early queen and member of the English royal family are believed to have been unearthed in Germany, archaeological experts said Wednesday.

Unemployment data sparks hopes of recession exit (AFP) Posted: 20 Jan 2010 08:27 AM PST AFP - Jobless claims fell in December at the fastest pace for two and a half years, data showed Wednesday, fuelling hopes that the economy emerged from a record recession in the fourth quarter of 2009.

Six rugby players held over rape claim (AFP) Posted: 20 Jan 2010 08:02 AM PST AFP - Six Huddersfield Giants players have been arrested on suspicion of the rape of a young woman, police and the rugby league team said on Wednesday.

Laos drug smuggling Londoner loses appeal (AFP) Posted: 20 Jan 2010 07:43 AM PST AFP - A London woman who was jailed in Laos for drug trafficking and transferred home to finish her sentence lost an appeal against her continued detention on Wednesday.

Sick torture exposed as Yorkshire boys face sentence (AFP) Posted: 20 Jan 2010 07:35 AM PST AFP - Two young boys were pelted with bricks, stabbed, strangled and burned with lit cigarettes during a savage attack by two brothers in Yorkshire last year, Sheffield Crown Court heard on Wednesday.

Jobless claims in biggest drop since April 2007 (AFP) Posted: 20 Jan 2010 07:24 AM PST AFP - Unemployment claims fell again in December at the fastest pace for two and a half years, data showed on Wednesday, fuelling hope the economy emerged from recession in the fourth quarter of 2009.

Brown vows fight for Cadbury jobs amid fury at deal (AFP) Posted: 20 Jan 2010 06:41 AM PST AFP - Prime Minister Gordon Brown on Wednesday pledged to "do everything we can" to secure jobs at at Cadbury a day after the chocolate giant accepted a takeover bid from US giant Kraft Foods.

UK's Brown confirms suspension of flights from Yemen (Reuters) Posted: 20 Jan 2010 05:06 AM PST Reuters - Britain has suspended direct flights from Yemen until security is improved, Prime Minister Gordon Brown confirmed on Wednesday.

Police rapped over rapist cabbie probe (AFP) Posted: 20 Jan 2010 04:57 AM PST AFP - Five police officers have been disciplined for "serious errors of judgement" during an investigation into a London taxi driver who raped one woman and sexually assaulted multiple others.

Boozy British skiers hit slopes worse for wear (Reuters) Posted: 20 Jan 2010 03:39 AM PST Reuters - More than half a million British skiers and snowboarders will hit the slopes this year impaired by alcohol, according to a survey.

Angry boss radio ad ruled "offensive to Germans" (Reuters) Posted: 20 Jan 2010 03:10 AM PST Reuters - Britain's advertising watchdog has banned a radio ad featuring a man speaking loudly in German and which asked: "Is your boss a bit of a tyrant?"

UK jobless rate eases to 7.8 pct (AP) Posted: 20 Jan 2010 02:52 AM PST AP - Unemployment in the United Kingdom fell to 7.8 percent in the three months ending in November, down from 7.9 percent in the quarter through October as more people got part-time work — but full-time employment fell in a sign of continued economic weakness.

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