Yahoo! News: World - Britain

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• Argentina rules out military action in Falklands (AP)
• UK police seek evidence from Guantanamo detainee (AP)
• PM confident talks can resolve Falklands dispute (AFP)
• Over-the-limit US pilot avoids jail in Britain (AFP)
• FTSE ends higher despite Fed rate hike (AFP)
• Underwear bomber's London mosque under pressure (The Christian Science Monitor)
• Battling British PM backed by economists (AFP)
• Britons whose identity stolen to get new passports (Reuters)
• Drunk U.S. pilot gets suspended sentence in London (Reuters)
• Oil fuels Falklands war of words, 28 years on (AFP)
• Saudi prince in court over London murder (AFP)
• Saudi prince accused of murder appears in UK court (AP)
• Veterans kick off London fashion with eye on buyers (Reuters)
• Mining giant Anglo American sees profits halve (AFP)
• Retail sales slump 1.8% in January: data (AFP)
• Union loses legal battle with BA (AP)
• Suspected armed robber flees trial (AFP)
• Tories boycott 'political ploy' care talks (AFP)
• Anglo American full-year profit down 54 pct (AP)
• Coe defends Vancouver after criticism (AFP)

Argentina rules out military action in Falklands (AP) Posted: 19 Feb 2010 01:42 PM PST AP - Argentina has ruled out military action to reassert its sovereignty claims over the Falkland Islands, but insists on negotiations with Britain over oil exploration in what Argentina considers to be its territorial waters, a top diplomat said Friday.

UK police seek evidence from Guantanamo detainee (AP) Posted: 19 Feb 2010 12:20 PM PST AP - British police investigating allegations that the country's spies colluded in torture are seeking evidence from a Guantanamo Bay detainee who alleges he had his head beaten against a wall while a U.K. intelligence officer looked on, lawyers told a court Friday.

PM confident talks can resolve Falklands dispute (AFP) Posted: 19 Feb 2010 12:04 PM PST AFP - Prime Minister Gordon Brown said Friday he was "confident" diplomacy could resolve a standoff with Argentina on the Falklands, as islanders voiced disappointment at tensions over oil drilling.

Over-the-limit US pilot avoids jail in Britain (AFP) Posted: 19 Feb 2010 11:10 AM PST AFP - A US pilot who turned up to fly from London's Heathrow airport while over the legal alcohol limit avoided jail Friday, when he was given a 10-month suspended sentence.

FTSE ends higher despite Fed rate hike (AFP) Posted: 19 Feb 2010 09:29 AM PST AFP - Leading shares in London closed higher on Friday despite dipping into negative territory following a US Federal Reserve decision to hike in the interest rate it charges banks for emergency loans.

Underwear bomber's London mosque under pressure (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 19 Feb 2010 09:22 AM PST The Christian Science Monitor - It's Friday evening at the East London Mosque, off Whitechapel Road. London's terror threat level is "severe." Tony Blair is defending the Iraq invasion. As one Pakistani adherent in the mosque says quietly, "it is not an easy time to be a Muslim in London."

Battling British PM backed by economists (AFP) Posted: 19 Feb 2010 09:18 AM PST AFP - Prime Minister Gordon Brown warned against risking Britain's fragile economic recovery Friday, stressing growth before deficit cuts, as top economists backed his plans ahead of a general election.

Britons whose identity stolen to get new passports (Reuters) Posted: 19 Feb 2010 08:51 AM PST Reuters - Britain has offered new passports to six citizens whose identities were used by suspects in a Dubai assassination, hoping to save the Britons from inadvertent arrest under an Interpol alert, an official said on Friday.

Drunk U.S. pilot gets suspended sentence in London (Reuters) Posted: 19 Feb 2010 08:43 AM PST Reuters - A United Airlines pilot who turned up at London's Heathrow Airport to fly the Atlantic while three times over the alcohol limit was given a 10-month suspended jail sentence on Friday.

Oil fuels Falklands war of words, 28 years on (AFP) Posted: 19 Feb 2010 07:53 AM PST AFP - Twenty-eight years after they waged a bloody conflict on the Falklands, Britain and Argentina are locked in a war of words over the remote South Atlantic islands -- this time fueled further by oil.

Saudi prince in court over London murder (AFP) Posted: 19 Feb 2010 07:34 AM PST AFP - A Saudi prince appeared in court Friday charged with murdering a compatriot, said to be an aide, who was found strangled in a top London hotel this week.

Saudi prince accused of murder appears in UK court (AP) Posted: 19 Feb 2010 06:25 AM PST AP - A Saudi Arabian prince has appeared in a British court charged with murdering his assistant in a luxury London hotel room.

Veterans kick off London fashion with eye on buyers (Reuters) Posted: 19 Feb 2010 06:16 AM PST Reuters - Two of London's veteran designers kicked off a week of fashion on Friday with an eye on the industry's still-wary buyers, offering a twist on classic tweeds but also a taste of glamour with rich brocades and gold lame.

Mining giant Anglo American sees profits halve (AFP) Posted: 19 Feb 2010 04:59 AM PST AFP - Anglo American's net profit more than halved to 2.4 billion dollars (1.8 billion euros) in 2009 as last year's economic downturn slashed the prices of metals, the mining giant announced on Friday.

Retail sales slump 1.8% in January: data (AFP) Posted: 19 Feb 2010 04:18 AM PST AFP - Retail sales dived 1.8 percent in January from December as heavy snowfall and icy roads kept consumers away from shops, official data showed on Friday.

Union loses legal battle with BA (AP) Posted: 19 Feb 2010 04:15 AM PST AP - British Airways cabin crew have lost a legal battle to overturn changes to pay and working conditions that sparked an acrimonious dispute between workers and management, culminating in a narrowly averted Christmas strike at the airline.

Suspected armed robber flees trial (AFP) Posted: 19 Feb 2010 02:44 AM PST AFP - A suspected armed robber accused of taking part in a 1.75 million pounds airport heist is on the run Friday after fleeing his trial at the Royal Courts of Justice.

Tories boycott 'political ploy' care talks (AFP) Posted: 19 Feb 2010 02:36 AM PST AFP - The opposition Conservative Party said they will not attend a cross-party meeting on the future of social care due to take place Friday, calling the talks a Labour Party "political ploy."

Anglo American full-year profit down 54 pct (AP) Posted: 19 Feb 2010 12:06 AM PST AP - Mining company Anglo American PLC on Friday reported that full-year profits fell 54 percent as the global economic downturn hit sales of coal, iron ore and other metals.

Coe defends Vancouver after criticism (AFP) Posted: 18 Feb 2010 09:48 PM PST AFP - Sebastian Coe, chief of the London 2012 Summer Games, went into bat for the under-fire Vancouver Winter Olympics which have been heavily criticised in the British press.

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