Yahoo! News: World - Britain

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• Designer keeps it curvy on the London catwalk (AP)
• In London, PPQ proposes short shorts for winter (AP)
• Blair in Nigeria to urge fight against malaria (AFP)
• Brown launches pre-election 'Operation Fightback' (AFP)
• Iran: VOA, BBC arms of US, British spy agencies (AP)
• Blair: Israel-Palestinian peace talks to resume (AP)
• UK human rights watchdog demands torture probe (AP)
• Britain's Brown says cuts debate key to election (AP)
• Ex-ambassador, FT lament Falklands flare-up (AFP)

Designer keeps it curvy on the London catwalk (AP) Posted: 20 Feb 2010 04:00 PM PST AP - Usually the domain of the waifishly thin, London's catwalk got a dose of realism when knitwear designer Mark Fast deployed several plus-size models to fill his skintight creations Saturday.

In London, PPQ proposes short shorts for winter (AP) Posted: 20 Feb 2010 03:10 PM PST AP - The design team PPQ has decided there are only two colors for next fall and winter — black and gold — and the shortest of short shorts is exactly what women need to fend off the winter chill.

Blair in Nigeria to urge fight against malaria (AFP) Posted: 20 Feb 2010 12:02 PM PST AFP - Former British prime minister Tony Blair on Saturday called for concerted efforts to combat malaria in Nigeria which accounts for a quarter of the one million malaria deaths annually in Africa.

Brown launches pre-election 'Operation Fightback' (AFP) Posted: 20 Feb 2010 11:58 AM PST AFP - Struggling Prime Minister Gordon Brown launched "Operation Fightback" Saturday weeks before a general election, saying while he was "not perfect", voters should think twice before ousting him.

Iran: VOA, BBC arms of US, British spy agencies (AP) Posted: 20 Feb 2010 11:11 AM PST AP - Iran's police chief on Saturday accused the Voice of America and the BBC of being the arms of U.S. and British intelligence agencies, and warned of severe repercussions for journalists and activists caught having contacts with them, state media reported.

Blair: Israel-Palestinian peace talks to resume (AP) Posted: 20 Feb 2010 09:04 AM PST AP - Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair said Saturday that he hoped peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians will resume in the coming weeks after negotiations stalled over Jewish settlements on occupied lands.

UK human rights watchdog demands torture probe (AP) Posted: 20 Feb 2010 07:25 AM PST AP - Britain's justice secretary should conduct an urgent independent investigation into allegations that the country's secret service was complicit in the torture of Britons held abroad, the government's human rights watchdog said Saturday.

Britain's Brown says cuts debate key to election (AP) Posted: 20 Feb 2010 02:23 AM PST AP - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown says the country's upcoming election will focus on whether immediate cuts to public spending are necessary to rein in the national deficit.

Ex-ambassador, FT lament Falklands flare-up (AFP) Posted: 19 Feb 2010 10:42 PM PST AFP - The Financial Times lamented the stand-off between London and Buenos Aires over oil exploration around the Falkland Islands, in an editorial Saturday.

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