Yahoo! News: World - Britain

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• AIG sells Asian arm to Prudential for 35 bln dollars: source (AFP)
• Conservatives prepare for 'real fight' in election (AFP)
• UK, Iceland in contact on Icesave, no new meetings (Reuters)
• Cameron: British election will be close contest (AP)
• Hamas to extend detention of British reporter (AFP)
• UK's UFO unit says it will shred ex-X files (AP)
• Labour close the gap in election race: poll (AFP)
• Banking sector faces major makeover (AFP)
• Depressed Blair 'wanted to quit after Iraq war': report (AFP)

AIG sells Asian arm to Prudential for 35 bln dollars: source (AFP) Posted: 28 Feb 2010 06:02 PM PST AFP - US insurance giant AIG has agreed to sell its Asian arm, AIA, to British insurer Prudential for around 35 billion dollars (26 billion euros, 23 billion pounds), a source close to the deal said.

Conservatives prepare for 'real fight' in election (AFP) Posted: 28 Feb 2010 04:15 PM PST AFP - Opposition leader David Cameron on Sunday squared up for a "real fight" with Prime Minister Gordon Brown at the general election as a poll showed his giant lead had evaporated.

UK, Iceland in contact on Icesave, no new meetings (Reuters) Posted: 28 Feb 2010 01:22 PM PST Reuters - Icelandic negotiators may return home on Monday from London if no new meetings are called with British officials over the Icesave debt crisis, Icelandic Radio quoted a finance ministry spokesman as saying.

Cameron: British election will be close contest (AP) Posted: 28 Feb 2010 08:53 AM PST AP - Britain's main opposition leader David Cameron acknowledged Sunday the country's looming national election will likely be a closer contest than predicted, but vowed to oust Prime Minister Gordon Brown and win office.

Hamas to extend detention of British reporter (AFP) Posted: 28 Feb 2010 08:39 AM PST AFP - Gaza's Hamas-run government on Sunday sought to extend the detention of a British journalist, the first foreigner to be arrested by the Islamist group since it seized power in 2007.

UK's UFO unit says it will shred ex-X files (AP) Posted: 28 Feb 2010 06:54 AM PST AP - Britain's defense ministry says it will shred records of UFO sightings after a huge rise in the number of reports submitted by the public.

Labour close the gap in election race: poll (AFP) Posted: 28 Feb 2010 03:17 AM PST AFP - Prime Minister Gordon Brown's governing Labour Party have slashed their opinion poll deficit to just two points, said a survey out Sunday -- the closest the main parties have been in two years.

Banking sector faces major makeover (AFP) Posted: 27 Feb 2010 08:43 PM PST AFP - The retail banking sector is in the midst of a major makeover as lenders post sharply-improved earnings, bosses relinquish bonuses and new players prepare to join a recovering market.

Depressed Blair 'wanted to quit after Iraq war': report (AFP) Posted: 27 Feb 2010 07:05 PM PST AFP - Tony Blair was so depressed after the Iraq war that the then British premier told Gordon Brown he would quit the following summer, only to renege on his pledge, a newspaper reported Sunday.

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