Yahoo! News: World - Britain

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• Mandatory insurance proposed for UK dogs (AP)
• Ex-spy chief: US misled allies over detainees (AP)
• UK soldier "lobs Taliban grenade back at enemy" (AP)
• Men seized 'days before planned attack in Britain' (AFP)
• N.Ireland backs transfer of key powers despite row (AFP)
• Clinton hails landmark deal in NIreland (AFP)
• Britain's trade deficit widens (AP)
• Britons honored for helping Holocaust victims (AP)
• Britain begins inquiry into Iraq abuse claims (AP)
• N.Ireland MPs back key power transfer deal (AFP)
• UK owners of "weapon dogs" face tough curbs (Reuters)
• Facebook, police under fire after sex offender kills girl (AFP)
• Man who killed lover over Facebook pictures gets life (AFP)
• Soldier tells how he threw back Taliban grenade (Reuters)
• Father remanded over Kent car bombing (AFP)
• Britain heads for inconclusive election: poll (Reuters)
• Trade deficit worsens (AFP)
• Britain brings in Japanese invader to fight weed (Reuters)
• Greek scholar Sir Kenneth Dover dies at 89 (AP)
• Poll of UK election districts shows tight race (AP)

Mandatory insurance proposed for UK dogs (AP) Posted: 09 Mar 2010 02:51 PM PST AP - A chip for Spot? In a country where guns are tightly controlled and even carrying a kitchen knife can bring prison time, some thugs use dogs to menace their victims. Now the British government is proposing that dog owners be forced to get microchips and take out insurance for their pets.

Ex-spy chief: US misled allies over detainees (AP) Posted: 09 Mar 2010 02:28 PM PST AP - United States intelligence agencies misled key allies, including Britain, about its mistreatment of suspected terrorists, the former head of the country's domestic spy agency, MI5, said Tuesday.

UK soldier "lobs Taliban grenade back at enemy" (AP) Posted: 09 Mar 2010 01:42 PM PST AP - A soldier in the British army in Afghanistan has described how he saved the lives of two comrades by picking up a live Taliban grenade and throwing it back toward the enemy.

Men seized 'days before planned attack in Britain' (AFP) Posted: 09 Mar 2010 01:14 PM PST AFP - Five Pakistani men linked to a terror plot similar to the attacks on the London transport system in 2005 were arrested days before they planned to strike, a hearing was told Tuesday.

N.Ireland backs transfer of key powers despite row (AFP) Posted: 09 Mar 2010 12:44 PM PST AFP - Northern Ireland's lawmakers approved Tuesday a landmark deal transferring key powers from London to Belfast, in what British Prime Minister Gordon Brown hailed as the "final end" to decades of conflict.

Clinton hails landmark deal in NIreland (AFP) Posted: 09 Mar 2010 11:41 AM PST AFP - US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Tuesday hailed a landmark deal on transferring police and justice powers from London to Northern Ireland, saying it will help cement the decade-old peace process.

Britain's trade deficit widens (AP) Posted: 09 Mar 2010 11:00 AM PST AP - Britain's trade deficit with the rest of the world widened unexpectedly in January after lower sales of chemicals and other commodities led a drop in exports.

Britons honored for helping Holocaust victims (AP) Posted: 09 Mar 2010 10:04 AM PST AP - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown on Tuesday honored Britons whose extraordinary actions helped save Jews and other Holocaust victims during World War II, calling them a source of national pride.

Britain begins inquiry into Iraq abuse claims (AP) Posted: 09 Mar 2010 09:44 AM PST AP - Britain opened an inquiry Tuesday into claims that its soldiers murdered and abused civilians in southern Iraq in 2004, some of the most serious allegations made against British forces over the war and occupation of the country.

N.Ireland MPs back key power transfer deal (AFP) Posted: 09 Mar 2010 09:04 AM PST AFP - Northern Ireland MPs on Tuesday approved a landmark deal on transferring key policing and justice powers from London to Belfast, despite a stormy debate and opposition from one pro-London party.

UK owners of "weapon dogs" face tough curbs (Reuters) Posted: 09 Mar 2010 07:22 AM PST Reuters - All owners of Britain's five million dogs face compulsory microchipping of their pets and the introduction of mandatory third party insurance under new proposals announced on Tuesday to combat the rise in attacks by dangerous dogs.

Facebook, police under fire after sex offender kills girl (AFP) Posted: 09 Mar 2010 06:59 AM PST AFP - The safety of social networking sites was once again called into question on Tuesday after a convicted sex offender killed a teenage girl he had befriended on Facebook.

Man who killed lover over Facebook pictures gets life (AFP) Posted: 09 Mar 2010 06:54 AM PST AFP - A 25-year-old man was jailed for life on Tuesday for murdering of his ex-girlfriend after seeing photos of her with another man on Facebook.

Soldier tells how he threw back Taliban grenade (Reuters) Posted: 09 Mar 2010 06:22 AM PST Reuters - A soldier serving with the British Army in Afghanistan has told of the moment he threw back a Taliban hand grenade, telling himself: "I've really only got one chance to do this."

Father remanded over Kent car bombing (AFP) Posted: 09 Mar 2010 05:17 AM PST AFP - A man was remanded in custody on Tuesday charged with the attempted murder of his pregnant wife and her eight-year-old son in a car bombing.

Britain heads for inconclusive election: poll (Reuters) Posted: 09 Mar 2010 05:07 AM PST Reuters - No political party has enough support to win outright control of parliament in Britain's forthcoming election, raising the prospect of a period of unstable minority government, opinion polls showed on Tuesday.

Trade deficit worsens (AFP) Posted: 09 Mar 2010 04:46 AM PST AFP - Britain's trade-in-goods deficit widened to 8.0 billion pounds in January, the largest since August 2008, because of slumping exports, official data showed on Tuesday.

Britain brings in Japanese invader to fight weed (Reuters) Posted: 09 Mar 2010 04:34 AM PST Reuters - Britain has approved the introduction of a foreign lice to tackle the spread of Japanese knotweed in the first such use of a non-native insect to control a plant species, the Environment Department said on Tuesday.

Greek scholar Sir Kenneth Dover dies at 89 (AP) Posted: 09 Mar 2010 04:05 AM PST AP - Sir Kenneth Dover, a distinguished historian of Greek culture who gained wider fame by admitting his wish to kill a troublesome colleague, has died at 89.

Poll of UK election districts shows tight race (AP) Posted: 09 Mar 2010 03:43 AM PST AP - Britain's opposition Conservatives will likely fail to win power outright in the country's national election this spring, a poll of 100 key districts indicated Tuesday.

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