Yahoo! News: World - Britain

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• No Russian jets violated British airspace: Moscow (AFP)
• Canada teachers fund buys British lotto operator Camelot (AFP)
• Railway workers to strike in April: unions (AFP)
• Russian ex spy buys Britain's Independent newspapers (AFP)
• Church issues prayers for confused UK voters (Reuters)
• London's Kensington Palace gets moody makeover (AP)
• Saudi royal to face London murder trial in October (AFP)
• Pop-up museum offers flash of English eccentricity (Reuters)
• UK budget draws election battle lines (AP)
• British parties imitate Obama in e-election (Reuters)
• UK Conservatives lag in seats they must win (Reuters)
• British "stiff upper lip" a thing of the past (Reuters)
• Suffocation fears prompt UK baby sling recall (AFP)
• Pakistan arrests 2 over British boy's kidnapping (AFP)
• Pakistan holds 2 suspects in British boy abduction (AP)
• New probe into death of Shirley Bassey's daughter (AFP)
• Retail sales soar in February (AFP)
• Railway jobs at risk as Jarvis faces administration (AFP)
• UK retail sales up 1.9 pct on month in February (AP)

No Russian jets violated British airspace: Moscow (AFP) Posted: 25 Mar 2010 06:09 PM PDT AFP - Russia's airforce spokesman on Thursday denied London's report of two Russian bombers violating British airspace this month, RIA Novosti news agency reported.

Canada teachers fund buys British lotto operator Camelot (AFP) Posted: 25 Mar 2010 04:57 PM PDT AFP - Canadian pension fund, Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan, is to buy British firm Camelot which runs the country's National Lottery for around 389 million pounds, both groups said Thursday.

Railway workers to strike in April: unions (AFP) Posted: 25 Mar 2010 11:32 AM PDT AFP - Thousands of workers on British railways will strike over four days next month after the Easter holidays in a row over job security and working practices, union bosses announced on Thursday.

Russian ex spy buys Britain's Independent newspapers (AFP) Posted: 25 Mar 2010 11:10 AM PDT AFP - Russian tycoon Alexander Lebedev bought Britain's struggling Independent and Independent on Sunday newspapers for a token sum Thursday, a year after acquiring another top British title cheaply.

Church issues prayers for confused UK voters (Reuters) Posted: 25 Mar 2010 09:18 AM PDT Reuters - The Church of England has published prayers to help confused and cynical voters ahead of Britain's upcoming election.

London's Kensington Palace gets moody makeover (AP) Posted: 25 Mar 2010 08:52 AM PDT AP - Princess Diana's former home, Kensington Palace, will be rebranded "The Enchanted Palace" Friday to lure tourists from other popular London sights, like Madame Tussauds waxworks and the Tower of London, where the Crown Jewels are displayed (behind very thick glass).

Saudi royal to face London murder trial in October (AFP) Posted: 25 Mar 2010 08:40 AM PDT AFP - A Saudi royal is to stand trial for murder in October after a judge at London's central criminal court refused him bail Thursday.

Pop-up museum offers flash of English eccentricity (Reuters) Posted: 25 Mar 2010 08:27 AM PDT Reuters - When you first arrive at the house on Gellatly Road it appears to be an ordinary Victorian home...until the lady with the wig answers the door.

UK budget draws election battle lines (AP) Posted: 25 Mar 2010 07:46 AM PDT AP - The main opposition Conservative Party attacked the "empty" budget of Prime Minister Gordon Brown's ruling Labour Party on Thursday, drawing up the battle lines for a looming national election around the weak British economy.

British parties imitate Obama in e-election (Reuters) Posted: 25 Mar 2010 07:20 AM PDT Reuters - U.S. President Barack Obama's use of the Web on his way to the White House in 2008 has inspired British political parties to ramp up their digital campaigns for a general election expected in May.

UK Conservatives lag in seats they must win (Reuters) Posted: 25 Mar 2010 06:29 AM PDT Reuters - Britain's opposition Conservatives still lag Labour in crucial marginal constituencies they must win to secure a clearcut election victory, according to a poll commissioned by Reuters.

British "stiff upper lip" a thing of the past (Reuters) Posted: 25 Mar 2010 05:28 AM PDT Reuters - The famous British "stiff upper lip" has become a thing of the past, according to a survey on Thursday which found Britons are no longer embarrassed to shed a tear or be affectionate in public.

Suffocation fears prompt UK baby sling recall (AFP) Posted: 25 Mar 2010 05:24 AM PDT AFP - More than 10,000 Infantino baby slings have been recalled across the UK after warnings the fabric carrier could be linked to the deaths of at least three babies in the United States.

Pakistan arrests 2 over British boy's kidnapping (AFP) Posted: 25 Mar 2010 05:20 AM PDT AFP - Pakistani police said on Thursday they had arrested two of the men who kidnapped a five-year-old British boy for 12 days this month, and paraded the hooded and shackled suspects before the media.

Pakistan holds 2 suspects in British boy abduction (AP) Posted: 25 Mar 2010 05:14 AM PDT AP - Pakistan has detained two suspects in the kidnapping of a 5-year-old British boy that has drawn investigators from four countries, police said Thursday.

New probe into death of Shirley Bassey's daughter (AFP) Posted: 25 Mar 2010 04:29 AM PDT AFP - Police have re-opened an investigation into the death 25 years ago of the daughter of Welsh diva and 007 movie songstress Shirley Bassey.

Retail sales soar in February (AFP) Posted: 25 Mar 2010 04:15 AM PDT AFP - Retail sales soared 2.1 percent in February, rebounding after a sharper-than-expected slump in January, official data showed on Thursday.

Railway jobs at risk as Jarvis faces administration (AFP) Posted: 25 Mar 2010 04:09 AM PDT AFP - Railway maintenance group Jarvis on Thursday said it had collapsed into administration after a large drop in business, putting more than 2,000 jobs at risk.

UK retail sales up 1.9 pct on month in February (AP) Posted: 25 Mar 2010 02:53 AM PDT AP - Retail sales in Britain rose 1.9 percent in February from January, leaving them 5 percent higher than a year earlier, the Office for National Statistics said Thursday.

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