Yahoo! News: World - Britain

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• Coca-Cola takes majority stake in Innocent smoothies (AFP)
• Summary Box: Coca-Cola gulps British drink maker (AP)
• British oil worker killed in Ethiopia (AFP)
• UK ambassador to Washington in 1970s has died (AP)
• Buy-out saves Reader's Digest UK (AFP)
• British geologist shot dead in Ethiopia (Reuters)
• German corpse was still alive at airport, wife says (Reuters)
• British doctors use inert gas to save baby (AP)
• Researching family tree is risky for relations (Reuters)
• Immigrant found guilty of conning baroness (AFP)
• UK guides to trade union history go on "strike" (Reuters)
• Labour poll hopeful sacked over abusive tweets (AFP)
• Tweet this: You're fired, Brown tells candidate (AP)
• Facebook joins drive to get UK voters to polls (Reuters)
• UK police: Airport wheelchair man dead 12 hours (AP)
• Cameron vows pay cap for public sector chiefs (AFP)
• Rio Tinto supports end to annual ore pricing (AP)
• UK Conservatives take aim at "outrageous" high pay (Reuters)
• Producer prices surge in March (AFP)
• Aviva to re-enter general insurance sector in Asia (AFP)

Coca-Cola takes majority stake in Innocent smoothies (AFP) Posted: 09 Apr 2010 03:04 PM PDT AFP - US soft drinks giant Coca-Cola has taken a majority stake in fast-expanding smoothie maker Innocent Drinks, but its founders said Friday that operational control will stay in their hands.

Summary Box: Coca-Cola gulps British drink maker (AP) Posted: 09 Apr 2010 01:27 PM PDT AP - THE STAKE: Coca-Cola Co. will increase its stake in Innocent Drinks from 18 percent to 58 percent, giving it a majority ownership of the British fruit and smoothie drinks maker.

British oil worker killed in Ethiopia (AFP) Posted: 09 Apr 2010 12:12 PM PDT AFP - Bandits killed a British oil worker and two Ethiopian soldiers in the remote southeastern Ogaden region of the Horn of Africa nation, officials said on Friday.

UK ambassador to Washington in 1970s has died (AP) Posted: 09 Apr 2010 12:06 PM PDT AP - Peter Ramsbotham, who served as Britain's ambassador to Washington during the Watergate era, died Friday, his family said. He was 90.

Buy-out saves Reader's Digest UK (AFP) Posted: 09 Apr 2010 10:56 AM PDT AFP - A management buy-out backed by an investment company has saved the British division of Reader's Digest from administration, the deal's organisers said Friday.

British geologist shot dead in Ethiopia (Reuters) Posted: 09 Apr 2010 10:44 AM PDT Reuters - Gunmen in Ethiopia have killed a British geologist working for state-run Malaysian energy firm Petronas and two soldiers protecting him, an Ethiopian government spokesman said on Friday.

German corpse was still alive at airport, wife says (Reuters) Posted: 09 Apr 2010 09:12 AM PDT Reuters - A German woman arrested on suspicion of trying to smuggle a corpse onto a plane says her husband was still alive when they reached Liverpool airport.

British doctors use inert gas to save baby (AP) Posted: 09 Apr 2010 08:40 AM PDT AP - British doctors say they have used an inert gas to prevent brain injury in a baby boy who was born in critical condition.

Researching family tree is risky for relations (Reuters) Posted: 09 Apr 2010 08:09 AM PDT Reuters - Researching the family tree may seem an innocuous exercise in understanding your history, until you discover Uncle Albert is really your father.

Immigrant found guilty of conning baroness (AFP) Posted: 09 Apr 2010 07:56 AM PDT AFP - An illegal immigrant was found guilty of fraud Friday for conning a top legal officer into hiring her as a cleaner, in a case which triggered a political storm last year.

UK guides to trade union history go on "strike" (Reuters) Posted: 09 Apr 2010 07:02 AM PDT Reuters - British tour guides who introduce visitors to the tale of the 19th century farmworkers who inspired the trade union movement have gone on "strike."

Labour poll hopeful sacked over abusive tweets (AFP) Posted: 09 Apr 2010 06:17 AM PDT AFP - A Labour politician who branded elderly voters "coffin dodgers" and attacked rivals in foul-mouthed rants on Twitter was banned Friday from standing in next month's election, officials said.

Tweet this: You're fired, Brown tells candidate (AP) Posted: 09 Apr 2010 05:53 AM PDT AP - Britain's governing Labour Party fired a candidate in the national election Friday after he made offensive and profane comments about his political foes on his Twitter account.

Facebook joins drive to get UK voters to polls (Reuters) Posted: 09 Apr 2010 05:34 AM PDT Reuters - British election officials will for the first time use Facebook to encourage more people to register to vote on May 6 after turnout fell to historic lows in the last two ballots, a watchdog said on Friday.

UK police: Airport wheelchair man dead 12 hours (AP) Posted: 09 Apr 2010 05:00 AM PDT AP - British police say an elderly man whose relatives allegedly tried to smuggle his corpse on a flight to Germany died of natural causes up to 12 hours before they were supposed to depart.

Cameron vows pay cap for public sector chiefs (AFP) Posted: 09 Apr 2010 04:40 AM PDT AFP - Conservative Party leader David Cameron pledged Friday to cap the pay of top public servants, as he wooed traditional Labour supporters in the countdown to the May 6 election.

Rio Tinto supports end to annual ore pricing (AP) Posted: 09 Apr 2010 03:31 AM PDT AP - Rio Tinto PLC said Friday it is moving to quarterly pricing of iron ore contracts, joining its fellow mining companies in a controversial switch that signals the end of annual pricing.

UK Conservatives take aim at "outrageous" high pay (Reuters) Posted: 09 Apr 2010 03:21 AM PDT Reuters - British opposition leader David Cameron promised on Friday that if elected he would reduce public sector pay disparities, stepping up his efforts to wrest wavering center-ground voters away from the ruling Labour Party.

Producer prices surge in March (AFP) Posted: 09 Apr 2010 02:29 AM PDT AFP - The price of goods leaving factories rose in March by the biggest amount in nearly two years, owing to rising commodity prices, official data showed on Friday.

Aviva to re-enter general insurance sector in Asia (AFP) Posted: 09 Apr 2010 02:11 AM PDT AFP - British insurer Aviva said on Friday it will re-enter Asia's general insurance business with the launch of services in Singapore, one month after rival Prudential bought the Asian unit of AIG.

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