Yahoo! News: World - Britain

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• Obama, British PM: Bomber release not BP's doing (AP)
• Obama and Cameron tread cautiously on BP (Reuters)
• Obama and Cameron push sanctions on Iran (Reuters)
• US, Britain work to resolve hacker extradition (AP)
• Rolls-Royce wins orders worth 247 million pounds (AFP)
• Cameron: Nothing says BP swayed Scots on bomber (AP)
• Cameron says understands anger on Gulf spill (AP)
• Ex-MI5 spy chief: No link between Iraq and 9/11 (AP)
• 'Choc Finger' cocoa deal fuels hedge-fund debate in London (AFP)
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• Obama welcomes British PM Cameron to White House (AP)
• Bridge game fights "led man to murder wife" (Reuters)
• Farnborough Airshow orders at a glance (AP)
• Fresh strikes loom as BA cabin crew reject latest offer (AFP)
• Single-aisle jet orders take off at Farnborough show (AFP)
• Extremist threat rose after Iraq war: ex-MI5 chief (AFP)
• BP stealing thunder from Cameron's US visit (AP)
• BA cabin crew reject company's latest offer (AP)
• Air show fuels hope of better days for airlines (AP)
• Parliament protest camp removed in pre-dawn raid (AFP)

Obama, British PM: Bomber release not BP's doing (AP) Posted: 20 Jul 2010 04:37 PM PDT AP - British Prime Minister David Cameron on Tuesday turned aside U.S. calls for an investigation into the release of the Lockerbie bomber by Scotland and said there was no indication that oil giant BP had swayed the controversial decision.

Obama and Cameron tread cautiously on BP (Reuters) Posted: 20 Jul 2010 03:00 PM PDT Reuters - British Prime Minister David Cameron on Tuesday rejected calls for an inquiry into whether BP Plc influenced the release of the Lockerbie bomber, even as he sought to ease transatlantic tensions in talks with U.S. President Barack Obama.

Obama and Cameron push sanctions on Iran (Reuters) Posted: 20 Jul 2010 01:16 PM PDT Reuters - Britain and the United States said on Tuesday it was not too late for a peaceful solution to the crisis over Iran's nuclear program, but said they were determined to enforce new sanctions.

US, Britain work to resolve hacker extradition (AP) Posted: 20 Jul 2010 12:52 PM PDT AP - U.S. and British authorities are working to resolve the long-delayed extradition of a London hacker who allegedly infiltrated American military computers.

Rolls-Royce wins orders worth 247 million pounds (AFP) Posted: 20 Jul 2010 11:42 AM PDT AFP - Engine maker Rolls-Royce said Tuesday it had won fresh orders worth 247 million pounds at the Farnborough International Airshow.

Cameron: Nothing says BP swayed Scots on bomber (AP) Posted: 20 Jul 2010 11:42 AM PDT AP - British Prime Minister David Cameron says he has seen nothing to suggest that BP swayed the Scottish government into releasing the Lockerbie bomber from jail last year and sending him home to Libya.

Cameron says understands anger on Gulf spill (AP) Posted: 20 Jul 2010 11:24 AM PDT AP - British Prime Minister David Cameron says his government will "engage constructively" in congressional hearings on whether BP had any involvement in the decision to free the Lockerbie bomber from jail last year and send him home to Libya.

Ex-MI5 spy chief: No link between Iraq and 9/11 (AP) Posted: 20 Jul 2010 11:21 AM PDT AP - The war in Iraq led to a loss of focus on the threat from al-Qaida, emboldened the group's leader Osama bin Laden, and helped to breed a generation of homegrown terrorists, Britain's former domestic spy chief told an inquiry Tuesday.

'Choc Finger' cocoa deal fuels hedge-fund debate in London (AFP) Posted: 20 Jul 2010 11:21 AM PDT AFP - A London hedge fund has bought up a huge chunk of the world's cocoa stocks, helping send the price to a 33-year high and sparking debate Tuesday over the effect of speculation on the market.

(AP) Posted: 20 Jul 2010 11:32 AM PDT AP - Cameron: Any role that BP may have played in Lockerbie release is a question for BP to answer.

Obama welcomes British PM Cameron to White House (AP) Posted: 20 Jul 2010 11:12 AM PDT AP - President Barack Obama has welcomed Britain's David Cameron on his first White House visit as prime minister.

Bridge game fights "led man to murder wife" (Reuters) Posted: 20 Jul 2010 10:46 AM PDT Reuters - A British man murdered his wife after constant arguments about her ability to play bridge, a court heard Tuesday. Stephen Green, 52, is accused of stabbing his wife Carole to death in January, after fights about her card playing.

Farnborough Airshow orders at a glance (AP) Posted: 20 Jul 2010 10:03 AM PDT AP - More than $25 billion worth of aircraft have been ordered so far at the Farnborough International Airshow, which runs July 19-25 at an airfield outside London. More than 1,000 exhibitors from 38 countries have signed up, with delegations from Egypt, Taiwan and Morocco attending for the first time.

Fresh strikes loom as BA cabin crew reject latest offer (AFP) Posted: 20 Jul 2010 10:01 AM PDT AFP - British Airways cabin crew have rejected the airline's latest offer to end their long-running dispute, their union said Tuesday, raising the prospect of fresh strikes.

Single-aisle jet orders take off at Farnborough show (AFP) Posted: 20 Jul 2010 09:54 AM PDT AFP - Airlines and leasing groups agreed to buy single-aisle passenger jets worth billions of dollars here on Tuesday, highlighting robust demand for short- and medium-haul air travel.

Extremist threat rose after Iraq war: ex-MI5 chief (AFP) Posted: 20 Jul 2010 09:33 AM PDT AFP - Iraq posed little threat to Britain just before the 2003 invasion -- but the danger of extremist attacks surged afterwards, a former head of the MI5 security service told an inquiry Tuesday.

BP stealing thunder from Cameron's US visit (AP) Posted: 20 Jul 2010 08:59 AM PDT AP - On the way to Washington, British Prime Minister David Cameron said he wants to talk about Afghanistan, Middle East peace prospects and the global economy.

BA cabin crew reject company's latest offer (AP) Posted: 20 Jul 2010 08:55 AM PDT AP - The union representing British Airways cabin crew said Tuesday that its members have rejected the company's latest offer over pay and working conditions.

Air show fuels hope of better days for airlines (AP) Posted: 20 Jul 2010 07:34 AM PDT AP - The stream of plane orders continued at the Farnborough International Airshow on Tuesday, taking the tally past $25 billion and underscoring hopes of a resurgence in the aviation sector after a painful two-year downturn.

Parliament protest camp removed in pre-dawn raid (AFP) Posted: 20 Jul 2010 07:19 AM PDT AFP - Bailiffs cleared away a sprawling protest camp in front of parliament in a pre-dawn raid Tuesday, though evicted demonstrators vowed to re-appear elsewhere in London.

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