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British tourists safe after Costa Rica mountain ordeal (AFP)
UK police charged with beating terrorism suspect (Reuters)
4 UK officers to be charged with suspect attack (AP)
UK airports threatened by strike chaos (AFP)
Fringe stages father's quest for Lockerbie justice (Reuters)
Facebook panic button prompts surge in abuse reports (AFP)
Council paints yellow line over hedgehog (AFP)
Sinn Fein: British, Irish talk with IRA dissidents (AP)
Miner Vedanta in talks to buy Cairn India stake (AFP)
UK's Cameron takes aim at "Cool Britannia" (Reuters)
Prudential profits soar despite failed AIA deal (AFP)
Prudential trims botched AIA bid cost (AP)
Prudential profits soar despite failed AIG takeover (AFP)
Plenty of birds for start of grouse shooting season (AFP)
UK breast cancer rate drops sharply (AFP)

British tourists safe after Costa Rica mountain ordeal (AFP)

Posted: 12 Aug 2010 05:48 PM PDT

AFP - Sixteen British tourists who were trapped overnight in a mountain pass in Costa Rica were evacuated, according to officials.

UK police charged with beating terrorism suspect (Reuters)

Posted: 12 Aug 2010 11:56 AM PDT

Reuters - Four British riot squad officers have been charged with beating up a Briton now awaiting extradition to the United States to face terrorism charges when they arrested him, prosecutors said on Thursday.

4 UK officers to be charged with suspect attack (AP)

Posted: 12 Aug 2010 10:58 AM PDT

AP - Four British police officers will face criminal charges over an alleged attack on a terrorism suspect wanted by authorities in the United States, prosecutors said Thursday.

UK airports threatened by strike chaos (AFP)

Posted: 12 Aug 2010 10:00 AM PDT

AFP - The country's airports face chaos in the busy late summer period after workers voted overwhelmingly on Thursday for strike action which could shut down London's Heathrow and five other airports.

Fringe stages father's quest for Lockerbie justice (Reuters)

Posted: 12 Aug 2010 09:52 AM PDT

Reuters - The Lockerbie disaster has come to the Edinburgh Fringe stage as a compelling 70-minute monologue which pours fuel onto a blazing dispute about the man convicted of the airliner bombing over Scotland 22 years ago.

Facebook panic button prompts surge in abuse reports (AFP)

Posted: 12 Aug 2010 09:27 AM PDT

AFP - Facebook has seen a sevenfold increase in young people reporting suspicious behaviour online since it introduced a so-called panic button in Britain last month, investigators said Thursday.

Council paints yellow line over hedgehog (AFP)

Posted: 12 Aug 2010 07:54 AM PDT

AFP - A worker painted a yellow line over a squashed hedgehog rather than move it off the road, a council spokeswoman admitted on Thursday.

Sinn Fein: British, Irish talk with IRA dissidents (AP)

Posted: 12 Aug 2010 06:28 AM PDT

AP - The British and Irish governments are in secret negotiations with IRA dissidents in hopes they can be persuaded to abandon violence, the senior Sinn Fein official in Northern Ireland's power-sharing administration said Thursday — a claim immediately denied by both governments.

Miner Vedanta in talks to buy Cairn India stake (AFP)

Posted: 12 Aug 2010 05:19 AM PDT

AFP - British mining group Vedanta Resources announced on Thursday that it is in talks with Scottish oil and gas explorer Cairn Energy over the purchase of a stake in its Indian division.

UK's Cameron takes aim at "Cool Britannia" (Reuters)

Posted: 12 Aug 2010 05:16 AM PDT

Reuters - Britain must move on from the era of "Cool Britannia" and embrace its rich history as part of a drive to boost tourism and become one of the world's top five destinations, Prime Minister David Cameron said Thursday.

Prudential profits soar despite failed AIA deal (AFP)

Posted: 12 Aug 2010 04:38 AM PDT

AFP - British insurance giant Prudential said on Thursday that profits jumped 41 percent in the first half, boosted by soaring sales in Asia, despite its failed bid for AIG's Asian division AIA.

Prudential trims botched AIA bid cost (AP)

Posted: 12 Aug 2010 03:11 AM PDT

AP - Prudential PLC says it has cut the cost of its failed takeover bid for AIG Inc.'s Asian unit as it reported a strong half-year profit.

Prudential profits soar despite failed AIG takeover (AFP)

Posted: 12 Aug 2010 03:01 AM PDT

AFP - Insurance giant Prudential said on Thursday that profits jumped 41 percent in the first half, and cut the cost of its failed takeover of US insurance giant AIG's Asian unit AIA.

Plenty of birds for start of grouse shooting season (AFP)

Posted: 12 Aug 2010 01:21 AM PDT

AFP - The red grouse shooting season begins on Thursday, the "Glorious 12th" of August, with experts predicting record numbers of the birds on the moors despite the harsh winter.