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Car bomb blast outside N. Ireland shopping centre (AFP)
US strike kills 5 German militants in Pakistan (AP)
British comic actor Norman Wisdom dies aged 95 (AFP)
London commuters hit by Underground train strike (AFP)
Welfare shake-up unveiled as sharp cuts loom (AFP)
London mayor pokes fun at bike-thieving Parisians (AFP)
Football chairman in Pakistan scandal found dead (AFP)
UK cuts child benefit payments in austerity drive (AP)
Inquiry into exam marking blunder (AFP)
UK finance minister dismisses fresh bank bailout scenario (Reuters)
Stig's identity was no secret, judge says (AFP)
Samurais and Lolitas throng London's Brick Lane (Reuters)
London subway strike hits commuters (AP)
IVF pioneer wins medicine Nobel prize (Reuters)
British soldier dies in Afghanistan blast (AFP)
Britain pays $1.5m compensation to Afghans (AFP)

Car bomb blast outside N. Ireland shopping centre (AFP)

Posted: 04 Oct 2010 05:57 PM PDT

AFP - A bomb planted in a car exploded outside a shopping centre in the Northern Irish city of Londonderry Tuesday, causing substantial damage but no injuries, police said.

US strike kills 5 German militants in Pakistan (AP)

Posted: 04 Oct 2010 05:02 PM PDT

AP - An American missile strike killed five German militants Monday in the rugged Pakistan border area where a cell of Germans and Britons at the heart of the U.S. terror alert for Europe — a plot U.S. officials link to al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden — were believed in hiding.

British comic actor Norman Wisdom dies aged 95 (AFP)

Posted: 04 Oct 2010 04:41 PM PDT

AFP - British comic actor Norman Wisdom, famous for his slapstick film roles in his trademark cloth cap and ill-fitting jacket, died Monday at the age of 95, his family said.

London commuters hit by Underground train strike (AFP)

Posted: 04 Oct 2010 02:14 PM PDT

AFP - Millions of commuters in London endured a grim journey to work Monday after staff on the Underground train network walked out for the second time in a month, sparking calls for tougher strike laws.

Welfare shake-up unveiled as sharp cuts loom (AFP)

Posted: 04 Oct 2010 01:37 PM PDT

AFP - The ruling Conservatives promised Monday the biggest shake-up in decades of Britain's welfare system, two weeks before the government unveils cuts to slash a huge budget deficit.

London mayor pokes fun at bike-thieving Parisians (AFP)

Posted: 04 Oct 2010 12:28 PM PDT

AFP - London Mayor Boris Johnson took a swipe at sneaky Parisians on Monday, comparing the number of hire bicycles stolen in the British and French capitals.

Football chairman in Pakistan scandal found dead (AFP)

Posted: 04 Oct 2010 09:43 AM PDT

AFP - The chairman of a non-league English football club embroiled in the Pakistan cricket team 'fixing' scandal is believed to have killed himself, it emerged Monday.

UK cuts child benefit payments in austerity drive (AP)

Posted: 04 Oct 2010 07:41 AM PDT

AP - Britain will cap payments to jobless families and scrap child benefits for high earners in a sweeping overhaul of the country's welfare system, Treasury chief George Osborne said Monday.

Inquiry into exam marking blunder (AFP)

Posted: 04 Oct 2010 07:27 AM PDT

AFP - Exams regulator Ofqual said Monday it is to launch an inquiry to find out why some GCSE and A level exam papers were not fully marked.

UK finance minister dismisses fresh bank bailout scenario (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Oct 2010 06:55 AM PDT

Reuters - Finance minister George Osborne on Monday dismissed a thinktank report that British banks may need another state bailout next year and their borrowing requirements could hit 25 billion pounds ($39.5 billion) a month.

Stig's identity was no secret, judge says (AFP)

Posted: 04 Oct 2010 04:05 AM PDT

AFP - The judge who allowed a book to be published disclosing the identity of Top Gear's previously anonymous driver, The Stig, gave his reasons for doing so on Monday.

Samurais and Lolitas throng London's Brick Lane (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Oct 2010 03:58 AM PDT

Reuters - Japanese cartoon characters and samurai warriors mingled with girls in Victorian-style petticoats in east London at the weekend, as they soaked up Japanese popular culture at a special event.

London subway strike hits commuters (AP)

Posted: 04 Oct 2010 03:32 AM PDT

AP - Thousands of maintenance workers, drivers and station employees walked off the job Sunday evening for 24 hours to protest 800 planned job cuts, mostly among station staff.

IVF pioneer wins medicine Nobel prize (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Oct 2010 02:09 PM PDT

Reuters - British physiologist Robert Edwards, whose work led to the first "test-tube baby", won the 2010 Nobel prize for medicine or physiology, the prize-awarding institute said on Monday.

British soldier dies in Afghanistan blast (AFP)

Posted: 04 Oct 2010 12:15 AM PDT

AFP - A British soldier has been killed in an explosion in southern Afghanistan, the defence ministry said, taking the country's military death toll there since the 2001 invasion to 339.