Yahoo! News: World - Britain

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• Britain would welcome U.S. picking EADS tanker (Reuters)
• UK, France to pool defense assets, share costs (AP)
• Films tell story of WWII elephant rescue in Burma (AP)
• Britain, France to sign defence treaties: Cameron (AFP)
• Fixing cargo security system would cost billions (AP)
• Going for a smoke? Don't forget to clock out (Reuters)
• No information of further plane bombs: UK minister (Reuters)
• Former British PM Thatcher leaves hospital (Reuters)
• Woman who allegedly stabbed UK lawmaker in court (AP)
• UK's Thatcher released from hospital after flu (AP)
• Margaret Thatcher leaves hospital (AFP)
• NHS defends teenage contraceptive scheme (AFP)
• King's Speech leads UK indie film award nominations (Reuters)
• Polish tall ship arrives at UK harbor after storm (AP)
• British singer Lily Allen loses baby (Reuters)
• iPhone 4 alarm glitch 'makes scores late for work' (AFP)
• British campaign to restore Chekhov house by end-year (Reuters)
• Graduates struggling to find work: research (AFP)
• iPhone glitch leaves scores late to work (AFP)
• Reshaping British Politics from Within (Time.com)

Britain would welcome U.S. picking EADS tanker (Reuters) Posted: 01 Nov 2010 05:09 PM PDT Reuters - A top British military official said on Monday he would welcome a decision by the U.S. Air Force to buy new refueling planes from Europe's EADS since Britain plans to lease 14 of the same planes.

UK, France to pool defense assets, share costs (AP) Posted: 01 Nov 2010 05:02 PM PDT AP - Europe's two nuclear-armed powers will strike a deal Tuesday to share warhead testing facilities as the leaders of Britain and France finalize plans for unprecedented cooperation on defense and security.

Films tell story of WWII elephant rescue in Burma (AP) Posted: 01 Nov 2010 03:53 PM PDT AP - British tea planter Gyles Mackrell organized one of the most remarkable rescue missions during World War II — by using elephants when nothing else would do.

Britain, France to sign defence treaties: Cameron (AFP) Posted: 01 Nov 2010 11:53 AM PDT AFP - Britain and France will sign defence treaties at a summit in London Tuesday setting out cooperation on issues including military planes and aircraft carriers, Prime Minister David Cameron said.

Fixing cargo security system would cost billions (AP) Posted: 01 Nov 2010 11:40 AM PDT AP - The glaring weakness of the cargo shipping system has been laid bare by the Yemen-based mail bomb plot — but the cost of fixing it may be too high for governments, airlines and shippers to stomach during a global downturn.

Going for a smoke? Don't forget to clock out (Reuters) Posted: 01 Nov 2010 10:51 AM PDT Reuters - Workers at a district council in eastern England must now clock off and back on if they take a cigarette break.

No information of further plane bombs: UK minister (Reuters) Posted: 01 Nov 2010 10:22 AM PDT Reuters - Interior minister Theresa May said on Monday British officials were not aware of any further attempts to put bombs on planes after two devices were discovered on Friday on cargo flights in Britain and Dubai.

Former British PM Thatcher leaves hospital (Reuters) Posted: 01 Nov 2010 10:04 AM PDT Reuters - Former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher left hospital on Monday nearly two weeks after being admitted for tests related to a flu illness.

Woman who allegedly stabbed UK lawmaker in court (AP) Posted: 01 Nov 2010 09:02 AM PDT AP - A 21-year-old woman stabbed a British lawmaker in the stomach with a kitchen knife as revenge for his support of the Iraq war, police and prosecutors said Monday.

UK's Thatcher released from hospital after flu (AP) Posted: 01 Nov 2010 08:33 AM PDT AP - Former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher has returned home following two weeks in the hospital, managing a smile and a wave to reporters camped outside her doorstep Monday.

Margaret Thatcher leaves hospital (AFP) Posted: 01 Nov 2010 08:23 AM PDT AFP - Former prime minister Margaret Thatcher left hospital on Monday, nearly two weeks after being admitted with flu.

NHS defends teenage contraceptive scheme (AFP) Posted: 01 Nov 2010 08:21 AM PDT AFP - A scheme launched on Monday to provide girls as young as 13 with access to the contraceptive pill without their parents' knowledge has been defended by the NHS primary care trust running the service.

King's Speech leads UK indie film award nominations (Reuters) Posted: 01 Nov 2010 07:33 AM PDT Reuters - "The King's Speech," starring Colin Firth as King George VI struggling to overcome a debilitating stammer, leads the field at the British Independent Film Awards this year with eight nominations.

Polish tall ship arrives at UK harbor after storm (AP) Posted: 01 Nov 2010 07:03 AM PDT AP - A group of Polish teenage sailors are back on dry land Monday after a weekend aboard a tall ship crippled by bad weather off southwest England's coast.

British singer Lily Allen loses baby (Reuters) Posted: 01 Nov 2010 06:59 AM PDT Reuters - British pop star Lily Allen, who was around six months pregnant, has lost her baby, her spokesman said on Monday.

iPhone 4 alarm glitch 'makes scores late for work' (AFP) Posted: 01 Nov 2010 05:51 AM PDT AFP - Scores of iPhone 4 users said they were late for work on Monday after a software bug meant the alarm on the Apple device failed to adjust when the country's clocks went back.

British campaign to restore Chekhov house by end-year (Reuters) Posted: 01 Nov 2010 05:30 AM PDT Reuters - The house where Russia's universally acclaimed playwright Anton Chekhov penned some of his greatest work will be restored by the end of this year after decades of neglect, said the British charity behind its repair.

Graduates struggling to find work: research (AFP) Posted: 01 Nov 2010 04:31 AM PDT AFP - Graduates are finding it increasingly difficult to find work after leaving university and government spending cuts could make the situation worse, research published Monday said.

iPhone glitch leaves scores late to work (AFP) Posted: 01 Nov 2010 04:22 AM PDT AFP - Scores of iPhone users were late to work on Monday, after a bug in the software meant the device's alarm clock feature failed to adjust to Daylight Saving Time.

Reshaping British Politics from Within (Time.com) Posted: 01 Nov 2010 04:00 AM PDT Time.com - Reshaping British Politics from Within

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