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Yahoo! News: World - Britain

BAE bribery suit may be taken to Supreme Court (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Jan 2010 03:40 PM PST

Reuters - A pension fund may ask the Supreme Court to let it sue BAE Systems Plc in the United States over allegations that the company paid more than $2 billion in bribes to win a record Saudi arms deal, the fund's lead attorney said on Friday.

Briton freed after Iraq kidnap ordeal arrives home (AFP)

Posted: 01 Jan 2010 12:56 PM PST

Freed hostage Peter Moore (centre, with cap) arrives at RAF Brize Norton in Oxfordshire.(AFP/POOL/Ben Birchall)AFP - A Briton freed this week after being kidnapped in Iraq in 2007 flew home Friday for a reunion with his family, officials said, as controversy over his ordeal refused to die down.

Former hostage Moore arrives back in Britain (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Jan 2010 10:53 AM PST

Freed hostage Peter Moore (L) gets into a waiting car after arriving at RAF Brize Norton in Oxfordshire January 1, 2010. REUTERS/Ben Birchall/PoolReuters - Computer programer Peter Moore, freed this week two and a half years after being taken hostage by militants in Iraq, arrived back in Britain on Friday, the Foreign Office said.

Former British hostage Peter Moore back in Britain (AP)

Posted: 01 Jan 2010 10:28 AM PST

FILE - In this Dec. 31, 2009 file photo, originally issued by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, freed British hostage Peter Moore is seen at the British Embassy in Baghdad, Iraq. Freed British hostage Peter Moore arrived in Britain on Friday, Jan. 1, 2010, two days after his release in Iraq. (AP Photo/Foreign and Commonwealth Office)AP - Former hostage Peter Moore arrived at a military base in Britain on Friday evening after spending more than two-and-a-half years in captivity in Iraq.

Iraq kidnap hostage arrives back in Britain: officials (AFP)

Posted: 01 Jan 2010 10:16 AM PST

Freed hostage Peter Moore (centre, with cap) arrives at RAF Brize Norton in Oxfordshire.(AFP/POOL/Ben Birchall)AFP - A British man kidnapped in Iraq in 2007 arrived back in Britain on Friday, two days after his release from two-and-a-half years in captivity, the Foreign Office confirmed.

British hostage held in Iran after Iraq kidnapping (AP)

Posted: 01 Jan 2010 09:57 AM PST

Gen. David Petraeus, the leading American general who oversees the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, speaks with reporters in Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, Jan. 1, 2010. Gen. Petraeus, who used to be the top American commander in Iraq, says the upcoming Iraq election in March is of 'enormous importance' to the country's future, but warned of violence leading up to it. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)AP - A British computer programmer seized in Iraq was held in Iran for at least part of his captivity, the U.S. general who oversees the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan said on Friday.

UK's Brown calls London meeting on Yemen (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Jan 2010 07:08 AM PST

Reuters - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has invited key international partners to a meeting to discuss how to counter radicalization in Yemen last week's failed attack on a U.S.-bound plane, his office said on Friday.

Anglican leader laments 'terrible and gruelling' decade (AFP)

Posted: 01 Jan 2010 07:02 AM PST

The Anglican leader, Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams -- seen here in Rome last year -- has said the world has endured a AFP - The world had endured a "terrible and gruelling" past decade, the Archbishop of Canterbury said in a New Year message Friday that called for cooperation to tackle issues like extremism and global warming.

Death takes 2009 British death toll in Afghanistan to 108 (AFP)

Posted: 01 Jan 2010 03:39 AM PST

British soldiers in Afghanistan. A British soldier has died in Afghanistan, the Ministry of Defence in London has said, taking the toll for 2009 to 108.(AFP/File/John D McHugh)AFP - A British soldier has died in Afghanistan, the Ministry of Defence in London said Friday, taking the toll for 2009 to 108.

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