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Yahoo! News: World - Britain

Britain, US to fund Yemen anti-terror police unit (AP)

Posted: 02 Jan 2010 04:19 PM PST

A yemeni Girl passes the Sana'a Institute for Arabic Language in San'a, Yemen Saturday, Jan. 2, 2010. Nigerian Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, the suspect in the Christmas Day airline attack, was an Arabic student at the institute in August. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)AP - The British government said Sunday that Prime Minister Gordon Brown and President Barack Obama had agreed to fund a counterterrorism police unit in Yemen to tackle the rising terrorist threat from the country.

Bomb suspect "reached out" to UK militants: report (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Jan 2010 02:59 PM PST

Reuters - British security services knew three years ago that the Nigerian accused of trying to blow up a U.S.-bound plane had "multiple communications" with Islamic extremists in Britain, a newspaper reported on Saturday. Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, 23, charged with trying to blow up Northwest flight 253 from Amsterdam as it approached Detroit on Christmas Day, studied in London between 2005 and 2008.

Islamic march plan sparks row in military town (AFP)

Posted: 02 Jan 2010 11:40 AM PST

A procession of hearses carrying the bodies of eight British soldiers killed in Afghanistan travels through the streets of Wootton Bassett, in July 2009. A controversial Islamic group sparked a row in Britain Saturday after announcing plans for a march to commemorate civilians killed in the Afghanistan war through a town known for honouring dead soldiers.(AFP/File/Carl de Souza)AFP - A controversial Islamic group sparked a row in Britain Saturday after announcing plans for a march to commemorate civilians killed in the Afghanistan war through a town known for honouring dead soldiers.

British-flagged ship hijacked off Somalia (AFP)

Posted: 02 Jan 2010 11:34 AM PST

An armed suspected pirate looks over the edge of a skiff in international waters off the coast of Somalia in 2006. All 25 crew on board a British-flagged cargo ship hijacked off the coast of Somalia are unharmed after the vessel was seized Friday, an EU naval force tracking pirates in the area said Saturday.(AFP/US NAVY/File/Daniel Sanford)AFP - Pirates have hijacked a British-flagged cargo ship off the coast of Somalia, the EU's anti-piracy naval force said on Saturday, in the second such attack this year.

Report: UK drinking culture strains health system (AP)

Posted: 02 Jan 2010 10:16 AM PST

AP - A report is warning that Britain's drinking culture is costing the country's publicly funded health service 2.7 billion pounds ($4.4 billion) a year.

Cameron kicks off 2010 election campaign (AFP)

Posted: 02 Jan 2010 09:14 AM PST

Conservative party leader David Cameron -- seen here in London in 2009 -- has kicked off his campaign to become prime minister this year, saying the country cannot settle for five more years under Gordon Brown.(AFP/File/Ben Stansall)AFP - Conservative leader David Cameron on Saturday kicked off his campaign to become prime minister this year, saying the country could not settle for five more years under Gordon Brown.

John Major criticises Iraq invasion motives (AFP)

Posted: 02 Jan 2010 04:55 AM PST

Prime Minister Tony Blair (right) pictured with former Prime Minister John Major in Parliament in 1997. John Major has said the Iraq war inquiry appears to be showing that the invasion was more about regime change than finding weapons of mass destruction.(AFP/File/Johnny Eggitt)AFP - Former prime minister John Major said Saturday that the Iraq war inquiry appeared to be showing that the invasion was more about regime change than finding weapons of mass destruction.

UK government says British-flagged ship hijacked (AP)

Posted: 02 Jan 2010 03:30 AM PST

All 25 crew on board a British-flagged cargo ship hijacked off the coast of Somalia are unharmed after the vessel was seized Friday, an EU naval force tracking pirates in the area said Saturday.(AFP/Graphic)AP - British officials say the British-flagged cargo ship Asian Glory has been hijacked off the coast of Somalia.

Yemen welcomes British call for extremism meeting (AFP)

Posted: 02 Jan 2010 12:51 AM PST

A member of Yemen's anti-terror special forces takes part in training. Yemen on Saturday welcomed British Prime Minister Gordon Brown's announcement of an international meeting in London on January 28 on combating extremism in the Arabian Peninsula country.(AFP/File/Khaled Fazaa)AFP - Yemen on Saturday welcomed British Prime Minister Gordon Brown's announcement of an international meeting in London on January 28 on combating extremism in the Arabian Peninsula country.

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