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Yahoo! News: World - Britain

Blair allies call for ballot on Brown (AFP)

Posted: 06 Jan 2010 02:50 PM PST

Prime Minister Gordon Brown leaves 10 Downing Street in central London. Two ex-ministers called Wednesday for a ballot of Labour lawmakers on whether Brown should remain leader, highlighting his vulnerability months before a general election.(AFP/Leon Neal)AFP - Two ex-ministers called Wednesday for a ballot of Labour lawmakers on whether Prime Minister Gordon Brown should remain leader, highlighting his vulnerability months before a general election.

UK's PM Brown faces leadership ballot call (Reuters)

Posted: 06 Jan 2010 11:36 AM PST

Britain's Prime Minister Gordon Brown visits the DP World London Gateway port construction site at Standford-le-Hope near Thurrock in southeast England, January 5, 2010. REUTERS/Luke MacGregorReuters - Two former British cabinet ministers on Wednesday called for a secret ballot of MPs to decide if Prime Minister Gordon Brown should lead the Labour Party into an election due by June.

2 former UK govt ministers challenge Gordon Brown (AP)

Posted: 06 Jan 2010 11:26 AM PST

Britain's Prime Minister Gordon Brown is seen in this image taken from TV as he speaks during Prime Minister's Questions in the House of Commons, London Wednesday Jan. 6, 2010. Beleaguered British Prime Minister Gordon Brown is facing a leadership challenge from within his own party, just months before a national election. Two former members of Brown's Cabinet have written to Labour Party lawmakers calling for a secret ballot on Brown's leadership. Geoff Hoon and Patricia Hewitt say in the letter that grumbling about Brown's leadership is dividing the party. (AP Photo/PA)AP - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown fought off a challenge to his leadership Wednesday from two senior figures in his Labour Party as the party moved quickly to quash the revolt. But the challenge exposed a badly divided party months before a national election that polls predict it will lose.

Snow slams Britain as European cold snap lingers (AP)

Posted: 06 Jan 2010 09:50 AM PST

Liam Gallagher, the lead singer of Oasis prepares to throw a snowball whilst jogging on Hampstead Heath in London, Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2010. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)AP - Blustery winter weather paralyzed Britain and parts of Europe Wednesday, frustrating air travelers, stranding motorists and keeping thousands from their jobs and schools. London area airports — including Heathrow, Europe's busiest — suffered widespread delays and cancellations.

UK agreed cease-fire with Iraqi militants in Basra (AP)

Posted: 06 Jan 2010 09:21 AM PST

AP - Britain negotiated a cease-fire with Iraqi militants in Basra three months before British troops pulled out of the city, a senior British official told his country's Iraq inquiry Wednesday.

Snow causes travel chaos across Britain (AFP)

Posted: 06 Jan 2010 08:54 AM PST

A vehicle recovery employee helps a motorist stuck in a bank of deep snow in Windsor Park, Berkshire, on Wednesday, January 6. Soldiers helped rescue stranded drivers on Wednesday as Britain's most brutal winter in decades caused chaos for travellers.(AFP/Carl de Souza)AFP - Soldiers helped rescue stranded drivers on Wednesday as Britain's most brutal winter in decades caused chaos for travellers.

Northern Ireland loyalist group disarms (AFP)

Posted: 06 Jan 2010 08:51 AM PST

Frankie Gallagher, spokesman for the Ulster Political Research Group, a political wing of the Ulster Defence Association (UDA), announces it the group has completely disarmed during a press conference in Belfast, Northern Ireland, on January 6. The move has been hailed as a milestone in the troubled province's peace process.(AFP/Peter Muhly)AFP - Northern Ireland's largest loyalist paramilitary group announced on Wednesday that it had completely disarmed, a milestone in the troubled province's peace process.

BBC probe casts doubt on Lockerbie evidence (AFP)

Posted: 06 Jan 2010 08:34 AM PST

A policeman walks past the cockpit of the 747 Pan Am airliner that exploded and crashed over the Scottish town of Lockerbie in December 1988. A BBC investigation has cast doubt on key evidence in the case against Abdelbaset Ali Mohmet al-Megrahi, the Libyan convicted of blowing up the US airliner, the broadcaster said Wednesday.(AFP/File/Roy Letkey)AFP - A BBC investigation has cast doubt on key evidence in the case against the Libyan convicted of blowing up a US jet over the Scottish town of Lockerbie in 1988, the broadcaster said Wednesday.

First double portrait of princes unveiled (AFP)

Posted: 06 Jan 2010 07:48 AM PST

Artist Nicky Philipps stands with her work, AFP - The first double portrait of Princes William and Harry was unveiled on Wednesday at the National Portrait Gallery in central London.

As snow blankets UK, Britons ask why they can't seem to plow ahead (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 06 Jan 2010 07:26 AM PST

The Christian Science Monitor - Snow wrought seemingly endless woes across the UK Tuesday, prompting the customary bout of national soul-searching about why a few flakes of the white stuff almost always causes Britain to grind to a virtual standstill.

Snowed-In Brits boost adultery website (Reuters)

Posted: 06 Jan 2010 07:16 AM PST

A generic picture of a woman working in an office sitting at her desk typing on a computer. REUTERS/Catherine BensonReuters - Britons snowed in by the wintry weather have been flocking to an extra-marital dating site in the last 24 hours.

Ex-UK Labour ministers seek vote on PM's leadership (Reuters)

Posted: 06 Jan 2010 04:45 AM PST

Britain's Prime Minister Gordon Brown visits the DP World London Gateway port construction site at Standford-le-Hope near Thurrock in southeast England, January 5, 2010. REUTERS/Luke MacGregorReuters - Two former British cabinet ministers have called for a secret ballot to decide if Prime Minister Gordon Brown should lead the Labour Party into an election due by June, British media reported on Wednesday.

UK warns Iceland of pariah status (AP)

Posted: 06 Jan 2010 03:41 AM PST

AP - Britain warned Iceland on Wednesday that it could be blocked from joining the European Union after the tiny North Atlantic nation's president voted against the repayment of $5.7 billion in loans to Britain and the Netherlands.

Arctic blast brings parts of UK to icy standstill (Reuters)

Posted: 06 Jan 2010 03:20 AM PST

Reuters - Blizzards swept across central and southern England on Wednesday, bringing more road and rail chaos, forcing airlines to suspend flights and hundreds of schools to close.

Kraft reveals takeover snub by Cadbury shareholders (AFP)

Posted: 06 Jan 2010 02:24 AM PST

A shopper holds up a selection of Cadbury chocolates at a supermarket in Hong Kong in 2008. Kraft Foods said on Wednesday that only 1.5 percent of shareholders in British confectioner Cadbury had accepted the US group's hostile takeover approach.(AFP/File/Mike Clarke)AFP - Kraft Foods said on Wednesday that only 1.5 percent of shareholders in confectioner Cadbury had accepted the US group's hostile takeover approach.

Britons buy fur, swimwear for warmth or escape (Reuters)

Posted: 06 Jan 2010 02:22 AM PST

Reuters - Sales of fur coats and swimsuits are soaring as Britons either wrap up against the worst cold snap for 30 years or take advantage of cut-price holidays to escape to warmer climes.

Retailer M&S sales boosted by Christmas trade (AFP)

Posted: 06 Jan 2010 02:10 AM PST

British clothes-to-food retailer Marks and Spencer on Wednesday said its sales rose during the group's third quarter due to a brisk Christmas trading period.(AFP/File/Carl de Souza)AFP - British clothes-to-food retailer Marks and Spencer on Wednesday said its sales rose during the group's third quarter due to a brisk Christmas trading period.

British, French embassies in Yemen reopen (AFP)

Posted: 05 Jan 2010 09:52 PM PST

Yemeni security forces stand guard in front of a portrait of President Ali Abdullah Saleh in Sanaa. The British and French embassies in Sanaa reopened Wednesday after being closed due to the threat of an attack by Al-Qaeda, the missions announced(AFP/Khaled Fazaa)AFP - The British and French embassies in Sanaa reopened Wednesday after being closed due to the threat of an attack by Al-Qaeda, the missions said.

Bank of England to keep interest rate low: analysts (AFP)

Posted: 05 Jan 2010 08:42 PM PST

Prime Minister Gordon Brown visits a Jobcentre Plus in London. The Bank of England is expected to hold its key interest rate at a record-low 0.50 percent at a meeting on Thursday, analysts said, amid hopes that Britain will soon exit a deep and long-lasting recession.(AFP/Pool/File/Matt Lloyd)AFP - The Bank of England is expected to hold its key interest rate at a record-low 0.50 percent at a meeting on Thursday, analysts said, amid hopes that Britain will soon exit a deep and long-lasting recession.

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