Yahoo! News: World - Britain

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• Britain lures talent: sci-tech entrepreneurs move in (Reuters)
• FTSE 100 finishes lower (AFP)
• UK voices 'serious concerns' on rights in China (AFP)
• Billionaire twins to create Channel island vineyard (Reuters)
• Big job cuts if Kraft takes over Cadbury: union (AFP)
• Huddersfield Uni probes Hitler drinking game (AFP)
• Spectacular fall from grace for N.Ireland's first couple (AFP)
• UK industrial output falls 6 pct in November (AP)
• British PM insists 'nothing to hide' on Iraq war (AFP)
• 'Facebook fugitive' recaptured by police (AFP)
• Mandelson eyes curbs on hostile takeovers: report (AFP)
• Manufacturing output stalls in November: ONS (AFP)
• UK fugitive who taunted police on Facebook caught (AP)
• Police to ignore EU ban on 'stop-and-search' (AFP)

Britain lures talent: sci-tech entrepreneurs move in (Reuters) Posted: 13 Jan 2010 04:11 PM PST Reuters - It took only a few weeks of research for Romanian entrepreneur Emi Gal to decide where to base his digital media firm, and his choice confounds a fairly enduring set of stereotypes about Britain's global appeal.

FTSE 100 finishes lower (AFP) Posted: 13 Jan 2010 09:23 AM PST AFP - The leading stock exchange closed lower on Wednesday, as the US earnings season began on a weak note.

UK voices 'serious concerns' on rights in China (AFP) Posted: 13 Jan 2010 09:22 AM PST AFP - Britain on Wednesday voiced "serious concerns" about human rights in China over the sentencing of leading dissidents, two weeks after Beijing's execution of a mentally ill Briton chilled relations.

Billionaire twins to create Channel island vineyard (Reuters) Posted: 13 Jan 2010 09:13 AM PST Reuters - British billionaire twin brothers David and Frederick Barclay plan to create a Bordeaux-style vineyard on the Channel island of Sark.

Big job cuts if Kraft takes over Cadbury: union (AFP) Posted: 13 Jan 2010 09:01 AM PST AFP - A takeover of confectioner Cadbury by US food giant Kraft could mean the loss of 7,000 jobs at Cadbury and 20,000 at the company's sub-contractors, the trade union Unite warned Wednesday.

Huddersfield Uni probes Hitler drinking game (AFP) Posted: 13 Jan 2010 08:02 AM PST AFP - Huddersfield University on Wednesday launched an investigation after its students allegedly started an Internet craze for a Hitler drinking game.

Spectacular fall from grace for N.Ireland's first couple (AFP) Posted: 13 Jan 2010 07:54 AM PST AFP - Northern Ireland leader Peter Robinson and his wife Iris had the lavish lifestyle and high morals befitting politics' "first couple" -- making their fall from grace this week all the more spectacular.

UK industrial output falls 6 pct in November (AP) Posted: 13 Jan 2010 07:18 AM PST AP - U.K. industrial production fell by 6 percent in November compared to a year ago, though it was 0.4 percent higher than in October, official statisticians said Wednesday.

British PM insists 'nothing to hide' on Iraq war (AFP) Posted: 13 Jan 2010 06:55 AM PST AFP - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown insisted he had "nothing to hide" over the 2003 Iraq war, after a public inquiry heard of his key role in planning it.

'Facebook fugitive' recaptured by police (AFP) Posted: 13 Jan 2010 06:20 AM PST AFP - A criminal who taunted police via Facebook while on the run from prison in Britain has been recaptured, four months after his break-out, police said Wednesday.

Mandelson eyes curbs on hostile takeovers: report (AFP) Posted: 13 Jan 2010 03:40 AM PST AFP - Business minister Peter Mandelson will meet leading investors this week to discuss how to protect British companies from unwanted takeover bids, The Times reported on Wednesday.

Manufacturing output stalls in November: ONS (AFP) Posted: 13 Jan 2010 03:36 AM PST AFP - Manufacturing output stalled in November for a second successive month, dampening hopes for a swift economic recovery in the fourth quarter of 2009, official data showed on Wednesday.

UK fugitive who taunted police on Facebook caught (AP) Posted: 13 Jan 2010 02:48 AM PST AP - An escaped British convict whose online antics drew an international Internet fan base has been caught after nearly four months on the run, police said Wednesday.

Police to ignore EU ban on 'stop-and-search' (AFP) Posted: 13 Jan 2010 02:48 AM PST AFP - The Metropolitan police were on Wednesday to ignore an EU ban on its 'stop and search' policy as the Tories said they would curb the 'indiscriminate' use of anti-terror laws.

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