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Yahoo! News: World - Britain

UK raises its terror threat level to `severe' (AP)

Posted: 22 Jan 2010 04:22 PM PST

Home Secretary Alan Johnson, seen here on January 21, said Britain raised its terror threat level from 'substantial' to 'severe' on Friday, suggesting that an attack is AP - Britain raised its terror threat alert to the second-highest level Friday, one of several recent moves the country has made to increase vigilance against international terrorists after a Christmas Day bombing attempt on a Europe-U.S. flight.

Britain bans export of 'unsuitable' bomb detector (AFP)

Posted: 22 Jan 2010 02:49 PM PST

Picture released by the British Defence Ministry shows soldiers near the southern Iraqi City of Basra in 2004. Britain said Friday it would ban the export of a machine marketed as a bomb detector to Iraq and Afghanistan amid claims that it does not work.(AFP/MOD/File)AFP - Britain said Friday it would ban the export of a machine marketed as a bomb detector to Iraq and Afghanistan amid claims that it does not work.

Britain ups terror level in line with US measures: official (AFP)

Posted: 22 Jan 2010 02:23 PM PST

US Department of Homeland Security logo. Britain's decision to raise its terror alert level brings it in line with US measures announced AFP - Britain's decision to raise its terror alert level brings it in line with US measures announced "over the last few weeks," the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said Friday.

Terror threat level raised to "severe": minister (AFP)

Posted: 22 Jan 2010 01:44 PM PST

Home Secretary Alan Johnson, seen here on January 21, said Britain raised its terror threat level from 'substantial' to 'severe' on Friday, suggesting that an attack is AFP - The terror threat level was raised from substantial to severe on Friday, suggesting that an attack is "highly likely", Home Secretary Alan Johnson said.

Britain raises international terror threat level (Reuters)

Posted: 22 Jan 2010 01:11 PM PST

Home Secretary Alan Johnson, seen here on January 21, said Britain raised its terror threat level from 'substantial' to 'severe' on Friday, suggesting that an attack is Reuters - Britain raised its international terrorism threat level to 'severe' -- its second highest level of terror alert -- from 'substantial' on Friday, Home Secretary (interior minister) Alan Johnson said.

Mother jailed for "sickest boy in Britain" fantasy (Reuters)

Posted: 22 Jan 2010 12:52 PM PST

Reuters - A mother was jailed on Friday for pretending that her healthy son was "the sickest boy in Britain" and needed to be fed through a tube and be taken to school in a wheelchair.

British soldier killed in Afghanistan: ministry (AFP)

Posted: 22 Jan 2010 12:50 PM PST

British soldiers in Lashkar Gah, Afghanistan. A British soldier from A Company 4 Rifles, who was serving as part of 3 Rifles battlegroup, was killed in an explosion Friday while on foot patrol in southern Afghanistan, officials in London said.(AFP/File/John D McHugh)AFP - A British soldier was killed in an explosion Friday while on foot patrol in southern Afghanistan, officials in London said.

UK brothers, aged 11 and 12, sentenced for torture (AP)

Posted: 22 Jan 2010 12:40 PM PST

AP - A pair of British children who lured two other youngsters to a secluded area and subjected them to a horrifying catalog of near-fatal abuse were sentenced to at least five years in custody Friday.

Britain's queen to address UN in July (AP)

Posted: 22 Jan 2010 10:49 AM PST

AP - Britain's Queen Elizabeth II will address the United Nations General Assembly in New York this summer, the first time she has done so in more than 50 years, Buckingham Palace announced Friday.

Youngsters jailed in Britain for shock attack (AFP)

Posted: 22 Jan 2010 09:49 AM PST

A policeman seals off the scene of a crime. Two young brothers were jailed for at least five years on Friday for a AFP - A judge jailed two young brothers for at least five years on Friday for a "sadistic" attack on a pair of children which shocked Britain and fuelled a political row.

Woman risks jail for noisy sex (AFP)

Posted: 22 Jan 2010 08:37 AM PST

A woman whose noisy sex sessions were officially branded anti-social behaviour is liable to find herself behind bars if she fails to stop excessively loud lovemaking, a court has ruled.(AFP/File/Mikhail Mordasov)AFP - A woman whose noisy sex sessions were officially branded anti-social behaviour is liable to find herself behind bars if she fails to stop excessively loud lovemaking, a court has ruled.

US firm Hershey rules out Cadbury counter-bid (AFP)

Posted: 22 Jan 2010 07:28 AM PST

US chocolate maker Hershey announced Friday that it will not make a bid for confectioner Cadbury, which had agreed earlier this week to a takeover from Kraft Foods.(AFP/File/Leon Neal)AFP - US chocolate maker Hershey announced Friday that it will not make a counter-bid for confectioner Cadbury, which had agreed earlier this week to a friendly takeover from Kraft Foods.

UK PM to appear before Iraq War inquiry before vote (Reuters)

Posted: 22 Jan 2010 07:14 AM PST

Reuters - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown confirmed on Friday he would appear at a public inquiry into the Iraq War before this year's election, a move which could damage the ruling Labor party at the ballot box.

Car output collapses in 2009: trade data (AFP)

Posted: 22 Jan 2010 05:58 AM PST

Opel Astras ready for delivery at a Vauxhall plant at Ellesmere Port on Merseyside. Car production slumped 30 percent last year as recession slammed the brakes on demand, but December output soared thanks to state aid for buying new vehicles, industry data showed on Friday.(AFP/File/Paul Ellis)AFP - Car production slumped 30 percent last year as recession slammed the brakes on demand, but December output soared thanks to state aid for buying new vehicles, industry data showed on Friday.

Police launch inquiry into N.Ireland leader's wife (AFP)

Posted: 22 Jan 2010 05:32 AM PST

Police have started a probe into allegations that Iris Robinson (seen here in 2008) the politician wife of Northern Ireland's First Minister Peter Robinson, accepted a donation to fund her lover's business, a spokesman said.(AFP/File/Peter Muhly)AFP - Police have started a probe into allegations that the politician wife of Northern Ireland's First Minister Peter Robinson accepted a donation to fund her lover's business, a spokesman said.

Premier to appear soon at Britain's Iraq inquiry (AP)

Posted: 22 Jan 2010 04:22 AM PST

AP - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown will be quizzed sooner than expected about his role in the decision to join the unpopular war in Iraq, the chairman of an inquiry into the conflict confirmed Friday.

Torture brothers sentenced to minimum of five years (AFP)

Posted: 22 Jan 2010 04:19 AM PST

A policeman seals off the scene of a crime. Two young brothers were jailed for at least five years on Friday for a AFP - Two brothers who savagely attacked two young boys in South Yorkshire last year were each sentenced to a minimum of five years in custody on Friday.

Fraud losses cost economy £30 bln a year (AFP)

Posted: 22 Jan 2010 03:45 AM PST

A copy of the London Evening Standard's front page in late 2008. Fraud is costing the economy £30 billion a year, a report published on Friday has found, with tax evasion and insurance fraud responsible for the biggest losses. Benefit fraud accounts for only £1.1 billion of the total.(AFP/File/Shaun Curry)AFP - Fraud is costing the economy £30 billion a year, a report published on Friday has found, with tax evasion and insurance fraud responsible for the biggest losses. Benefit fraud accounts for only £1.1 billion of the total.

British PM to face Iraq inquiry before election (AFP)

Posted: 22 Jan 2010 03:01 AM PST

British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, seen here on January 13, has agreed to appear at the Iraq war inquiry before a general election due by June.(AFP/POOL/File/Leon Neal)AFP - Prime Minister Gordon Brown has agreed to appear at Britain's Iraq war inquiry before a general election due by June, rather than after as previously expected, the probe's chairman said on Friday.

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