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Yahoo! News: World - Britain

Expert lawyers to declare Iraq war illegal: reports (AFP)

Posted: 23 Jan 2010 05:41 PM PST

A British soldier (R) walks along as US helicopters land during training operations for Iraqi troops at a desert range some 40 kms south of the town of Latifiyah in May 2009. Two former government lawyers involved in the preparations for Britain's invasion of Iraq will testify at a public inquiry this week that the March 2003 conflict was illegal, reports said Sunday.(AFP/File/Ahmad al-Rubaye)AFP - Two former government lawyers involved in the preparations for Britain's invasion of Iraq will testify at a public inquiry this week that the March 2003 conflict was illegal, reports said Sunday.

Part of UK airport closed to analyze white powder (AP)

Posted: 23 Jan 2010 02:11 PM PST

AP - Police closed and evacuated part of Manchester Airport on Saturday after discovering a man preparing to board a flight was carrying a white powder in his hand luggage, but the substance turned out to be harmless.

Manchester airport partly evacuated in 'chemical incident': police (AFP)

Posted: 23 Jan 2010 01:48 PM PST

Tractors remove snow from the ground at Manchester Airport in December 2009. Police evacuated part of an airport on Saturday and declared a AFP - Police evacuated part of an airport on Saturday and declared a "chemical incident" after a man tried to carry some non-identified white powder onto a plane.

Police arrest 15 in anti-Islam demonstration (AFP)

Posted: 23 Jan 2010 12:07 PM PST

Policemen stand guard during a demonstration of supporters from the English Defence League in 2009. Police arrested 15 people and four officers were injured when scuffles broke out at a demonstration by about 300 members of an anti-Islam group in central England on Saturday.(AFP/File/Martin Elliott)AFP - Police arrested 15 people and four officers were injured when scuffles broke out at a demonstration by about 300 members of an anti-Islam group in central England on Saturday.

UK bans export of bomb detection device (AP)

Posted: 23 Jan 2010 11:57 AM PST

An Iraqi police officer uses a scanner device to inspect a motorcycle at a checkpoint in central Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, Jan. 23, 2010. Britain is banning the exports of a machine marketed as a bomb detection device because of allegations that it does not work. The Department for Business Innovation and Skills is banning export of the device after a BBC Newsnight investigation challenged the claims of the company, ATSC. The exports were banned to Iraq and Afghanistan because of the risk that they could hurt British and friendly forces.(AP Photo/Karim Kadim)AP - Britain has banned the export of a hand-held bomb-detection device to Iraq and Afghanistan, months after the U.S. military warned that the product is ineffective and fraudulent.

Report: Barclays to defer bonuses (AP)

Posted: 23 Jan 2010 08:31 AM PST

AP - Barclays is planning to defer bonuses for its highest-paid executives in hopes of quashing public outrage regarding pay for bankers, Britain's Financial Times reported Saturday.

Sinn Fein calls for urgent talks on power-sharing (AFP)

Posted: 23 Jan 2010 07:53 AM PST

Gerry Adams, the Sinn Fein president, is seen here in Washington, DC in March 2009. One of the parties in Northern Ireland's power-sharing administration, Sinn Fein, has called for urgent talks with the province's top minister after a crisis meeting on a vexed devolution issue.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Win Mcnamee)AFP - One of the parties in Northern Ireland's power-sharing administration, Sinn Fein, called Saturday for urgent talks with the province's top minister after a crisis meeting on a vexed devolution issue.

Govt raises terror threat to 'severe' (AFP)

Posted: 23 Jan 2010 07:39 AM PST

An armed policeman stands guard in Downing Street in London. The government has raised its terror threat assessment from substantial to severe, suggesting an attack was AFP - The government has raised its terror threat assessment from substantial to severe, suggesting an attack was "highly likely", ahead of international meetings on Yemen and Afghanistan in London next week.

Photographers protest against police searches (AFP)

Posted: 23 Jan 2010 06:07 AM PST

Thousands of photographers protested in London against the use of anti-terror laws which allow police to stop and search suspects.(AFP/Ben Stansall)AFP - Thousands of photographers protested in London on Saturday against the use of anti-terror laws which allow police to stop and search suspects.

Cherie Blair to act for Aborigines in nuclear case (AFP)

Posted: 23 Jan 2010 12:30 AM PST

Cherie Blair, The barrister wife of former prime minister Tony Blair, will represent a group of Australian Aborigines suing the British government over nuclear testing on their land, a report said Saturday.(AFP/File/Eric Piermont)AFP - The barrister wife of former prime minister Tony Blair will represent a group of Australian Aborigines suing the British government over nuclear testing on their land, a report said Saturday.

Businessman arrested for fraud over bomb detectors (AFP)

Posted: 22 Jan 2010 10:39 PM PST

Iraqi soldiers guard sacks of agricultural chemicals used in bomb making in the al-Hussein district of Baghdad. Police arrested a businessman who sold bomb detecting equipment to Iraq on suspicion of fraud, as ministers banned the export of the devices amid concerns they do not work.(AFP/File/Ali al-Saadi)AFP - Police arrested a businessman who sold bomb detecting equipment to Iraq on suspicion of fraud, as ministers banned the export of the devices amid concerns they do not work.

British actress Jean Simmons dead at 80: report (AFP)

Posted: 22 Jan 2010 10:00 PM PST

The British actress Jean Simmons, who has died aged 80, established her reputation with an unforgettable performance as Ophelia in Laurence Olivier's film AFP - British actress Jean Simmons, an Emmy Award winner whose career included roles in "Hamlet" and "Spartacus," died in California Friday, the Los Angeles Times reported. She was 80.

Barclays staff to defer bonuses: FT (AFP)

Posted: 22 Jan 2010 06:12 PM PST

Top staff at Barclays will defer payment of up to 100% of their bonuses for up to 3 years as they seek to respond to public anger about banking pay, according to the Financial Times. This would apply to members of the bank's 11-member executive committee, led by chief executive John Varley (pictured last March), while the next 2,000 or so staff could defer upwards of 75% for three years.(AFP/File/Shaun Curry)AFP - Top staff at Barclays will defer payment of up to 100 percent of their bonuses for up to three years as they seek to respond to public anger about banking pay, according to the Financial Times.

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