Yahoo! News: World - Britain

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• UK police arrest 3 men accused of terror funding (AFP)
• Starbucks to soon begin Via sales in Japan, UK (Reuters)
• Polygamy row clouds British welcome for S.Africa's Zuma (AFP)
• Queen Elizabeth welcomes South African president (AP)
• Former UK Labour Party leader Michael Foot dies (AP)
• Ex-Labour leader Michael Foot dies aged 96 (AFP)
• Ex-MI6 man in court accused of disclosing secrets (AFP)
• Ex-UK spy accused of attempting to sell secrets (AP)
• London council defends Brick Lane 'hijab gate' plans (AFP)
• Ethiopia aid diverted for rebel arms in 1980s: BBC (AFP)
• Standard Chartered unveils record profits (AFP)
• 2 women banned from UK flight for refusing scan (AP)
• Most Britons talk, fret about fitness and do little (Reuters)
• Killer in 1993 UK toddler's slaying back in jail (AP)
• easyJet boss to head Whitbread (AFP)
• Standard Chartered makes record annual profit (AP)
• ITV returns to profit (AFP)
• 'Smoking killed me' sign placed on hearse, grave (AP)

UK police arrest 3 men accused of terror funding (AFP) Posted: 03 Mar 2010 05:35 PM PST AFP - Police in Britain have arrested three men for alleged terrorist funding, just days after a British Airways worker was detained on suspicion of the same offence, police said.

Starbucks to soon begin Via sales in Japan, UK (Reuters) Posted: 03 Mar 2010 04:04 PM PST Reuters - Starbucks Corp said on Wednesday that its cafes in the United Kingdom and Japan will soon sell its Via instant coffee, which helped boost same-store sales at U.S. outlets in the latest quarter.

Polygamy row clouds British welcome for S.Africa's Zuma (AFP) Posted: 03 Mar 2010 03:04 PM PST AFP - South African President Jacob Zuma received a royal welcome Wednesday as he began a state visit to Britain with colour and pomp, although a row over his polygamy threatened to cloud the trip.

Queen Elizabeth welcomes South African president (AP) Posted: 03 Mar 2010 02:24 PM PST AP - Queen Elizabeth II gave South African President Jacob Zuma a ringing welcome at a state visit Wednesday, greeting him at Horse Guards Parade before a carriage procession to Buckingham Palace.

Former UK Labour Party leader Michael Foot dies (AP) Posted: 03 Mar 2010 02:03 PM PST AP - Michael Foot, a bookish intellectual and anti-nuclear campaigner who led Britain's Labour Party to a disastrous defeat in 1983, died Wednesday morning, officials said. He was 96.

Ex-Labour leader Michael Foot dies aged 96 (AFP) Posted: 03 Mar 2010 12:17 PM PST AFP - Michael Foot, whose left-wing leadership of the Labour party in the early 1980s prompted a split which paved the way for the modernising Tony Blair, died Wednesday aged 96, the party said.

Ex-MI6 man in court accused of disclosing secrets (AFP) Posted: 03 Mar 2010 11:42 AM PST AFP - An ex-MI6 agent appeared in court Wednesday charged with stealing files and disclosing them illegally.

Ex-UK spy accused of attempting to sell secrets (AP) Posted: 03 Mar 2010 10:45 AM PST AP - A former MI6 spy has been accused of stealing top-secret files on intelligence-gathering techniques and offering them to a foreign government for 2 million pounds ($2.9 million), a prosecutor said Wednesday.

London council defends Brick Lane 'hijab gate' plans (AFP) Posted: 03 Mar 2010 10:05 AM PST AFP - Local authorities in London on Wednesday defended plans to build arches described by critics as "hijab gates" at the ends of London's famed multi-cultural Brick Lane.

Ethiopia aid diverted for rebel arms in 1980s: BBC (AFP) Posted: 03 Mar 2010 09:57 AM PST AFP - Millions of dollars of international aid for victims of the mid-1980s famine in Ethiopia was diverted to rebels to buy weapons in the African country, a BBC investigation reported Wednesday.

Standard Chartered unveils record profits (AFP) Posted: 03 Mar 2010 09:31 AM PST AFP - Asia-focused bank Standard Chartered earned record income and profits last year as it battled through the economic downturn, it announced on Wednesday, adding that 2010 had started well.

2 women banned from UK flight for refusing scan (AP) Posted: 03 Mar 2010 08:55 AM PST AP - A British airport says two women who refused to go through a full-body scanner have been barred from boarding a flight.

Most Britons talk, fret about fitness and do little (Reuters) Posted: 03 Mar 2010 06:59 AM PST Reuters - Most Britons are "all talk-no action" when it comes to health and wellbeing, according to a survey for the British state health service.

Killer in 1993 UK toddler's slaying back in jail (AP) Posted: 03 Mar 2010 06:34 AM PST AP - A man, who as a 10-year-old boy abducted and killed a toddler in northern England in 1993, was back behind bars Wednesday for violating the terms of his contentious release.

easyJet boss to head Whitbread (AFP) Posted: 03 Mar 2010 04:58 AM PST AFP - Leisure group Whitbread, which runs the country's biggest hotel chain as well as Costa Coffee shops, said on Wednesday that outgoing easyJet chief executive Andy Harrison had been chosen to be its new boss.

Standard Chartered makes record annual profit (AP) Posted: 03 Mar 2010 04:27 AM PST AP - Standard Chartered PLC on Wednesday reported a seventh consecutive record annual profit, of $3.38 billion, as stronger wholesale banking earnings offset an increase in provisions for bad loans and other credit risks.

ITV returns to profit (AFP) Posted: 03 Mar 2010 04:18 AM PST AFP - Commercial television network ITV announced on Wednesday that it had swung back into profit during 2009 after slashing costs and winning back valuable advertising market share.

'Smoking killed me' sign placed on hearse, grave (AP) Posted: 03 Mar 2010 03:43 AM PST AP - A smoker who died after battling emphysema has had his dying wish granted with the placement of a "Smoking killed me" sign on his hearse and his grave.

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