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Yahoo! News: World - Britain

British child-killers return to jail sparks debate (AP)

Posted: 05 Mar 2010 03:26 PM PST

FILE - This is a Police handout photo dated Feb. 20, 1993 of Jon Venables, An official said Wednesday March 3, 2010 that Venables one of the killers of British toddler James Bulger in 1993 is back behind bars after violating the conditions of his release. A Ministry of Justice spokeswoman said 27-year-old Jon Venables who was given a new identity when he was released in 2001 was taken back into custody after an unspecified breach of his parole conditions. (AP Photo/PA, File Police Ho)AP - The pink-cheeked 10-year-old staring from the front pages of Britain's newspapers is, some argue, the face of evil.

Cambridge University becomes 'hotel' (AFP)

Posted: 05 Mar 2010 02:13 PM PST

General view of the Cambridge University campus in 2008. The University of Cambridge is opening the doors of its historic buildings for tourists who want to stay the night, the prestigious British institution said.(AFP/File/Shaun Curry)AFP - The University of Cambridge is opening the doors of its historic buildings for tourists who want to stay the night, the prestigious institution said.

Brown blames US over Iraq reconstruction errors (AP)

Posted: 05 Mar 2010 01:38 PM PST

Britain's Prime Minister Gordon Brown arrives at Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre in London, Friday March 5, 2010, to give evidence at the Iraq inquiry in London, which is investigating the circumstances surrounding British involvement in the Iraq war. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)AP - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown insisted Friday the decision to invade Iraq was justified, but told a major inquiry into the war that the United States dismissed warnings of chaos and violence once Saddam Hussein was toppled.

New lender Metro Bank announces launch plans (AFP)

Posted: 05 Mar 2010 11:30 AM PST

A man walks past the new premises for a branch of Metro Bank in central London in February 2010. Metro Bank unveiled plans on Friday to become Britain's first new high street lender for more than 100 years after being granted a banking licence from the Financial Services Authority watchdog.(AFP/File/Carl Court)AFP - Metro Bank unveiled plans on Friday to become the country's first new high street lender for more than 100 years after being granted a banking licence from the Financial Services Authority watchdog.

Brown insists Iraq war was 'right decision' (AFP)

Posted: 05 Mar 2010 11:04 AM PST

A protestor holds a symbolic cheque signed outside the Queen Elizabeth Conference Centre in London. Prime Minister Gordon Brown has defended his role in the 2003 Iraq war, telling a public inquiry it was AFP - Prime Minister Gordon Brown defended his role in the 2003 Iraq war Friday, telling a public inquiry it was "the right decision" and rejecting claims he withheld funding from the armed forces.

Dutch anti-Islam politician creates stir in UK (AP)

Posted: 05 Mar 2010 11:03 AM PST

AP - Dutch anti-Islam maverick Geert Wilders took his cinematic assault on the Quran to Britain's House of Lords on Friday, sparking heated debate inside the building and angry protests outside.

British PM Brown tells inquiry Iraq war was right (Reuters)

Posted: 05 Mar 2010 10:12 AM PST

A British soldier takes up position before the start of the handover ceremony outside Basra's airport December 16, 2007. REUTERS/Atef HassanReuters - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown told an official inquiry into the Iraq War on Friday that joining the 2003 U.S.-led invasion had been the right decision and denied he had left the military short of funding.

British soldier jailed for refusing Afghan tour (AP)

Posted: 05 Mar 2010 09:51 AM PST

AP - A British soldier who refused to serve in Afghanistan and spoke out against the war has been sentenced to nine months in jail.

Waste watchers? UK group fears trash bin spies (AP)

Posted: 05 Mar 2010 09:39 AM PST

Wheelin bins await collection from Belfast City Council, in east, Belfast, Northern Ireland, Friday, March, 5, 2010. Monitored by millions of cameras and spied on by a secretive domestic intelligence network, Britons could be forgiven for feeling up in arms over the latest threat to their privacy: Intelligent garbage bins that can monitor how much they throw out. Although the technology is already nearly a decade old, a U.K. privacy rights group says the number of local authorities fitting their trash bins with sensors of some kind has risen dramatically in the past year affecting at least 2.6 million British households. Big Brother Watch says the practice could lead to Britons being charged for how much they throw out and effectively allow the government to go through their garbage. (AP Photo/Peter Morrison)AP - It's the new front in the nanny state: Microchips placed in garbage bins to monitor how much people throw away.

IPad to hit U.S. stores April 3, then 9 more markets (Reuters)

Posted: 05 Mar 2010 11:47 AM PST

The Apple Reuters - Apple Inc said the first iPads will be in U.S. stores on April 3 and hit nine international markets later in the month, easing concerns that manufacturing constraints could delay launch.

IPad to hit stores April 3 (Reuters)

Posted: 05 Mar 2010 11:30 AM PST

Typing is demonstrated on the Apple Reuters - Apple Inc said the first iPads will be in U.S. stores on April 3 and hit nine international markets later in the month, easing concerns that manufacturing constraints could delay launch.

S.Africa's Zuma ends Britain trip in royal style (AFP)

Posted: 05 Mar 2010 09:26 AM PST

South African President Jacob Zuma meets with Prince Chalres at Clarence House in London, as he concludes a three-day visit to Britain clouded by criticism of his polygamy and failure to agree over Zimbabwe.(AFP/POOL/John Stillwell)AFP - South African President Jacob Zuma met Prince Charles on Friday as he ended a three-day state visit clouded by criticism of his polygamy and failure to agree over Zimbabwe.

Dutch far-righter defends anti-Islam film in London (AFP)

Posted: 05 Mar 2010 07:47 AM PST

Dutch far-right MP Geert Wilders addresses a press conference in London. Wilders called Islam a violent religion and said the Prophet Mohammed was AFP - Far-right Dutch MP Geert Wilders called Islam a violent religion Friday and said the Prophet Mohammed was "barbaric," as he defended his controversial anti-Islamic film in London.

Potential buyers line up for Reader's Digest UK (AFP)

Posted: 05 Mar 2010 07:05 AM PST

The US version of Reader's Digest magazine is displayed at a grocery store in San Anselmo, California. Almost 100 potential buyers have expressed an interest in buying the British division of Reader's Digest, administrators Moore Stephens said.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Justin Sullivan)AFP - Almost 100 potential buyers have expressed an interest in buying the British division of Reader's Digest, administrators Moore Stephens said Friday.

British buyers yet to warm to green home buzz (Reuters)

Posted: 05 Mar 2010 06:43 AM PST

Reuters - The British building industry wants to ease green home standards as the public balk at the 20 percent or higher costs of low-carbon homes, exhibitors told a major London conference this week.

Pakistan steps up bid to recover British boy (AFP)

Posted: 05 Mar 2010 05:52 AM PST

Akila Naqqash holds up a picture of her son Sahil Saeed in Oldham, Greater Manchester. Pakistani police were scrambling to recover the five-year-old British boy kidnapped at gunpoint while on holiday leaving his worried parents without news for a second day.(AFP/Pool/Dave Thompson)AFP - Pakistani police were on Friday scrambling to recover a five-year-old British boy kidnapped at gunpoint while on holiday leaving his worried parents without news for a second day.

British boy's kidnap may be 'inside job' (AFP)

Posted: 05 Mar 2010 05:20 AM PST

Akila Naqqash holds a picture of her kidnapped son Sahil Saeed in Oldham, Greater Manchester. The kidnapping of a five-year-old British boy in Pakistan could be AFP - The kidnapping of a five-year-old British boy in Pakistan could be "a sort of inside job", the Pakistani High Commissioner to London said on Friday.

'Inside job' suggested in British boy's abduction (AP)

Posted: 05 Mar 2010 05:16 AM PST

Akila Naqqash holds a picture of her five year old son Sahil, at her home in Oldham, England Thursday March 4, 2010 . Robbers kidnapped Sahil Saeed a 5-year-old British boy from a house in central Pakistan on Thursday and demanded a large ransom for his return, according to British officials and the boy's family. The robbers entered the house late Wednesday night in Jhelum city in Punjab province and terrorized the family for several hours before leaving with the boy, whose father is Pakistani, said George Sherriff, the press attache at the British High Commission in Islamabad. (AP Photo/Dave Thompson, PA,)AP - The kidnapping of a 5-year-old British boy in Pakistan may have involved someone in his family, which was perceived as being well-off, a top Pakistani diplomat said Friday.

British planespotters pay fine, walk free in India (AFP)

Posted: 05 Mar 2010 05:06 AM PST

The airport in New Delhi. Two British planespotters arrested in India last month for spying on aircraft walked free from court after agreeing to pay a fine of 25,000 rupees (365 pounds) each, their lawyer said.(AFP/File/Raveendran)AFP - Two British planespotters arrested in India last month for spying on aircraft walked free from court on Friday after agreeing to pay a fine of 25,000 rupees (365 pounds) each, their lawyer said.

Wife of UK aircraft bomb plotter found innocent (AP)

Posted: 05 Mar 2010 04:40 AM PST

AP - A London jury has acquitted the wife of a convicted bomb plotter of failing to pass on information to authorities.

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