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Yahoo! News: World - Britain

Britain's Brown says bank levy accord close: report (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Apr 2010 05:37 PM PDT

British Prime Minister Gordon Brown greets German Chancellor Angela Merkel (R) at Chequers, the Prime Minister's official country residence outside London April 1, 2010. REUTERS/Dan Kitwood-POOLReuters - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said the world's large economies were close to agreeing a global tax on banks to help prevent another financial crisis, the Financial Times reported on Monday.

Brown compares economy to Rooney's ankle (AFP)

Posted: 04 Apr 2010 04:14 PM PDT

Manchester United's Wayne Rooney (C) is helped from the pitch after being injured during the UEFA Champions League 1st leg quarter-final match FC Bayern Munich vs Manchester United at the Allianz Arena in the southern German city of Munich in March 2010. Prime Minister Gordon Brown said Monday the economy was in the same state as Rooney's ankle -- recovering and in need of support.(AFP/File/Andrew Yates)AFP - Prime Minister Gordon Brown said Monday the economy was in the same state as Wayne Rooney's ankle -- recovering and in need of support.

Bomb defused outside N.Ireland police station: police (AFP)

Posted: 04 Apr 2010 11:36 AM PDT

Police close off the road that leads to Massereen Army base near Belfast, Northern Ireland in 2009. The army in Northern Ireland have defused a car bomb left near a police station that could have killed had it exploded, police said Sunday.(AFP/File/Peter Muhly)AFP - The army in Northern Ireland defused a car bomb Sunday left near a police station that could have killed had it exploded, police said.

Pope's immunity could be challenged in Britain (AP)

Posted: 04 Apr 2010 08:27 AM PDT

Pope Benedict XVI looks on during an Easter Mass in St. Peter's Square, at the Vatican, Sunday, April 4, 2010. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)AP - Protests are growing against Pope Benedict XVI's planned trip to Britain, where some lawyers question whether the Vatican's implicit statehood status should shield the pope from prosecution over sex crimes by pedophile priests.

Royal family attend Easter service at Windsor (AFP)

Posted: 04 Apr 2010 06:42 AM PDT

Queen Elizabeth II and members of the royal family attended the traditional Easter Sunday service at Windsor Castle and were greeted by bright sunshine as they left the church.(AFP/Pool/Alastair Grant)AFP - Queen Elizabeth II and members of the royal family attended the traditional Easter Sunday service at Windsor Castle and were greeted by bright sunshine as they left the church.

British kissing couple loses jail appeal in Dubai (AFP)

Posted: 04 Apr 2010 05:50 AM PDT

People leave the Dubai Courts building. A British couple has lost an appeal against a one-month jail sentence for kissing in public in the Muslim Gulf emirate of Dubai, a popular destination for British tourists and expats.(AFP)AFP - A British couple lost Sunday an appeal against a one-month jail sentence for kissing in public in the Muslim Gulf emirate of Dubai, a popular destination for British tourists and expats.

Last Malaysian adult witness to British massacre dies (AFP)

Posted: 04 Apr 2010 01:34 AM PDT

File photo of Tham Yong, the sole surviving witness to the killing of 24 villagers by British troops in 1948. Tham Yong has died, leaving the campaign for an official investigation uncertain, activists said.(AFP/File)AFP - The last Malaysian adult witness to the massacre of 24 unarmed villagers by British troops in 1948 has died, leaving the campaign for an official investigation uncertain, activists said Sunday.

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