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Yahoo! News: World - Britain

Britain's candidates agree: This race is wide open (AP)

Posted: 30 Apr 2010 04:04 PM PDT

** CORRECTS TO POOL PHOTO ** Conservative Party leader David Cameron takes part in Britain's third televised election debate along Labour's Prime Minister Gordon Brown and Liberal Democrat Party leader Nick Clegg (unseen) in Birmingham, England, Thursday, April 29, 2010. British Prime Minister Gordon Brown is seeking political redemption in his country's third and final live televised debate after an open microphone caught him dismissing a retired Labour voter as a 'bigoted woman.' (AP Photo / Gareth Fuller, Pool)AP - Divided over the country's ballooning debt, the economy and the contentious issue of immigration, the three front runners in Britain's general election can still agree on one thing: This race is anyone's to win.

UK's Brown hit by poll, media back rivals (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Apr 2010 03:19 PM PDT

Britain's opposition Conservative Party leader David Cameron (L), Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg and Prime Minister Gordon Brown (R) take part in the third and final televised party leaders' election campaign debate in Birmingham, April 29, 2010. REUTERS/Jeff Overs/BBCReuters - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown's faltering election campaign suffered fresh blows on Friday as support for his Labour Party slid in one new poll and leading newspapers came out in support of his rivals.

Blair seeks to salvage Brown's fading poll hopes (AFP)

Posted: 30 Apr 2010 01:25 PM PDT

Former premier Tony Blair visits a health centre in London. Blair has returned to Britain's campaign trail to help his embattled successor Gordon Brown, struggling to keep his party's re-election hopes alive six days before national polls.(AFP/POOL/Dominic Lipinski)AFP - Ex-premier Tony Blair returned to Britain's campaign trail Friday to help his embattled successor Gordon Brown, who is struggling to keep his re-election hopes alive six days before national polls.

BP shares gyrate lower in London trading (AP)

Posted: 30 Apr 2010 12:05 PM PDT

B.P. Chief Operating Officer Doug Suttles speaks during a news conference on Thursday, April 29, 2010, at the Shell Robert Training and Conference Center in Robert, La. about the oil spill that resulted from the explosion and collapse of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico near the coast of Louisiana. (AP Photo/Derick E. Hingle)AP - BP shares continued to fall Friday as the company felt the impact of the massive oil spill from an exploratory well in the Gulf of Mexico.

Barclays Q1 profit up 29 percent (AP)

Posted: 30 Apr 2010 11:14 AM PDT

AP - British bank Barclays PLC reported Friday that profit rose 29 percent in the first quarter due to fewer bad loans, but its share price slumped as a drop in investment banking income alarmed investors.

Iraqi Airways boss ordered to stay in London in Kuwait row (AFP)

Posted: 30 Apr 2010 10:48 AM PDT

A judge ordered the chief executive of Iraqi Airways Kifah Hassan Jabbar, seen here leaving court, to remain in Britain until at least Wednesday after the first commercial flight from Baghdad to London ended in a legal nightmare.(AFP/Ben Stansall)AFP - A judge ordered the chief executive of Iraqi Airways to remain in Britain until at least Wednesday after the first commercial flight from Baghdad to London ended in a legal nightmare.

UK: Ex-royal aide avoids charges for prison escape (AP)

Posted: 30 Apr 2010 09:38 AM PDT

AP - Authorities say a convicted murderer who once served as the personal assistant to the duchess of York will not face charges for escaping from a British prison.

Brazil's Vale buys stake in British BSG Resources (AP)

Posted: 30 Apr 2010 08:41 AM PDT

AP - Brazilian mining company Vale says it will buy a 51 percent stake in England-based BSG Resources in a $2.5 billion all-cash deal.

Twitter thread comes out in support of immigrants (AFP)

Posted: 30 Apr 2010 08:19 AM PDT

As the issue of immigration takes centre stage before the general election a growing number of people on Twitter have voiced their concern over the tone of last night's pre-election TV debate.(AFP/File/Loic Venance)AFP - As the issue of immigration takes centre stage before the general election a growing number of people on Twitter have voiced their concern over the tone of last night's pre-election TV debate.

Prince Harry passes British army pilot's course (AP)

Posted: 30 Apr 2010 06:26 AM PDT

Britain?s Prince Harry smiles as he leaves Holy Trinity Church in 2008. Prince Harry has passed his army helicopter pilot's course, his office said Friday, boosting his hopes of returning to frontline fighting in Afghanistan.(AFP/File/Adrian Dennis)AP - Just call him Your Royal Fly-ness: Prince Harry has earned his wings, his office said Friday.

Northern Ireland police on alert ahead of British vote (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Apr 2010 06:02 AM PDT

Reuters - Police in Northern Ireland launched a major security operation on Friday in a bid to stop dissident republicans disrupting the British parliamentary election next week.

Mild beer making a UK comeback after 50 years (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Apr 2010 04:49 AM PDT

Reuters - Mild beer, last in fashion when the Beatles were still at school, is making a comeback in Britain, according to a real ale lobby group.

Barclays bank enjoys soaring first-quarter profits (AFP)

Posted: 30 Apr 2010 04:43 AM PDT

Barclays bank said Friday that net profit soared 29 percent in the first quarter of 2010, boosted by tumbling bad debts, signs of economic recovery and a strong investment banking division.(AFP/File/Loic Venance)AFP - Barclays said Friday that net profit soared 29 percent in the first quarter of 2010, boosted by tumbling bad debts, signs of economic recovery and a strong investment banking division.

Bouncer to appear in court over Dowler murder (AFP)

Posted: 30 Apr 2010 02:27 AM PDT

Former nightclub bouncer Levi Bellfield, seen here, will appear in court accused of murdering schoolgirl Milly Dowler eight years ago.(AFP/HO/File)AFP - A former nightclub bouncer will appear in court on Friday accused of murdering schoolgirl Milly Dowler eight years ago.

Blair to the rescue of embattled Labour: reports (AFP)

Posted: 30 Apr 2010 12:43 AM PDT

Reports said that Tony Blair, seen here in March 2010, hits the campaign trail to lend his star quality to the Labour Party's fading re-election hopes.(AFP/File/Owen Humphreys)AFP - Tony Blair hits the campaign trail on Friday to lend his star quality to the Labour Party's fading re-election hopes, reports said.

Flatulent orange superhero has a blast in British poll (AFP)

Posted: 29 Apr 2010 10:21 PM PDT

Captain Beany, leader of the New Millennium Bean Party, poses for pictures in Port Talbot, Wales, on April 16. Captain Beany, a lurid orange baked bean superhero and the reigning greatest British eccentric, is hoping to blow a wind of change through parliament at the general election.(AFP/File/Adrian Dennis)AFP - Captain Beany, a lurid orange baked bean superhero, hopes to blow a wind of change through parliament at Britain's imminent general election.

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