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Yahoo! News: World - Britain

Gunman kills 12 in rampage through tourist hotspot (AFP)

Posted: 02 Jun 2010 04:15 PM PDT

Police officers look a body at the scene of a shooting in Seascale, Cumbria. A gunman killed at least 12 people in a deadly rampage through a popular tourist region Wednesday, before apparently turning the gun on himself, police said.(AFP/Andrew Yates)AFP - A gunman killed at least 12 people in a deadly rampage through a popular tourist region Wednesday, before apparently turning the gun on himself, police said.

UK taxi driver kills 12, wounds 25 in rampage (AP)

Posted: 02 Jun 2010 04:05 PM PDT

Police stand next to a body following a shooting on Duke Street, in the town of Whitehaven in northwest England Wednesday June 2, 2010. British police were hunting down a man suspected in a shooting spree that has left more than one person dead in northwest England. The Cumbria Constabulary said there have been 'a number of fatalities' as well as several injuries after shots were fired in the town of Whitehaven and nearby Seascale and Egremont. (AP Photo/Rod Minchin/PA Wire) ** UNITED KINGDOM OUT **AP - A taxi driver drove his vehicle on a shooting spree across a tranquil stretch of northwest England on Wednesday, methodically killing 12 people and wounding 25 others before turning the gun on himself, officials said. The rampage in the county of Cumbria was Britain's deadliest mass shooting since 1996 and it jolted a country where handguns are banned and multiple shootings rare.

Yemen holds Americans, others in al-Qaida probe (AP)

Posted: 02 Jun 2010 03:03 PM PDT

AP - Yemeni authorities have detained several foreigners, including Americans, Britons and an Australian woman, in connection with an investigation into al-Qaida's increased activity in the country, security officials said Wednesday.

Police confirm river remains are missing prostitute (AFP)

Posted: 02 Jun 2010 01:31 PM PDT

A police diver searching the River Aire in Shipley in May 2010 as part of the investigation into the deaths of three prostitutes. Police confirmed Wednesday that human remains found in the river belong to one of the missing women.(AFP/Andrew Yates)AFP - Police investigating the deaths of three prostitutes confirmed Wednesday that human remains found in a river belong to one of the missing women.

Gunman kills 12 in UK Lake District rampage (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Jun 2010 01:13 PM PDT

Derrick Bird in an undated photo released by Cumbria Police. REUTERS/Cumbria PoliceReuters - A gunman killed at least 12 people in a rampage through quiet towns in and around the scenic Lake District of northwest England on Wednesday in Britain's worst shooting spree for 14 years.

UK's first water desalination plant opens (AFP)

Posted: 02 Jun 2010 11:35 AM PDT

A view of the Thames Water Desalination Plant, UK's first water desalination plant in Beckton. The plant will provide up to 140 million litres of drinking water each day produced by desalinating water from the Thames estuary.(AFP/Ben Stansall)AFP - Prince Philip opened the country's first desalination plant Wednesday, which aims to provide much-needed back-up for water-stressed London and its current leaky network.

Churchill memorabilia fetches $844,000 (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Jun 2010 11:25 AM PDT

Reuters - An auction of memorabilia of British wartime leader Winston Churchill, including a cigar and a letter in which he rejects making terms with Adolf Hitler, fetched 577,063 pounds ($844,700) on Wednesday.

Death toll from British shooting spree rises to 12 (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Jun 2010 09:29 AM PDT

Reuters - British police said the death toll from a shooting spree in northwest England earlier on Wednesday had risen to 12.

FTSE closes lower (AFP)

Posted: 02 Jun 2010 09:16 AM PDT

London's leading shares closed lower with the energy sector hit by the BP oil spill disaster and banks suffering on fears of exposure to eurozone debt.(AFP/File/Ben Stansall)AFP - London's leading shares closed lower on Wednesday with the energy sector hit by the BP oil spill disaster and banks suffering on fears of exposure to eurozone debt.

Royal Marine killed in Afghanistan blast (AFP)

Posted: 02 Jun 2010 09:00 AM PDT

Soldiers on patrol in Afghanistan's Helmand Province in February, 2010. A Royal Marine was killed in an explosion in Afghanistan on Wednesday morning, the Ministry of Defence confirmed.(AFP/File/Massoud Hossaini)AFP - A soldier serving with the Royal Marines was killed in an explosion in Afghanistan on Wednesday morning, the Ministry of Defence said.

Prudential ditches Asian takeover (AFP)

Posted: 02 Jun 2010 08:50 AM PDT

An electronic banner advert displays the log of insurer Prudential in Hong Kong. Insurance giant Prudential has abandoned its hugely ambitious takeover of AIG's Asian unit AIA, putting the future of chief executive Tidjane Thiam in doubt.(AFP/File/Mike Clarke)AFP - Insurer Prudential abandoned its hugely ambitious takeover of AIG's Asian unit AIA on Wednesday, putting the future of chief executive Tidjane Thiam in doubt.

Cage fighter jailed for role in £53 mln robbery (AFP)

Posted: 02 Jun 2010 08:30 AM PDT

Lee Lamrani Ibrahim Murray (centre) leaves a court escorted by police after his trial in Rabat in February 2007. The cage fighter who played a leading part in Britain's biggest cash robbery has been sentenced to 10 years in a Moroccan jail for his part in the crime.(AFP/File/Abdelhak Senna)AFP - A cage fighter who played a leading part in Britain's biggest cash robbery has been sentenced to 10 years in a Moroccan jail for his part in the crime.

BA-Iberia merger on schedule: Iberia chairman (AFP)

Posted: 02 Jun 2010 07:50 AM PDT

An Iberia Airbus passes behind a British Airways plane at the airport in Duesseldorf, 2009. British Airways and Iberia should complete their merger on schedule before the end of the year, the chairman of the Spanish flag carrier said.(AFP/DDP/File/Henning Kaiser)AFP - British Airways and Iberia should complete their merger on schedule before the end of the year, the chairman of the Spanish flag carrier said on Wednesday.

Body of fugitive British gunman believed found: police (AFP)

Posted: 02 Jun 2010 06:24 AM PDT

Police officers stand close to where the car belonging to Derrick Bird, the suspected gunman, was found in Boot, northwest England. A gunman killed at least 12 people after going on a rampage in a popular tourist area in northwest England on Wednesday, before apparently turning the gun on himself, police said.(AFP/Andrew Yates)AFP - British police found a body Wednesday believed to be that of a gunman who killed a number of people in a popular tourist area of northwest England, they said.

BA holds fresh talks over cabin crew strikes (AFP)

Posted: 02 Jun 2010 04:32 AM PDT

Demonstrators from the Unite Union protest in favour of striking British Airways cabin crew on the fifth day of a five-day strike, in London on May 28. Fresh talks between British Airways and unions over ongoing cabin crew strikes broke up late Tuesday without any indication of whether any progress had been made.(AFP/File/Ben Stansall)AFP - Fresh talks between British Airways and unions over ongoing cabin crew strikes broke up late Tuesday without any indication of whether any progress had been made.

Prudential pulls out of bid for Asian insurer AIA (AFP)

Posted: 01 Jun 2010 07:27 PM PDT

An electronic banner advert displays the log of British insurer Prudential in Hong Kong. The firm has said it is terminating its bid to buy AIA, the Asian arm of US group AIG.(AFP/File/Mike Clarke)AFP - British insurer Prudential said Wednesday it was terminating its bid to buy AIA, the Asian arm of AIG, after the US group refused to lower its asking price.

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