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Yahoo! News: World - Britain

British Airways staff stage fresh wave of strikes (AFP)

Posted: 05 Jun 2010 10:18 AM PDT

Demonstrators prepare to set off on a double decker bus as they take part in a protest for BA cabin crew during the first day of a five-day strike at Heathrow Airport on May 24. BA cabin crew have launched five more days of strikes.(AFP/File/Adrian Dennis)AFP - Five more days of strikes by British Airways (BA) cabin crew got under way Saturday, the 18th day of action since March in an increasingly bitter and drawn out row.

Police probe Derrick Bird's tax affairs (AFP)

Posted: 05 Jun 2010 08:09 AM PDT

A woman leaves a floral tribute at a taxi rank on Duke Street in Whitehaven, Cumbria,where taxi driver Darren Rewcastle was shot and killed by lone gunman Derrick Bird. Police have said they were investigating Bird's tax affairs.(AFP/Derek Blair)AFP - Taxi driver Derrick Bird, who shot dead 12 people during a rampage through Cumbria, was being investigated over his tax affairs, police confirmed on Saturday..

UK police study family feud over mass shootings (AP)

Posted: 05 Jun 2010 05:42 AM PDT

Flower tributes are left for Garry Purdham at the site of where he was gunned down at Boonwood, Cumbria, England Friday, June 4, 2010, one day after taxi driver Derrick Bird drove around the area on a shooting spree across a tranquil stretch of northwest England. bird killed 12 people and woundin gmany others before turning the gun on himself. (AP Photo/Scott Heppell)AP - A British taxi driver was being investigated by tax officials before he fatally shot 12 people including his twin brother, police said Saturday.

Two British soldiers killed in Afghanistan (AFP)

Posted: 05 Jun 2010 01:36 AM PDT

British soldiers of the 1st batallion of the Royal Welsh prepare their equipment before conducting a patrol in Helmand province. Two British soldiers were killed in a small arms clash with insurgent forces in the region, the British Ministry of Defence announced.(AFP/File/Thomas Coex)AFP - Two British soldiers were killed in a small arms clash with insurgent forces in Afghanistan's southern Helmand province, the Ministry of Defence announced on Saturday.

British troops have to stay in Afghanistan: Fox (AFP)

Posted: 05 Jun 2010 12:59 AM PDT

British soldiers walk towards a military helicopter in Helmand province in March 2010. British troops have to stay in Afghanistan to prevent it from becoming a failed state and breeding ground for terrorism, newly appointed Defence Secretary Liam Fox said Saturday.(AFP/File/Massoud Hossaini)AFP - British troops have to stay in Afghanistan to prevent it from becoming a failed state and breeding ground for terrorism, newly appointed Defence Secretary Liam Fox said Saturday.

Royal whoops: US admits queen's birthday blunder (AP)

Posted: 04 Jun 2010 06:55 PM PDT

AP - But will she be amused? The State Department has conceded committing a diplomatic faux pas by sending birthday greetings to Britain's Queen Elizabeth II a week early.

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