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• Cloned cow offspring meat in food chain: officials (AFP)
• Pakistan's leader says world losing Afghan war (AP)
• Meat from cloned cow offspring in UK food chain (AP)
• BP's Dudley to visit Russia 2 years after ejection (AP)
• Tourists lose themselves in new London maze (AFP)
• Regulator fines RBS 5.6 million pounds (AFP)
• BP sells Colombian business for 1.19 billion pounds (AFP)
• Inquest begins in secret UK bomb experiment death (AP)
• US official: Nuclear inspection in Syria possible (AP)
• Pakistani British MPs slam Zardari visit (AFP)
• Papal visit souvenirs go on sale in Britain (Reuters)
• Protests in England over tests for 11-year-olds (AP)
• BP to sell Colombian assets for $1.9 billion (AP)
• Reading standards fall in controversial tests (AFP)
• Botched honour killing gang jailed (AFP)
• ITV swings into first-half profit (AFP)
• Historic London market protests at reform plan (Reuters)
• Hunger strike at immigration centre (AFP)
• Spain's Santander 'poised to buy RBS branches' (AFP)
• BoE to resist interest rate hike: analysts (AFP)

Cloned cow offspring meat in food chain: officials (AFP) Posted: 03 Aug 2010 04:08 PM PDT AFP - Food safety officials said Tuesday that meat from the offspring of a cloned cow had entered the country's food chain last year.

Pakistan's leader says world losing Afghan war (AP) Posted: 03 Aug 2010 04:06 PM PDT AP - The U.S.-led coalition's battle against the Taliban has already been lost because of its failure to win over the Afghan people, Pakistan's president warned Tuesday before tough talks this week with Prime Minister David Cameron, who has accused the country of exporting terrorism.

Meat from cloned cow offspring in UK food chain (AP) Posted: 03 Aug 2010 02:56 PM PDT AP - Meat from the offspring of a cloned cow in the United States entered the British food chain without official authorization, the UK's Food Standards Agency said Tuesday.

BP's Dudley to visit Russia 2 years after ejection (AP) Posted: 03 Aug 2010 12:18 PM PDT AP - BP PLC's incoming Chief Executive Robert Dudley and the man he will succeed, Tony Hayward, are heading to Russia this week to build bridges with investors and the government, barely two years after Dudley was thrown out of the country in a corporate dispute.

Tourists lose themselves in new London maze (AFP) Posted: 03 Aug 2010 10:04 AM PDT AFP - Bemused tourists are flocking to a giant maze erected in London's Trafalgar Square.

Regulator fines RBS 5.6 million pounds (AFP) Posted: 03 Aug 2010 09:40 AM PDT AFP - The British regulator, the Financial Services Authority, said on Tuesday that it had fined the state-controlled Royal Bank of Scotland 5.6 million pounds for lax money laundering controls.

BP sells Colombian business for 1.19 billion pounds (AFP) Posted: 03 Aug 2010 09:37 AM PDT AFP - Oil giant BP said on Tuesday it will sell its Colombian business for a total of 1.19 billion pounds to national oil company Ecopetrol and Talisman of Canada.

Inquest begins in secret UK bomb experiment death (AP) Posted: 03 Aug 2010 08:24 AM PDT AP - The parents of a British scientist killed during secret anti-terrorism experiments with homemade bombs told an inquest into his death Tuesday that the expert's work had helped save many lives.

US official: Nuclear inspection in Syria possible (AP) Posted: 03 Aug 2010 07:40 AM PDT AP - The U.N.'s International Atomic Energy Agency will likely consider a special inspection of Syria to answer nagging questions over its nuclear activities, the U.S. ambassador to the organization said Tuesday.

Pakistani British MPs slam Zardari visit (AFP) Posted: 03 Aug 2010 07:10 AM PDT AFP - British MPs of Pakistani origin hit out at President Asif Ali Zardari on Tuesday, saying he should be back home sorting out the flooding disaster rather than launching his son's career.

Papal visit souvenirs go on sale in Britain (Reuters) Posted: 03 Aug 2010 06:56 AM PDT Reuters - Official memorabilia to mark Pope Benedict's September visit to Britain went on sale this week with a Swarovski bracelet and baseball cap among the more usual souvenir mugs and T-shirts.

Protests in England over tests for 11-year-olds (AP) Posted: 03 Aug 2010 06:49 AM PDT AP - School test results for 11-year-olds were released Tuesday across England, and one result was certain: A large number of educators and parents consider the tests a waste of time.

BP to sell Colombian assets for $1.9 billion (AP) Posted: 03 Aug 2010 06:21 AM PDT AP - BP says it has agreed to sell its oil and gas exploration business in Colombia for $1.9 billion to a consortium of Ecopetrol, Colombia's national oil company, and Talisman of Canada.

Reading standards fall in controversial tests (AFP) Posted: 03 Aug 2010 06:17 AM PDT AFP - The number of primary school children achieving English and maths targets for 11-year-olds edged up this year, but reading levels slipped, results of national Sats tests show.

Botched honour killing gang jailed (AFP) Posted: 03 Aug 2010 06:13 AM PDT AFP - Four men were jailed for life on Tuesday for the murder of a couple in a bungled Muslim "honour killing" arson attack.

ITV swings into first-half profit (AFP) Posted: 03 Aug 2010 04:33 AM PDT AFP - Commercial broadcaster ITV said on Tuesday that it bounced into profit in the first half of 2010, and launched its first-ever move into pay-television as part of a new five-year strategy.

Historic London market protests at reform plan (Reuters) Posted: 03 Aug 2010 04:18 AM PDT Reuters - Porters at Britain's historic Billingsgate fish market began a campaign on Tuesday against reform plans they say would destroy the 680-year-old institution.

Hunger strike at immigration centre (AFP) Posted: 03 Aug 2010 02:40 AM PDT AFP - More than 100 people in an Oxfordshire immigration removal centre have gone on hunger strike, the Home Office confirmed on Tuesday.

Spain's Santander 'poised to buy RBS branches' (AFP) Posted: 03 Aug 2010 01:57 AM PDT AFP - Santander, Spain's biggest bank, is poised to buy 318 branches in Britain from Royal Bank of Scotland, which has pledged to shrink its network after receiving a huge state bailout, reports said Tuesday.

BoE to resist interest rate hike: analysts (AFP) Posted: 03 Aug 2010 12:22 AM PDT AFP - The Bank of England will resist a move to hike its key interest rate from a record-low 0.50 percent on Thursday because a recent upturn in economic growth is seen as temporary, analysts said.

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