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Yahoo! News: World - Britain

Ex-Pakistani leader admits mistakes while in power (AP)

Posted: 01 Oct 2010 05:02 PM PDT

Pervez Musharraf, the former President of Pakistan, aknowledges the applauf of his supporters as he arrives for the announcement of the launch of his new political party, the 'All Pakistan Muslim League' in central London, Friday Oct. 1, 2010. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)AP - Pakistan's ex-military ruler Pervez Musharraf has apologized for mistakes made during his last term in office as he launched a bid to return to power.

BBC unions cancel strike on PM's big day (AFP)

Posted: 01 Oct 2010 09:48 AM PDT

A general view of the BBC's West London headquarters. Trade unions called off a BBC strike Friday that was timed to disrupt coverage of a speech by Prime Minister David Cameron next week, after receiving an improved offer in a pensions dispute.(AFP/File/Carl de Souza)AFP - Trade unions called off a BBC strike Friday that was timed to disrupt coverage of a speech by Prime Minister David Cameron next week, after receiving an improved offer in a pensions dispute.

BP says Gulf oil spill costs hit 11.2 bln dollars (AFP)

Posted: 01 Oct 2010 09:23 AM PDT

A support ship related to the collection of oil from over the site of the BP Deepwater Horizon oil well transitions through a sheen of oil off the coast of Louisiana in June 2010. British energy giant BP has spent 11.2 bilion dollars (8.2 billion euros) in response to the Gulf of Mexico oil spill disaster, it said on Friday as new boss Bob Dudley began his first day.(AFP/File/Saul Loeb)AFP - British energy giant BP has so far spent 11.2 billion dollars (8.2 billion euros) in response to the Gulf of Mexico oil spill disaster, it said Friday, as new boss Bob Dudley began his first day.

Babylonian, dead for millennia, now online (AP)

Posted: 01 Oct 2010 08:34 AM PDT

Babylonian speaking professor, Dr Martin Worthington poses in the library of School of Oriental and African Studies in London, Friday, Oct. 1, 2010. The ancient language of Babylonian can be heard for the first time in almost 2,000 years after Cambridge University scholars posted readings and poems online. The project of resurrecting the ancient tongue by discovering how the language was pronounced and spoken is the brainchild of Dr Martin Worthington. (AP Photo/Sang Tan)AP - The language of the Epic of Gilgamesh and King Hammurabi has found a new life online after being dead for some 2,000 years.

Chevron gets permission to drill off UK coast (AP)

Posted: 01 Oct 2010 07:41 AM PDT

AP - Britain has granted Chevron Corp. permission to begin the first new deepwater drilling in the North Sea since the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, brushing aside calls for a U.S.-style moratorium on off-shore drilling.

Equal rights law 'toothless', say campaigners (AFP)

Posted: 01 Oct 2010 07:07 AM PDT

Women workers in Canary Wharf in 2007. The gender pay gap in the UK is likely to take another five decades to close, according to a new report, with women at the top still earning substantially less than their male counterparts.(AFP/File/Ben Stansall)AFP - Rights campaigners have attacked the government for failing to implement in full its new equalities legislation, which comes into force on Friday.

Weapons found in Pakistan MP murder case (AFP)

Posted: 01 Oct 2010 06:58 AM PDT

British police say they have recovered a knife and brick used in the attack on Pakistani politician Imran Farooq, seen here in 1999, who was stabbed to death outside his home in north London last month(AFP/File/Jonathan Utz)AFP - Police said Friday they had recovered a knife and brick used in the attack on Pakistani politician Imran Farooq, who was stabbed to death outside his home in north London last month.

BMA warns against 'slash and burn' in NHS (AFP)

Posted: 01 Oct 2010 03:54 AM PDT

A radical government health shake-up which would introduce more competition for services could damage the future of the NHS, the British Medical Association (BMA) said on Friday, warning against a AFP - A radical government health shake-up which would introduce more competition for services could damage the future of the NHS, the British Medical Association (BMA) said on Friday, warning against a "slash and burn" effect.

BP says oil spill costs rise to $11.2 billion (AP)

Posted: 01 Oct 2010 03:27 AM PDT

FILE - In this May 6, 2010 file photo, Robert Dudley, executive vice president for the Americas and Asia for British Petroleum, speaks during a luncheon at the Boston College's Chief Executivesí Club of Boston. Incoming BP Chief Executive Bob Dudley said Thursday, Sept. 30, the oil company is likely to restart dividend payments in the first quarter of next year. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, file)AP - BP PLC said Friday that it has pledged royalty revenues from several Gulf of Mexico assets to guarantee payment of claims from the disastrous blowout of its Macondo well.

Police probe Putney chemical deaths (AFP)

Posted: 01 Oct 2010 03:26 AM PDT

Four people, including two young girls, were found dead at a house in Hampshire on Monday, police have confirmed.(AFP/File/Adrian Dennis)AFP - Police were awaiting test results Friday from the bodies of two women found dead in a suspected double suicide, days after another pair killed themselves with chemicals in a pact forged on the Internet.

Rio Tinto boosts investment in Icelandic smelter (AP)

Posted: 01 Oct 2010 02:58 AM PDT

AP - Rio Tinto Alcan says it is investing $487 million in its aluminium smelter in Iceland to increase production by 20 percent.

Bin Laden 'involved in Europe attack plot' (AFP)

Posted: 30 Sep 2010 11:57 PM PDT

Undated video grab shows Osama bin Laden speaking at an undisclosed location in 2001. Al-Qaeda chief bin Laden is involved in an unfolding plot to launch attacks on European cities and may have even targeted the United States, a radio report said Thursday.(AFP/HO/File)AFP - Al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden is involved in an unfolding plot to launch attacks on European cities and may have even targeted the United States, a radio report said.

Official: Germans, Brits behind Europe terror plot (AP)

Posted: 30 Sep 2010 06:02 PM PDT

FILE - In this Nov. 29, 2008 file photo, an Indian soldier takes cover as the Taj Mahal hotel burns during gun battle between Indian military and militants inside the hotel in Mumbai, India. European security officials said Wednesday Sept. 29, 2010, a terror plot to wage Mumbai-style shooting sprees or other low-budget attacks in Britain, France and Germany is still active and that sites in Pakistan — where the threat was intercepted — are being targeted for al-Qaida operatives. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder, File)AP - Eight Germans and two British brothers are at the heart of an al-Qaida-linked terror plot against European cities, but the plan is still in its early stages, with the suspects calling acquaintances in Europe to plan logistics, a Pakistani intelligence official said Thursday. One of the Britons died in a recent CIA missile strike, he said.

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