Yahoo! News: World - Britain

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• Famous Christian landmark tree chopped down in UK (AP)
• Why British Students Are Rioting over University Tuition (Time.com)
• Royal attack prompts questions over UK security (AP)
• UK court grants bail to suspect in honeymoon death (AP)
• Britain to probe lapse in royal security after riot (Reuters)
• British prosecutors: No new phone hacking charges (AP)
• Scots who shook up Victorian art on show in London (Reuters)
• Exhibitions: Ancient Egypt's Book of the Dead in London show (Reuters)

Famous Christian landmark tree chopped down in UK (AP) Posted: 10 Dec 2010 03:07 PM PST AP - Legend has it that the rare thorn tree on a hill in southern England had ties to the earliest days of Christianity, and pilgrims often left offerings at its base. In more recent times, local children honored its current incarnation each year by cutting sprigs to place on Queen Elizabeth II's Christmas dining table.

Why British Students Are Rioting over University Tuition (Time.com) Posted: 10 Dec 2010 02:40 PM PST Time.com - After Britain's Parliament approved a threefold increase in tuition on Dec. 9, peaceful protests descended into chaos. What are the kids fighting for?

Royal attack prompts questions over UK security (AP) Posted: 10 Dec 2010 02:12 PM PST AP - British officials defended the country's security establishment Friday after rampaging student protesters attacked a car carrying the Prince of Wales and Duchess of Cornwall.

UK court grants bail to suspect in honeymoon death (AP) Posted: 10 Dec 2010 10:31 AM PST AP - A British court granted bail on Friday to a newlywed accused of hiring a man to kill his bride during their honeymoon in South Africa.

Britain to probe lapse in royal security after riot (Reuters) Posted: 10 Dec 2010 10:25 AM PST Reuters - British police promised an investigation on Friday after Prince Charles, the heir to the throne, was caught up in London's worst riots in years as student protests over a rise in fees boiled over.

British prosecutors: No new phone hacking charges (AP) Posted: 10 Dec 2010 07:02 AM PST AP - British officials won't file any new charges in a tabloid phone hacking scandal that threatened to tarnish the reputation of the prime minister's senior media aide, the country's chief prosecutor said Friday.

Scots who shook up Victorian art on show in London (Reuters) Posted: 10 Dec 2010 02:04 AM PST Reuters - A group of talented and ambitious young artists join forces, determined to stir up the art establishment which they see as sentimental, stodgy and distant from reality.

Exhibitions: Ancient Egypt's Book of the Dead in London show (Reuters) Posted: 10 Dec 2010 02:03 AM PST Reuters - The delicate details of the afterlife written down on papyrus by the ancient Egyptians have been unfurled in public at a British Museum show in London.

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