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Yahoo! News: World - Britain

Sweden 'bomber' studied at British university: reports (AFP)

Posted: 12 Dec 2010 04:38 PM PST

A passer-by stand stands at the corner of Bryggaregatan and Drottninggatan street in central Stockholm. A man claimed by an Al-Qaeda-linked website to be behind bomb blasts in Sweden studied and lived in Britain, reports said Monday.(AFP/Jonathan Nackstrand)AFP - A man claimed by an Al-Qaeda-linked website to be behind bomb blasts in Sweden studied and lived in Britain, reports said Monday.

Charlton welcomes Chilean miners to Old Trafford (AFP)

Posted: 12 Dec 2010 02:12 PM PST

Sir Bobby Charlton, pictured in 2006, welcomed the Chilean miners who were trapped underground for two months to Old Trafford on Sunday.(AFP/File/Andrew Yates)AFP - Sir Bobby Charlton welcomed the Chilean miners who were trapped underground for two months to Old Trafford on Sunday.

Son of Pink Floyd star arrested over student protest (AFP)

Posted: 12 Dec 2010 02:02 PM PST

Charlie Gilmour, second right, adopted son of Pink Floyd guitarist David Gilmour, speaks with with police during student protests against the rise in tuition fees in central London, on Thursday. Gilmour was arrested Sunday on suspicion of attempted criminal damage after he was pictured swinging from the Cenotaph war memorial during Thursday's student riot.(AFP/File/Carl Court)AFP - The son of Pink Floyd guitarist David Gilmour was arrested Sunday on suspicion of attempted criminal damage after he was pictured swinging from the national war memorial during a student riot.

Favorite Cardle wins UK's X Factor (Reuters)

Posted: 12 Dec 2010 01:55 PM PST

Reuters - Former painter and decorator Matt Cardle won Britain's "The X Factor" on Sunday, pipping Liverpudlian Rebecca Ferguson in the final poll in the ITV show watched by millions.

Coalition 'rock solid' despite fees row: minister (AFP)

Posted: 12 Dec 2010 01:05 PM PST

A protestor is detained by police following clashes in Parliament Square during student demonstrations in London, on December 9. The governing coalition is AFP - The governing coalition is "rock solid", a top minister said Sunday, despite the junior partners being split down the middle on the flashpoint issue of university tuition fees.

Iran hardliners demand expulsion of UK ambassador (AP)

Posted: 12 Dec 2010 09:05 AM PST

AP - Conservative Iranian lawmakers on Sunday demanded the explusion of the British ambassador after he criticized the country's human rights record.

May considering ban on US pastor Jones (AFP)

Posted: 12 Dec 2010 06:19 AM PST

Controversial Florida pastor Terry Jones stands at a small protest at the site of the Park 51 proposed mosque and community center in New York last month. The Home Secretary Theresa May has said she is AFP - The Home Secretary Theresa May said on Sunday she was "actively" considering whether to ban firebrand US pastor Terry Jones from entering Britain to speak to far-right activists.

UK says attack students made 'contact' with royals (AP)

Posted: 12 Dec 2010 06:05 AM PST

Britain's Prince Charles and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, react as their car is attacked by angry protesters in London, Thursday, Dec. 9, 2010. An Associated Press photographer saw demonstrators kick the car in Regent Street, in the heart of London's shopping district. The car then sped off. Charles' office, Clarence House, confirmed that 'their royal highnesses' car was attacked by protesters on the way to their engagement at the London Palladium this evening, but their royal highnesses are unharmed.' (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)AP - Student protesters made physical contact with the wife of Prince Charles during an attack on the couple's car that has sparked a review of royal security, a British government minister said Sunday.

UK rioters 'made contact' with duchess in fees protest (AFP)

Posted: 12 Dec 2010 06:03 AM PST

Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, is seen in London in April. Home Secretary Theresa May has confirmed that rioters who surrounded a car carrying Camilla and Prince Charles during violent student protests made physical contact her.(AFP/File/Stefan Wermuth)AFP - Britain's Home Secretary Theresa May confirmed on Sunday that rioters who surrounded Prince Charles' car during violent student protests made physical contact with his wife Camilla.

British ambassador's rights criticism angers Iran (AFP)

Posted: 12 Dec 2010 05:58 AM PST

News photographers take pictures as Iranian riot policemen clash with dozens of basijis, members of hardline Islamist militia, who were demonstrating in front of Britain's embassy inTehran over the killing of a top Iranian nuclear scientist last month. Several conservative MPs have slammed British ambassador Simon Gass for criticising Iran's human rights record on his embassy website.(AFP/Atta Kenare)AFP - Several conservative MPs on Sunday slammed British ambassador Simon Gass for criticising Iran's human rights record on his embassy website and calling for the release of a prominent lawyer.

Pastor who threatened to burn Quran plans UK visit (AP)

Posted: 12 Dec 2010 04:36 AM PST

AP - Britain's interior minister said Sunday she will consider barring from the country a Florida pastor who threatened to burn a Quran on the anniversary of 9/11.

U.S. pastor who threatened to burn Koran plans British visit (Reuters)

Posted: 12 Dec 2010 04:19 AM PST

Reuters - An American Christian preacher who rose from obscurity to cause global uproar this year by threatening to burn the Koran says he plans to visit Britain to speak at an event hosted by a far-right anti-Islamist group.

Royal photos show relaxed, loving William and Kate (AP)

Posted: 12 Dec 2010 03:42 AM PST

This is one of two official portrait photographs taken on Nov. 25, 2010 in the Cornwall Room in St James's Palace, London and released by Clarence House Press Office on Sunday Dec. 12, 2010 to mark the engagement of Britain's Prince William, left, and Catherine Middleton, right. (AP Photo/Clarence House Press Office/Copyright 2010 Mario Testino, ho). MANDATORY CREDIT, NO SALES , EDITORIAL USE ONLY, NOT APPROVED FOR SOUVENIRS AND MEMORABILIA. THE PHOTOGRAPHS MUST NOT BE DIGITALLY ENHANCED, MANIPULATED OR MODIFIED AND MUST BE USED IN THEIR ENTIRETYAP - Prince William and Kate Middleton look relaxed, poised and very much in love in official photos released to mark their engagement.

WikiLeaks' Assange moved to isolation in British jail (AFP)

Posted: 11 Dec 2010 12:12 AM PST

Julian Assange is settling in for a stint behind bars after a British judge refused to grant bail to the WikiLeaks chief over claims of sex crimes in Sweden. The decision is the latest blow to WikiLeaks but journalists who work at the whistleblowing website say their work will go on. Duration: 02:06(AFPTV)AFP - WikiLeaks chief Julian Assange was in an isolation unit of a London jail Saturday, as new leaked US diplomatic cables revealed a row between the Vatican and Ireland over a child abuse inquiry.

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