Yahoo! News: World - Britain

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• Lender says UK house prices rose 0.4 pct in 2010 (AP)
• UK says would back force to oust Ivory Coast's Gbagbo (Reuters)
• FTSE slides at close -- but posts gains for 2010 (AFP)
• UK changes policy to boost organ donor numbers (AP)
• New drivers to be prompted on organ donation (AFP)
• Indian group buys London's Grosvenor House (AFP)
• UK would back troop deployment to Ivory Coast (AP)
• House prices rebound in December: survey (AFP)
• N.Korea TV airs British soccer film (AFP)

Lender says UK house prices rose 0.4 pct in 2010 (AP) Posted: 31 Dec 2010 07:22 AM PST AP - Average house prices in the United Kingdom rose 0.4 percent in 2010 as falling prices in the second half of the year offset gains in the first six months, a major mortgage lender said Friday.

UK says would back force to oust Ivory Coast's Gbagbo (Reuters) Posted: 31 Dec 2010 06:47 AM PST Reuters - Britain said on Friday it would give support at the United Nations for the use of force to oust Ivory Coast's incumbent president Laurent Gbagbo if West African nations sought backing for a military intervention.

FTSE slides at close -- but posts gains for 2010 (AFP) Posted: 31 Dec 2010 06:08 AM PST AFP - The FTSE 100 has closed lower on its final day of trading for 2010, slipping 1.19 percent to end at 5,899.94 points -- though it marked a solid gain of 9.2 percent for the year as a whole.

UK changes policy to boost organ donor numbers (AP) Posted: 31 Dec 2010 04:10 AM PST AP - Drivers applying for new licenses in Britain will have to choose whether or not to become organ donors under a program announced Friday aimed at increasing the number of people registered.

New drivers to be prompted on organ donation (AFP) Posted: 31 Dec 2010 02:58 AM PST AFP - Drivers applying for a licence from July will be required to answer a question about organ donation under a new scheme being brought in by the government.

Indian group buys London's Grosvenor House (AFP) Posted: 31 Dec 2010 01:47 AM PST AFP - The conglomerate, Sahara India Pariwar, has bought London's luxurious Grosvenor House hotel from state-rescued Royal Bank of Scotland for £470 million.

UK would back troop deployment to Ivory Coast (AP) Posted: 31 Dec 2010 01:22 AM PST AP - Britain's Foreign Secretary William Hague says the U.K. would support a United Nations-sanctioned military intervention by Ivory Coast's neighbors if negotiations fail to persuade president Laurent Gbagbo to hand over power.

House prices rebound in December: survey (AFP) Posted: 31 Dec 2010 12:50 AM PST AFP - British house prices rose 0.4 percent in December from November, a key survey by home-loans provider Nationwide showed on Friday.

N.Korea TV airs British soccer film (AFP) Posted: 31 Dec 2010 12:39 AM PST AFP - "Bend It Like Beckham" has become the first Western movie to be screened on North Korean TV.

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