Yahoo! News: World - Britain

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• UK weighs special unit to combat Olympics bad news (Reuters)
• British soldier killed in Afghan blast: MoD (AFP)
• Heavy police presence for far-right Luton rally (AFP)
• UK police on alert as far right group protests (AP)
• Cables: UK dismissive of 'numbskull' Zardari (AP)
• Government mulls scrapping May Day holiday (AFP)
• Government 'to relax anti-paedophile checks' (AFP)
• Reporter says Cameron's ex-aide knew about hacking (AFP)

UK weighs special unit to combat Olympics bad news (Reuters) Posted: 05 Feb 2011 04:32 PM PST Reuters - Britain's Foreign Office should set up a "rapid response unit" ahead of the 2012 Olympics to rebuff or correct negative stories which could damage the country's reputation, lawmakers said on Sunday.

British soldier killed in Afghan blast: MoD (AFP) Posted: 05 Feb 2011 12:24 PM PST AFP - A British soldier died in an explosion in Afghanistan Saturday, the Ministry of Defence announced, making him the 352nd member of the British armed forces to die in operations in the country.

Heavy police presence for far-right Luton rally (AFP) Posted: 05 Feb 2011 10:32 AM PST AFP - Thousands of supporters of a far-right group on Saturday staged a rally in the town that spawned their movement, amid a heavy police presence.

UK police on alert as far right group protests (AP) Posted: 05 Feb 2011 09:30 AM PST AP - More than 1,000 police officers kept a far-right group and anti-fascist protesters apart during rival demonstrations in an English town on Saturday.

Cables: UK dismissive of 'numbskull' Zardari (AP) Posted: 05 Feb 2011 07:30 AM PST AP - Leaked U.S. diplomatic cables reveal that British officials initially considered Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari a "numbskull" who would not last long in office.

Government mulls scrapping May Day holiday (AFP) Posted: 05 Feb 2011 04:39 AM PST AFP - The government said Saturday it was considering moving the May Day public holiday to October, in a move that would delight the tourism industry but which unions say is an attack on international labour day.

Government 'to relax anti-paedophile checks' (AFP) Posted: 05 Feb 2011 02:52 AM PST AFP - The government is to scale back an anti-paedophile scheme that would have required millions of workers to undergo criminal record checks before they could work with children, The Daily Telegraph reported on Saturday.

Reporter says Cameron's ex-aide knew about hacking (AFP) Posted: 04 Feb 2011 08:12 PM PST AFP - Prime Minister David Cameron was "either a liar or an idiot" to believe that his former media chief was not involved in phone hacking, a reporter claimed in newly published evidence Friday.

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