Yahoo! News: World - Britain

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• Weir's Saddam bribery profits go to Iraq good causes (AFP)
• "King's Speech" tipped for glory at BAFTA awards (Reuters)
• Minister: Brits don't realize painfulness of cuts (AP)
• Scouts' 'Kate Middleton' kidnap condemned (AFP)

Weir's Saddam bribery profits go to Iraq good causes (AFP) Posted: 12 Feb 2011 04:46 PM PST AFP - Profits confiscated from British engineering firm Weir for paying illegal kickbacks to Saddam Hussein's regime are to be ploughed into Iraqi good causes, the Scottish government announced Sunday.

"King's Speech" tipped for glory at BAFTA awards (Reuters) Posted: 12 Feb 2011 04:31 PM PST Reuters - "The King's Speech," in which Colin Firth plays stammering King George VI, is the bookmakers' favorite to be crowned best film at Britain's top movie accolades the BAFTA awards on Sunday.

Minister: Brits don't realize painfulness of cuts (AP) Posted: 12 Feb 2011 09:23 AM PST AP - A senior U.K. minister says his country's middle class still hasn't grasped just how much the government's spending cuts will hurt.

Scouts' 'Kate Middleton' kidnap condemned (AFP) Posted: 12 Feb 2011 03:01 AM PST AFP - A Scout troop is under fire for posing as terrorists after staging a mock kidnap of a girl playing Prince William's fiancee Kate Middleton, the Daily Telegraph reported.

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