Yahoo! News: World - Britain

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• Arrest after Semtex found near London Olympic site: police (AFP)
• $24 million donation secures Zurbaran works for UK (Reuters)
• Prince Harry takes plunge on Arctic trek (AP)
• Government enacts new bribery law, reassures foreign firms (AFP)
• Insurance market Lloyd's 2010 profits tumble (AFP)
• Funding cuts for hundreds of arts groups (AFP)
• UK government details new bribery laws (AP)
• Axe falls on UK arts groups as cuts announced (Reuters)
• Bus tour shows Kate Middleton's childhood (AFP)
• Five-year-old injured in south London shooting (AFP)
• Tullow sells Ugandan oil stakes to Total, CNOOC (AP)
• Ed Miliband to marry his partner in May (Reuters)
• Ed Miliband to marry partner Justine (AFP)
• British watchdog confirms BAA airports sale ruling (AFP)
• Tullow Oil says Total, CNOOC buy Uganda assets (AFP)
• UK agency asks BAA to sell 2 more airports (AP)
• UK authorities probe cargo plane bomb hoax (AP)
• Government probes fake bomb on cargo plane (AFP)
• UK investigates package on UPS plane to Turkey: report (Reuters)

Arrest after Semtex found near London Olympic site: police (AFP) Posted: 30 Mar 2011 04:54 PM PDT AFP - Police said Wednesday they had arrested a female security guard at London's Olympic Stadium after a small amount of the bomb-making material Semtex was found during a search of her car.

$24 million donation secures Zurbaran works for UK (Reuters) Posted: 30 Mar 2011 04:19 PM PDT Reuters - A series of portraits by 17th century Spanish painter Francisco de Zurbaran hanging in Auckland Castle, northeast England, have been saved from the auction block by a 15 million pound ($24 million) donation.

Prince Harry takes plunge on Arctic trek (AP) Posted: 30 Mar 2011 03:10 PM PDT AP - Prince Harry doesn't do things halfway.

Government enacts new bribery law, reassures foreign firms (AFP) Posted: 30 Mar 2011 10:49 AM PDT AFP - The government said Wednesday that a new bribery law would be implemented in July, offering new guidelines to calm business concerns and an assurance that it would not apply to foreign firms listed in London.

Insurance market Lloyd's 2010 profits tumble (AFP) Posted: 30 Mar 2011 10:05 AM PDT AFP - The Lloyd's of London insurance market said Wednesday that profits sank last year due to major claims arising from earthquakes in Chile and New Zealand, floods in Australia and the BP oil spill.

Funding cuts for hundreds of arts groups (AFP) Posted: 30 Mar 2011 08:35 AM PDT AFP - Hundreds of arts bodies that used to receive funding from Arts Council England have lost out on the cash this year because of the coalition government's spending cuts.

UK government details new bribery laws (AP) Posted: 30 Mar 2011 08:18 AM PDT AP - Britain was criticized on Wednesday for watering down its much-vaunted update of century-old bribery laws — a revision that initially had been hailed by activists as creating one of the world's broadest and most effective new anti-corruption regimes.

Axe falls on UK arts groups as cuts announced (Reuters) Posted: 30 Mar 2011 08:16 AM PDT Reuters - The Arts Council England said on Wednesday it would stop funding over 200 arts organizations as part of broader public sector cuts being enforced by the government in its battle to bring down a record budget deficit.

Bus tour shows Kate Middleton's childhood (AFP) Posted: 30 Mar 2011 08:13 AM PDT AFP - Royal wedding fanatics wanting to peek into Kate Middleton's past can now roll up for a bus tour round the genteel countryside where she spent her childhood.

Five-year-old injured in south London shooting (AFP) Posted: 30 Mar 2011 05:03 AM PDT AFP - A five-year-old girl and a man were seriously injured when they were accidentally shot in a battle between rival groups in London's Stockwell district, police said on Wednesday.

Tullow sells Ugandan oil stakes to Total, CNOOC (AP) Posted: 30 Mar 2011 03:54 AM PDT AP - Britain's Tullow Oil PLC said Wednesday it is selling stakes in its Ugandan exploration blocks to France's Total SA and China's state-owned CNOOC Ltd. for $2.9 billion cash, paving the way for development of the oil rich Lake Albert Basin.

Ed Miliband to marry his partner in May (Reuters) Posted: 30 Mar 2011 03:33 AM PDT Reuters - Labour leader Ed Miliband said on Wednesday he is to marry his partner Justine Thornton at a ceremony in May.

Ed Miliband to marry partner Justine (AFP) Posted: 30 Mar 2011 02:43 AM PDT AFP - After William and Kate there is now, well, Ed and Justine.

British watchdog confirms BAA airports sale ruling (AFP) Posted: 30 Mar 2011 02:03 AM PDT AFP - Britain's competition watchdog on Wednesday reiterated its ruling for Spanish-owned airports operator BAA to sell two more airports including London Stansted.

Tullow Oil says Total, CNOOC buy Uganda assets (AFP) Posted: 30 Mar 2011 01:48 AM PDT AFP - Anglo-Irish energy firm Tullow Oil said Wednesday that it has agreed to sell part of its Uganda assets to France's Total and China's CNOOC for a total of $1.8 billion pounds ($2.9 billion).

UK agency asks BAA to sell 2 more airports (AP) Posted: 30 Mar 2011 12:58 AM PDT AP - BAA Ltd., the owner of Heathrow airport, must sell another London airport and one in Scotland to promote greater competition, Britain's anti-monopoly agency said Wednesday.

UK authorities probe cargo plane bomb hoax (AP) Posted: 30 Mar 2011 12:45 AM PDT AP - British authorities are investigating how a fake bomb was smuggled aboard a cargo flight to Turkey without being detected.

Government probes fake bomb on cargo plane (AFP) Posted: 30 Mar 2011 12:26 AM PDT AFP - The government is investigating how a fake bomb hidden in a wedding cake box was allowed on a UPS cargo flight from London to Turkey, the country's transport ministry said.

UK investigates package on UPS plane to Turkey: report (Reuters) Posted: 29 Mar 2011 10:41 PM PDT Reuters - Britain is investigating how a suspicious package travelled undetected on a cargo plane to Turkey, media reported on Wednesday.

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