Yahoo! News: World - Britain

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• William and Kate announce first public engagement (AP)
• Quebec lawmaker blasts 'parasitic' royals (AFP)
• Quebec lawmaker calls visiting royals parasites (AP)
• FTSE closes up 0.86% (AFP)
• Titanic launch 100 years ago marked in Belfast (AFP)
• UK delays release of anti-terror cartoon movie (AP)
• Lord Taylor jailed for expenses fraud (AFP)
• UK House of Lords member jailed over expense fraud (AP)
• Young opt to rent as house prices rise (AFP)
• Police detect record number of online paedophiles (AFP)
• UK warns of Portugal violence after tourist killing (AFP)
• Murdered Red Cross worker's ex-boyfriend found dead (AFP)

William and Kate announce first public engagement (AP) Posted: 31 May 2011 02:50 PM PDT AP - Prince William and his new wife have chosen to attend a charity gala dinner as their first public engagement together as a married couple.

Quebec lawmaker blasts 'parasitic' royals (AFP) Posted: 31 May 2011 02:25 PM PDT AFP - An outspoken Quebec lawmaker launched a verbal assault Tuesday on Britain's Prince William and his new bride Catherine, deriding the "parasitic" royal system and equating their upcoming Canada visit with a circus show.

Quebec lawmaker calls visiting royals parasites (AP) Posted: 31 May 2011 11:55 AM PDT AP - The Quebec government is demanding an apology from a legislator who compared the British royal family to parasites and circus performers.

FTSE closes up 0.86% (AFP) Posted: 31 May 2011 09:22 AM PDT AFP - Stocks closed higher on Tuesday, on hopes of a second international bailout for Greece.

Titanic launch 100 years ago marked in Belfast (AFP) Posted: 31 May 2011 08:34 AM PDT AFP - Descendants of the men who built the Titanic marked the 100th anniversary Tuesday of its launch in Belfast in a moving ceremony aimed at restoring the city's maritime pride after years of shame.

UK delays release of anti-terror cartoon movie (AP) Posted: 31 May 2011 08:14 AM PDT AP - A British government-funded cartoon tackling the issue of Islamic extremism has been delayed after it was criticized in the country's tabloid press.

Lord Taylor jailed for expenses fraud (AFP) Posted: 31 May 2011 07:00 AM PDT AFP - A Conservative member of the House of Lords was jailed for a year on Tuesday for fiddling his parliamentary expenses.

UK House of Lords member jailed over expense fraud (AP) Posted: 31 May 2011 04:59 AM PDT AP - A British judge has sentenced a member of Britain's House of Lords to 12 months in prison for making fraudulent expenses claims.

Young opt to rent as house prices rise (AFP) Posted: 31 May 2011 04:47 AM PDT AFP - House prices are likely to rise by 16 percent by the end of 2015, an economics group predicted on Tuesday, while a separate report suggested young people are giving up on becoming homeowners.

Police detect record number of online paedophiles (AFP) Posted: 31 May 2011 01:36 AM PDT AFP - A record number of children in Britain have been rescued from paedophiles preying on them via the Internet in the last year, a specialist police unit said on Tuesday.

UK warns of Portugal violence after tourist killing (AFP) Posted: 31 May 2011 12:06 AM PDT AFP - Britain has updated its travel advice to Portugal to warn against the risk of violent attacks after a tourist was killed in a suspected gang attack.

Murdered Red Cross worker's ex-boyfriend found dead (AFP) Posted: 31 May 2011 12:03 AM PDT AFP - The ex-boyfriend of a murdered Red Cross worker, who was wanted in connection with her killing, has been found dead near a railway in Hertfordshire, police said.

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