Yahoo! News: World - Britain

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• UK's Blair: No regrets about befriending Gaddafi (Reuters)
• UK judge hands ex-Taliban fighter life sentence (AP)
• Scrapping tax will cost British Columbia C$2.3 billion (Reuters)
• AP Interview: Blair says post-9/11 battle not over (AP)
• IMF says policymakers should use all measures (Reuters)
• Tony Blair wants new Middle East peace drive (Reuters)

UK's Blair: No regrets about befriending Gaddafi (Reuters) Posted: 09 Sep 2011 09:58 AM PDT Reuters - Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair says he has no regrets about helping bring former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi in from the cold in 2004 and that Gaddafi's mistake was his failure to carry out reforms at home.

UK judge hands ex-Taliban fighter life sentence (AP) Posted: 09 Sep 2011 07:13 AM PDT AP - A British judge on Friday sentenced a former Taliban fighter to life in prison for trying to recruit holy warriors for jihad in Afghanistan.

Scrapping tax will cost British Columbia C$2.3 billion (Reuters) Posted: 09 Sep 2011 05:13 AM PDT Reuters - British Columbia's move to scrap a sales tax following a public backlash will cost the province C$2.3 billion over the next three years and force a round of new spending cuts, the provincial government said on Thursday.

AP Interview: Blair says post-9/11 battle not over (AP) Posted: 09 Sep 2011 03:45 AM PDT AP - Tony Blair, the international statesman most closely tied to the response to the Sept. 11 attacks, believes the decade-long struggle to contain the threat from Islamic extremism is far from over, despite the killing of al-Qaida chief Osama bin Laden.

IMF says policymakers should use all measures (Reuters) Posted: 09 Sep 2011 01:35 AM PDT Reuters - Policymakers in advanced economies should use all available tools to boost growth, International Monetary Fund Managing Director Christine Lagarde said on Friday, calling for bold action to weather a "dangerous new phase" of recovery.

Tony Blair wants new Middle East peace drive (Reuters) Posted: 09 Sep 2011 01:29 AM PDT Reuters - A Palestinian bid for greater recognition at the United Nations this month would be a cry of frustration, Middle East envoy Tony Blair said, calling for a new campaign to get Israeli-Palestinian peace talks back on track.

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