Yahoo! News: World - Britain

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• Britain orders Iran's diplomats to leave UK (AP)
• UK expels Iran diplomats after embassy attack (Reuters)
• Striking UK state workers challenge coalition (Reuters)
• "Occupy" protesters break into London office (Reuters)
• UK minister may have had computers hacked (AP)
• Iran says to take further action against UK (Reuters)
• Timeline: Relations between Britain and Iran (Reuters)
• UK expels Iranian diplomats after embassy attack; French, German, Dutch envoys recalled (The Envoy)
• British Workers Walk Off Their Jobs In Massive Public Sector Strike (The Atlantic Wire)
• China refuses to criticize Iran by name (AP)
• Clinton condemns Iranian mob attack (AP)
• British Library puts historic newspapers online (AP)

Britain orders Iran's diplomats to leave UK (AP) Posted: 30 Nov 2011 01:52 PM PST AP - Britain ordered all Iranian diplomats out of the U.K. within 48 hours and shuttered its ransacked embassy in Tehran on Wednesday, in a significant escalation of tensions between Iran and the West.

UK expels Iran diplomats after embassy attack (Reuters) Posted: 30 Nov 2011 12:57 PM PST Reuters - Britain shut Iran's embassy in London and expelled all its staff on Wednesday, saying the storming of the British mission in Tehran could not have taken place without consent from Iranian authorities.

Striking UK state workers challenge coalition (Reuters) Posted: 30 Nov 2011 12:13 PM PST Reuters - Hundreds of thousands of public sector workers went on strike in Britain on Wednesday to protest over pension reform, in a walkout billed by unions as the biggest in a generation but derided by Prime Minister David Cameron as a "damp squib."

"Occupy" protesters break into London office (Reuters) Posted: 30 Nov 2011 10:41 AM PST Reuters - Demonstrators broke into an office building used by mining company Xstrata in central London on Wednesday and hung protest banners on the roof before police regained control of the building.

UK minister may have had computers hacked (AP) Posted: 30 Nov 2011 10:22 AM PST AP - A small number of journalists have disgraced Britain's press, Tony Blair's former communications chief told a media ethics inquiry, as a former government minister said detectives were investigating whether his computers had been hacked by a tabloid newspaper.

Iran says to take further action against UK (Reuters) Posted: 30 Nov 2011 10:19 AM PST Reuters - Iran said Britain's decision to close the Iranian embassy in London on Wednesday was "hasty" and that it would lead to further retaliation, state TV reported, quoting a government spokesman.

Timeline: Relations between Britain and Iran (Reuters) Posted: 30 Nov 2011 08:01 AM PST Reuters - Britain ordered the immediate closure of Iran's embassy in London on Wednesday and closed its own embassy in Tehran after it was stormed by protesters.

UK expels Iranian diplomats after embassy attack; French, German, Dutch envoys recalled (The Envoy) Posted: 30 Nov 2011 05:59 AM PST The Envoy - After Iranian protesters stormed the British embassy in Tehran Tuesday, British Foreign Secretary William Hague has announced the embassy's closure, with an order for all Iranian diplomats to leave the United Kingdom within 48 hours. Germany, France and the Netherlands also recalled their envoys from Iran for consultations, the Associated Press reported Wednesday, while Norway [...]

British Workers Walk Off Their Jobs In Massive Public Sector Strike (The Atlantic Wire) Posted: 30 Nov 2011 04:14 AM PST The Atlantic Wire - Thousands of public workers across the U.K. staged what's being called the biggest general strike in a generation, shutting down schools, transportation, and some health care facilities, as unions fight with the government over pension reforms. The unions says two million people are planning to participate, but cabinet officials say the actual number of civil servants that are actually walking out is far lower.

China refuses to criticize Iran by name (AP) Posted: 30 Nov 2011 12:00 AM PST AP - China has refused to criticize Iran by name for the attack on British diplomatic compounds in Tehran but says the dignity of diplomatic missions should be protected.

Clinton condemns Iranian mob attack (AP) Posted: 29 Nov 2011 08:39 PM PST AP - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says the United States strongly condemns an Iranian mob attack on British diplomatic compounds in Tehran.

British Library puts historic newspapers online (AP) Posted: 29 Nov 2011 05:50 PM PST AP - The newspaper coverage was troubling: London's huge international showcase was beset by planning problems, local opposition and labor woes — and the transportation was a mess.

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