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Yahoo! News: World - Britain

Britons want Charles not William as next king - poll (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Mar 2011 05:39 PM PDT

Britain's Prince Charles speaks at the Prince's Trust Celebrate Success Awards at the Odeon Leicester Square, in central London March 23, 2011. REUTERS/Suzanne PlunkettReuters - More Britons want Prince Charles to become Britain's next monarch than his son William despite the huge interest in his upcoming wedding and previous suggestions he was the popular choice, a poll on Thursday said.

Britons want Charles not William as next king: poll (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Mar 2011 05:03 PM PDT

Reuters - More Britons want Prince Charles to become Britain's next monarch than his son William despite the huge interest in his upcoming wedding and previous suggestions he was the popular choice, a poll on Thursday said.

UK withdraws embassy officials from Yemen (AP)

Posted: 23 Mar 2011 04:23 PM PDT

AP - The United Kingdom all but closed its embassy in Yemen Wednesday, urging Britons to leave the country as soon as possible to avoid getting caught up in the country's deepening unrest.

London pulls out all but 'small core' of Yemen embassy staff (AFP)

Posted: 23 Mar 2011 03:58 PM PDT

A Yemeni holds a sign as he takes part in a demonstration against President Ali Abdullah Saleh in Sanaa. Britain said Wednesday it was withdrawing all but a AFP - Britain said Wednesday it was withdrawing all but a "small core" of staff from its embassy in Sanaa with violence expected in the Yemen capital over the next few days.

British royals fascinate Canadians, even francophones (AFP)

Posted: 23 Mar 2011 01:44 PM PDT

Alexandra Arbour, a medical student, proudly displays one of her Royal collectibles bearing the face of Queen Elizabeth, in her home on March 20, in Montreal. Royal wedding fever sweeping the Western world is making its way across Canada, including Quebec, despite conflicting emotions among the Quebecois over the monarchy's role in the francophone province.(AFP/File/Fabrice Hoss)AFP - Royal wedding fever sweeping the Western world is making its way across Canada, including Quebec, despite conflicting emotions among Quebecois over the monarchy's role in the francophone province.

British stars hail Hollywood great Taylor (AFP)

Posted: 23 Mar 2011 12:30 PM PDT

Flowers are on Elizabeth Taylor's star on the Hollywood walk of Fame in Hollywood, California. British stars remembered Taylor, whose Oscar-winning film career spanned five decades, as AFP - British stars remembered Elizabeth Taylor, whose Oscar-winning film career spanned five decades, as "the last of the great glamour stars" after her death on Wednesday at the age of 79.

North Sea oil tax hiked to lower petrol prices (AFP)

Posted: 23 Mar 2011 11:58 AM PDT

A motorist pulls the fuel pump nozzle from their car at a petrol station. The Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne has lifted the rate of tax on companies operating in the North Sea, to enable lower petrol prices for motorists hit by soaring oil costs.(AFP/File/Adrian Dennis)AFP - Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne on Wednesday raised the rate of tax on companies operating in the North Sea to allow lower petrol prices for motorists hit by soaring oil costs.

Budget seeks to boost flagging economy (AFP)

Posted: 23 Mar 2011 11:21 AM PDT

British Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne poses with the ministerial budget box outside 11 Downing Street in London. Osborne unveiled plans to kick-start Britain's weak economy as he delivered his annual budget Wednesday but admitted that growth would be lower than expected this year.(AFP/File/Adrian Dennis)AFP - Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne launched plans on Wednesday to breathe new life into the struggling economy but was forced to tear up his optimistic forecasts for growth.

UK to host summit to discuss U.N. Libya action (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Mar 2011 10:13 AM PDT

Reuters - Britain will host an international conference in London next Tuesday to discuss progress on the U.N.-mandated military intervention in Libya, British Foreign Secretary William Hague said on Wednesday.

UK budget seeks to promote faltering growth (AP)

Posted: 23 Mar 2011 10:10 AM PDT

Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne poses for the media with his traditional red dispatch box outside his official residence at No 11 Downing Street in London, Wednesday, March 23, 2011, prior to delivering his annual budget speech to the House of Commons. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)AP - The British government put business competitiveness at the center of its economic recovery plans in its annual budget on Wednesday, enticing foreign investment with a corporation tax cut as it acknowledged economic growth will be slower than anticipated this year.

Don't tweet from the church: Royal etiquette guide (AP)

Posted: 23 Mar 2011 09:35 AM PDT

This is a Tuesday, March, 4, 2011 image of William Hanson an expert on protocol who gives lesson on proper behaviour around the world, poses during an interview in London. Don't give the queen a friendly hug and don't tweet from the church. That's just the start of the advice being offered to those attending Britain's April 29 royal wedding. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)AP - Don't give the queen a friendly hug and don't tweet from the church.

UK sees slower growth, above-target inflation (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Mar 2011 07:22 AM PDT

Reuters - Britain cut its economic growth forecast on Wednesday and said inflation would remain above target this year and next in a budget that stuck to ambitious deficit-busting goals.

Public asked to stand down from search for Sian (AFP)

Posted: 23 Mar 2011 06:41 AM PDT

Missing 22-year old Sian O'Callaghan is seen in a photo released by Wiltshire Police. Police searching for the office worker have asked members of the public not to join the search for her on Wednesday. Around 400 volunteers on Tuesday helped police comb dense woodland in Savernake Forest, near Malborough, after the she left a Swindon nightclub on Saturday morning and never arrived home.(Wiltshire Police/null)AFP - Police searching for missing office worker Sian O'Callaghan asked members of the public not to join the search for her on Wednesday.

Osborne lowers growth estimate (AFP)

Posted: 23 Mar 2011 06:22 AM PDT

Britain has lowered its official forecast for 2011 economic growth to 1.7 percent from an earlier prediction of 2.1 percent, finance minister George Osborne announced in his annual budget.(AFP/File/Adrian Dennis)AFP - Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne on Wednesday lowered the government's official forecast for 2011 economic growth to 1.7 percent from an earlier prediction of 2.1 percent.

William and Kate wedding set for instant download (AFP)

Posted: 23 Mar 2011 06:01 AM PDT

Prince William and his fiancee Kate Middleton wave during a visit to the University of St Andrews in Scotland last month. The royal couple are set to storm into the charts after tying the knot, with the almost instant release of their wedding ceremony for download, record producers have said.(AFP/File/Andrew Milligan)AFP - Prince William and Kate Middleton are set to storm into the charts after tying the knot, with the almost instant release of their wedding ceremony for download, record producers said on Wednesday.

Petraeus: Progress in Afghanistan is fragile (AP)

Posted: 23 Mar 2011 05:56 AM PDT

U.S. General David Petraeus, Commander of NATO International Security Assistance Force and US Forces Afghanistan, addresses RUSI members on 'The Mission in Afghnistan', at the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) in London, Wednesday, March 23, 2011. Petraeus said foreign troops are on course to complete their security role by the end of 2014, but has warned progress could easily be reversed, and that Afghan President Hamid Karzai's goal of having Afghan police and soldiers protecting the entire nation by the end of 2014 is achievable.(AP Photo/Sang Tan)AP - The top U.S. commander in Afghanistan said Wednesday that foreign troops are on course to complete their security role by the end of 2014, but warned Taliban fighters will seek to regain ground in a looming spring offensive.

Royal wedding recording to be online within hours (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Mar 2011 05:15 AM PDT

Reuters - The official recording of the royal wedding between Prince William and Kate Middleton on April 29 will be available to download within hours of the service finishing.

Bank of England voted 6-3 to freeze interest rates (AFP)

Posted: 23 Mar 2011 03:36 AM PDT

The Bank of England says its policymakers voted 6-3 earlier this month to keep its key interest rate at a record low level of 0.50 percent.(AFP/File/Ben Stansall)AFP - The Bank of England said Wednesday that its policymakers voted 6-3 earlier this month to keep its key interest rate at a record low level of 0.50 percent.

Maine woman gets 15 more years in webcam sex abuse (AP)

Posted: 22 Mar 2011 06:25 PM PDT

AP - A week after being sentenced on federal child pornography charges, a woman who sexually abused a 2-year-old girl while a man in the United Kingdom watched live via webcam received an additional 15-year sentence from a state judge Tuesday.

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