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Yahoo! News: World - Britain

Coalition will survive AV row: Cameron (AFP)

Posted: 01 May 2011 02:57 PM PDT

British Prime Minister, David Cameron (right), and his deputy Nick Clegg (left) have insisted their coalition government would survive a bitter battle over changing the voting system, which has put their parties at loggerheads.(AFP/Pool/File/Carl de Souza)AFP - Prime Minister David Cameron and his deputy insisted Sunday their coalition government would survive a bitter battle over changing the voting system, which has put their parties at loggerheads.

British, Italian missions torched as Kadhafi son killed (AFP)

Posted: 01 May 2011 12:48 PM PDT

A Libyan rebel uses binoculars to monitor a position held by Moamer Kadhafi's forces outside a house in Al-Ghiran near Misrata airport, hours before the house was hit by a mortar shell fired by the loyalists, killing two rebels and wounding five others.(AFP/Christophe Simon)AFP - Demonstrators torched British and Italian missions in Tripoli on Sunday after Libya accused NATO of trying to assassinate Moamer Kadhafi in a raid that killed one of his sons and three grandchildren.

Royal wedding: all the world loves a show (AFP)

Posted: 01 May 2011 11:49 AM PDT

Britain's Prince William and his wife Kate, Duchess of Cambridge, come out of Westminster Abbey in London, after their wedding service, on April 29. The wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton fascinated the globe because it tapped into people's desire to be part of a communal event -- and everyone loved the pomp and ceremony, commentators say.(AFP/File/Carl de Souza)AFP - The wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton fascinated the globe because it tapped into people's desire to be part of a communal event -- and everyone loved the pomp and ceremony, commentators say.

William, Kate praised for being serious (AP)

Posted: 01 May 2011 08:41 AM PDT

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge walk hand in hand from Buckingham Palace in London Saturday April 30 2011, the day after their wedding. (AP Photo/ John Stillwell, pool)AP - The dress is packed away, the partying guests have left Buckingham Palace and Prince William returns to military duty next week instead of taking a honeymoon with Kate Middleton.

Royals 'had first dance to Elton John song' (AFP)

Posted: 01 May 2011 08:17 AM PDT

Britain's Prince William and his wife Kate, Duchess of Cambridge climb into the 1902 State Landau carriage along the Processional Route with a Captain's Escort of the Household Cavalry, to Buckingham Palace after their wedding service. The couple had their first dance to a cover of Elton John's AFP - Prince William and his new bride Kate had their first dance to a cover of Elton John's "Your Song" at a raucous evening wedding party at Buckingham Palace, newspapers reported on Sunday.

Britain expels Libyan Ambassador (AP)

Posted: 01 May 2011 07:27 AM PDT

AP - The British government says it is expelling the Libyan Ambassador after the British embassy in Tripoli was attacked.

Britain expels Libya ambassador after embassy attack (AFP)

Posted: 01 May 2011 07:59 AM PDT

British Foreign Secretary William Hague has said he was expelling the Libyan ambassador to London following attacks on British embassy premises in Tripoli blamed on Moamer Kadhafi's forces.(AFP/File/Geoff Caddick)AFP - Foreign Secretary William Hague said on Sunday he was expelling the Libyan ambassador following attacks on the British embassy in Tripoli blamed on Moamer Kadhafi's forces.

Kate readies for royal life with heir in mind (AFP)

Posted: 01 May 2011 03:59 AM PDT

Britain's Prince William posing with his wife Kate, Duchess of Cambridge and their pageboys and bridesmaids (clockwise from bottom right) Margarita Armstrong-Jones, Eliza Lopes, Grace van Cutsem, Louise Windsor, Tom Pettifer, William Lowther-Pinkerton in the throne room at Buckingham Palace on April 29. The couple are spending a quiet private weekend at an undisclosed destination.(AFP/HO/Hugo Burnand)AFP - When Kate returns to north Wales with Prince William next week, she will begin married life with the knowledge that whatever roles she takes on, she has one definite responsibility -- producing an heir.

King James Bible still going strong at age 400 (AP)

Posted: 30 Apr 2011 10:14 PM PDT

In this Tuesday, April 19, 2011 picture, a copy of the King James bible is displayed at the London Library in central London. Every Sunday, the majestic cadences of the King James Bible resound in the Chapel Royal in London, in scattered parish churches in Britain and in countless chapels, halls and congregations around the world. Still a best-seller, the King James Bible is being celebrated on its 400th anniversary as a religious and literary landmark, a defining moment in the development of English, and a formative influence on culture in Britain and its colonies. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)AP - Every Sunday, the majestic cadences of the King James Bible resound in Her Majesty's Chapel Royal in London, in scattered parish churches in Britain and in countless chapels, halls and congregations around the world.

Diana funeral topped royal wedding in U.S. ratings (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Apr 2011 10:02 PM PDT

Souvenir postcards on sale to mark the forthcoming wedding of Britain's Prince William and Catherine Middleton are seen at a shop in London, January 27, 2011. REUTERS/Paul HackettReuters - Almost 23 million American TV viewers tuned in to watch live coverage of Prince William's marriage to Kate Middleton on Friday despite the wedding taking place before dawn in much of the United States.

Language of King James evolved (AP)

Posted: 30 Apr 2011 09:01 PM PDT

AP - The language of the King James Bible evolved from earlier translations, as illustrated in the first verse of the Gospel of John:

King James editions marred by mistakes (AP)

Posted: 30 Apr 2011 09:01 PM PDT

AP - The King James Bible was dogged by misprints and mistakes from the very first editions.

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