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Yahoo! News: World - Britain

Ex-Rover chiefs banned from serving as directors (AFP)

Posted: 08 May 2011 12:06 PM PDT

An MG Rover flag is pictured outside the MG Rover factory in Longbridge, Birmingham. The four men at the head of British car maker MG Rover when it folded in 2005, resulting in the loss of more than 6,000 jobs, were banned Sunday from serving as directors for between four and six years.(AFP/File/Ben Stansall)AFP - The four men at the head of British car maker MG Rover when it folded in 2005, resulting in the loss of more than 6,000 jobs, were banned Sunday from serving as directors for between four and six years.

Deputy PM Clegg vows 'louder voice' in coalition (AFP)

Posted: 08 May 2011 09:42 AM PDT

Britain's Deputy Prime Minister and Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg (C) leaves a polling station after casting his vote in Sheffield on May 6. Clegg vowed Sunday that his Liberal Democrats would take a more assertive role in the year-old coalition government after the party took a hammering in elections.(AFP/File/Andrew Yates)AFP - Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg vowed Sunday that his Liberal Democrats would take a more assertive role in the year-old coalition government after the party took a hammering in elections.

British hockey team beat Pakistan in Malaysia (AFP)

Posted: 08 May 2011 08:53 AM PDT

Great Britain's Simon Mantell (L) and Pakistan's Kashif Shah compete for the ball during the Sultan Azlan Shah field hockey Cup on May 8, 2011 in Ipoh, Malaysia. Britain ended Pakistan's unbeaten run in the tournament Sunday with a hard-earned 3-2 victory, leaving the Asian side with a slender lead at the top of the standings.(AFP)AFP - Britain ended Pakistan's unbeaten run in the Sultan Azlan Shah Cup Sunday with a hard-earned 3-2 victory, leaving the Asian side with a slender lead at the top of the standings.

Britain's super-rich get even richer: list (AFP)

Posted: 08 May 2011 04:47 AM PDT

Lakshmi Mittal, chief excutive of the world's biggest steelmaker ArcelorMittal, pictured in February 2011 at the company headquarters in Luxembourg. The Indian-born steel tycoon saw about £5 billion wiped off his fortune in the past year but remains the wealthiest person in Britain, it was revealed Sunday.(AFP/File/Jean-Christophe Verhaegen)AFP - Britain's richest people got collectively wealthier by 18 percent as the rest of the country weathered harsh government cuts, according to an annual list published Sunday.

Deputy PM Clegg pledges 'louder voice' in coalition (AFP)

Posted: 08 May 2011 03:02 AM PDT

Britain's Deputy Prime Minister and Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg (C) leaves a polling station after casting his vote in Sheffield on May 6. Clegg vowed Sunday that his Liberal Democrats would take a more assertive role in the year-old coalition government after the party took a hammering in elections.(AFP/File/Andrew Yates)AFP - Britain's Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg vowed Sunday the Liberal Democrats would have a "louder voice" in the year-old coalition government after his party took a hammering at the polls.

N. Ireland's main parties advance in peaceful poll (AFP)

Posted: 08 May 2011 01:47 AM PDT

Deputy First Minister Martin McGuiness (L), Northern Ireland's First Mininster Peter Robinson (C) and Irish Prime Minister Brian Cowen in Armagh, January 2011. Northern Irish voters strongly backed the two main Catholic and Protestant parties that share power in the province's devolved legislature, in elections that boosted the peace process, results showed Sunday.(AFP/File/Peter Muhly)AFP - Northern Irish voters strongly backed the two main Catholic and Protestant parties that share power in the province's devolved legislature, in elections that boosted the peace process, results showed Sunday.

At the Polls, Britons Have Bad News for the Coalition (Time.com)

Posted: 07 May 2011 10:30 PM PDT

Time.com - With British voters rejecting the Liberal Democrats in a slew of local seats -- and the party's proposed new voting system -- the question now is what will it take to keep the coalition together?

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