Yahoo! News: World - Britain

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• UK spy files reveal details of 1950s Guyana coup (AP)
• Man arrested over online threats to UK lawmaker (AP)
• Scotland trying to trace Lockerbie bomber in Libya (Reuters)
• British Government Won't Ban Social Media After All (The Atlantic Wire)
• Corrected: British Royal Air Force "Red Arrows" plane crashes, pilot dies (Reuters)
• UBS, Citi cut global growth view, rule out recession (Reuters)
• Diageo full-year profit up 17 pct as margins rise (AP)

UK spy files reveal details of 1950s Guyana coup (AP) Posted: 25 Aug 2011 04:02 PM PDT AP - It was a very British coup. The warship slipped into the harbor, the soldiers landed in darkness — and the diplomatic wives made sandwiches for the hungry troops.

Man arrested over online threats to UK lawmaker (AP) Posted: 25 Aug 2011 01:08 PM PDT AP - British police said Thursday a 61-year-old man has been arrested over online threats to a Conservative Party lawmaker.

Scotland trying to trace Lockerbie bomber in Libya (Reuters) Posted: 25 Aug 2011 11:42 AM PDT Reuters - Scottish officials are trying to get in touch with Libyan rebel leaders as part of efforts to resume contact with the Lockerbie bomber lost in the "dust of battle," Scotland's justice secretary said on Thursday.

British Government Won't Ban Social Media After All (The Atlantic Wire) Posted: 25 Aug 2011 11:20 AM PDT The Atlantic Wire - British Prime Minister David Cameron looks out of touch in the wake of his empty threat to ban social media in times of crisis. Thursday government officials decided "not seek any additional powers to close down social media networks" in a meeting with police and representatives from companies like Facebook, Twitter and Research in Motion, the makers of BlackBerry devices. In the wake of the riots, Cameron said "When people are using social media for violence we need to stop them" and wondered whether "it would be right to stop people communicating via these websites and services when we know they are plotting violence, disorder and criminality."

Corrected: British Royal Air Force "Red Arrows" plane crashes, pilot dies (Reuters) Posted: 25 Aug 2011 07:51 AM PDT Reuters - A plane in the British Royal Air Force's "Red Arrows" aerobatic team crashed on Saturday, killing the pilot, after a performance at an air festival on the southern coast of England, authorities said.

UBS, Citi cut global growth view, rule out recession (Reuters) Posted: 25 Aug 2011 04:12 AM PDT Reuters - UBS and Citigroup lowered their forecast for global growth, with sharp reductions to its euro zone view and more modest cuts for China, but ruled out the likelihood of a recession for now.

Diageo full-year profit up 17 pct as margins rise (AP) Posted: 25 Aug 2011 12:49 AM PDT AP - Diageo PLC, the world's largest maker of spirits, on Thursday reported a 17 percent rise in full-year profit, boosted by increased sales of higher-priced brands and a reduced tax bill.

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