Yahoo! News: World - Britain

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• Palestinians say will work with Blair (Reuters)
• Israel's Livni to visit UK after change in law (AP)
• Self-styled lord, cronies convicted of fraud in UK (AP)
• UK's Cameron: Economic crisis as serious as 2008 (AP)
• After Vetoes of Syrian Resolution, Diplomatic Theatrics at the U.N. (The Atlantic Wire)
• UK growth revised lower as Bank of England meets (AP)
• Retailer Tesco says first-half profit up 16 pct (AP)

Palestinians say will work with Blair (Reuters) Posted: 05 Oct 2011 12:30 PM PDT Reuters - A senior Palestinian official on Wednesday added his voice to calls for the replacement of international Middle East envoy Tony Blair, but the office of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said it would carry on cooperating with the former British leader.

Israel's Livni to visit UK after change in law (AP) Posted: 05 Oct 2011 11:55 AM PDT AP - Israeli opposition leader Tzipi Livni is visiting Britain this week, officials said Wednesday — two years after she canceled a trip to the U.K. when pro-Palestinian activists obtained a warrant for her arrest.

Self-styled lord, cronies convicted of fraud in UK (AP) Posted: 05 Oct 2011 08:46 AM PDT AP - A high-living self-styled lord and five of his cronies have been convicted of defrauding victims of millions of pounds (dollar) by collecting fees paid in advance for loans that never materialized, authorities said Wednesday.

UK's Cameron: Economic crisis as serious as 2008 (AP) Posted: 05 Oct 2011 08:24 AM PDT AP - British Prime Minister David Cameron warned on Wednesday that Europe's deepening debt crisis poses a threat to the world economy as serious as the 2008 credit crunch.

After Vetoes of Syrian Resolution, Diplomatic Theatrics at the U.N. (The Atlantic Wire) Posted: 05 Oct 2011 06:48 AM PDT The Atlantic Wire - Related: Iran Calls Britons Liars, Belarus Has Op-Ed Confusion

UK growth revised lower as Bank of England meets (AP) Posted: 05 Oct 2011 02:37 AM PDT AP - Britain's economy grew by a weaker than expected 0.1 percent in the second quarter, official figures showed Wednesday, a downgrade that could pile the pressure on the Bank of England to back calls for another stimulus into the economy.

Retailer Tesco says first-half profit up 16 pct (AP) Posted: 05 Oct 2011 01:09 AM PDT AP - Tesco PLC, the world's third-largest retailer, reported a 16 percent increase in net profit for the half year ending Aug. 27 despite a drop in sales in its main British market.

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