Yahoo! News: World - Britain

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• APNewsBreak: Coulson's legal fees were to be paid (AP)
• Lockheed wins $1 billion UK MoD contract (Reuters)
• Vatican investigating sex abuse claims at UK abbey (AP)
• Clinton, Blair befriended businessman charged in UK bribery case (Reuters)
• BP sees Q3 profit rise, to sell off more assets (AP)

APNewsBreak: Coulson's legal fees were to be paid (AP) Posted: 25 Oct 2011 10:40 AM PDT AP - Rupert Murdoch's News International promised to pay all of News of the World editor Andy Coulson's legal fees only a month after he resigned from the paper in disgrace, according to a court document obtained by The Associated Press on Tuesday.

Lockheed wins $1 billion UK MoD contract (Reuters) Posted: 25 Oct 2011 09:14 AM PDT Reuters - U.S. defense contractor Lockheed Martin said on Tuesday it had won a 642 million pound ($1 billion) contract to upgrade Britain's fleet of Warrior armored vehicles, supporting around 600 British jobs.

Vatican investigating sex abuse claims at UK abbey (AP) Posted: 25 Oct 2011 07:06 AM PDT AP - The Vatican has ordered an inquiry into decades of sexual abuse by clerics at a Benedictine abbey in London, whose former head monk has disappeared while facing allegations of sexual assault.

Clinton, Blair befriended businessman charged in UK bribery case (Reuters) Posted: 25 Oct 2011 07:04 AM PDT Reuters - Victor P. Dahdaleh, who was charged with bribery by British authorities on Monday, has no shortage of powerful connections. The international businessman counts former President Bill Clinton and former British Prime Minister Tony Blair as friends and beneficiaries of his generosity.

BP sees Q3 profit rise, to sell off more assets (AP) Posted: 25 Oct 2011 03:53 AM PDT AP - BP PLC reported Tuesday that third-quarter profits more than doubled thanks to higher oil prices, with the chief executive saying the results marked a turnaround from the disastrous Gulf of Mexico oil spill.

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