Yahoo! News: World - Britain

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• Anglican Church head backs protesters on financial reform (Reuters)
• Queen Victoria's underwear sold for almost $15,000 (AP)
• Former Cherie Blair adviser wins libel damages (AP)
• Pageant to mark British queen's diamond jubilee (AP)
• News Corp. told in 2008 its reporters broke law (AP)
• Russian oligarch admits he leads an "extravagant" life (Reuters)
• Britain to roll out US-style anti-gang programs (AP)
• Hillary Clinton’s mother, Dorothy Rodham, dies at 92 (The Envoy)
• UK Q3 GDP up by 0.5 percent (AP)
• Shareholder opposition kills G4S/ISS deal (AP)

Anglican Church head backs protesters on financial reform (Reuters) Posted: 01 Nov 2011 03:18 PM PDT Reuters - St Paul's Cathedral, in the heart of London's financial district, has for centuries occupied a delicate position between God and Mammon, benefiting from the generosity of rich financiers while supporting the more numerous poor.

Queen Victoria's underwear sold for almost $15,000 (AP) Posted: 01 Nov 2011 03:04 PM PDT AP - A pair of silk bloomers that belonged to Britain's Queen Victoria has sold at auction for 9,375 pounds ($14,950) — three times the underwear's pre-sale estimate.

Former Cherie Blair adviser wins libel damages (AP) Posted: 01 Nov 2011 01:51 PM PDT AP - A lawyer says a former adviser to the wife of ex-British Prime Minister Tony Blair has accepted libel damages from a newspaper that falsely claimed she planned to reveal intimate details of the couple's lives.

Pageant to mark British queen's diamond jubilee (AP) Posted: 01 Nov 2011 12:05 PM PDT AP - More than 500 horses from around the world will take part in an equestrian pageant to mark Queen Elizabeth II's diamond jubilee next year.

News Corp. told in 2008 its reporters broke law (AP) Posted: 01 Nov 2011 12:02 PM PDT AP - A legal adviser to Rupert Murdoch's newspapers warned the company three years ago there was overwhelming evidence that several senior journalists at the News of the World were using illegal methods, according to documents released Tuesday.

Russian oligarch admits he leads an "extravagant" life (Reuters) Posted: 01 Nov 2011 11:51 AM PDT Reuters - Billionaire Roman Abramovich was forced to swallow his words in a London court Tuesday, when details of his luxury lifestyle undermined his declaration that he never wanted to imitate the extravagances of rival Russian oligarch Boris Berezovsky.

Britain to roll out US-style anti-gang programs (AP) Posted: 01 Nov 2011 11:25 AM PDT AP - Britain will roll out programs pioneered in the United States to tackle gang violence as part of the country's response to summer riots in which hundreds of young people committed arson, looting and attacks on police officers, the government said Tuesday.

Hillary Clinton’s mother, Dorothy Rodham, dies at 92 (The Envoy) Posted: 01 Nov 2011 08:10 AM PDT The Envoy - Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's mother, Dorothy Howell Rodham, died shortly after midnight Tuesday surrounded by her family, the Clinton family said in a statement. She was 92. On Monday, Clinton had canceled a planned trip to the United Kingdom and Turkey to care for her ailing mother. "Dorothy Howell Rodham was born in Chicago [...]

UK Q3 GDP up by 0.5 percent (AP) Posted: 01 Nov 2011 03:16 AM PDT AP - Britain's economy improved in the third quarter, with output growing by a higher than expected 0.5 percent, official figures showed Tuesday.

Shareholder opposition kills G4S/ISS deal (AP) Posted: 01 Nov 2011 02:12 AM PDT AP - British security company G4S said Tuesday it has dropped plans to take over Danish cleaning firm ISS A/S because of opposition by shareholders.

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