Yahoo! News: World - Britain

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• British woman tries historic Antarctic crossing (AP)
• UK police charge four with terrorism offences (Reuters)
• UK says steps up contact with Syrian opposition (Reuters)
• Occupy London protesters "repossess" UBS site (Reuters)
• Hugh Grant, JK Rowling to tell of phone hacking (AP)
• Protesters take over UBS-owned building in London (AP)

British woman tries historic Antarctic crossing (AP) Posted: 18 Nov 2011 04:35 PM PST AP - Reaching the end of the Earth has become almost routine these days: One hundred years after Norway's Roald Amundsen beat Britain's R.F. Scott to the South Pole, more than 30 teams are trying for it this year.

UK police charge four with terrorism offences (Reuters) Posted: 18 Nov 2011 03:39 PM PST Reuters - British police charged four men from the central English city of Birmingham Friday with terrorism offences linked to Pakistan.

UK says steps up contact with Syrian opposition (Reuters) Posted: 18 Nov 2011 12:47 PM PST Reuters - British Foreign Secretary William Hague will meet with Syrian opposition representatives in London next week in an intensification of contact with opponents of President Bashar al-Assad, the foreign ministry said on Friday.

Occupy London protesters "repossess" UBS site (Reuters) Posted: 18 Nov 2011 08:32 AM PST Reuters - British anti-capitalist protesters occupied a third location in London on Friday, "repossessing" a large empty office block owned by Swiss banking giant UBS.

Hugh Grant, JK Rowling to tell of phone hacking (AP) Posted: 18 Nov 2011 06:30 AM PST AP - Actor Hugh Grant and "Harry Potter" writer J.K. Rowling will testify in a London courtroom next week about alleged press intrusion into their private lives.

Protesters take over UBS-owned building in London (AP) Posted: 18 Nov 2011 04:51 AM PST AP - Protesters facing a legal battle over the right to stay camped outside St. Paul's Cathedral said Friday they have taken over a building owned by the UBS bank in east London.

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