Yahoo! News: World - Britain

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• Court tells UK to release Pakistani in US custody (AP)
• UK's unemployment at highest level in 17 years (AP)
• Summary Box: UK's unemployment hits high (AP)
• London bankers baffled by protest camp's aims: survey (Reuters)
• Lawyer: James Murdoch was shown hacking evidence (AP)
• Royals go globetrotting for Diamond Jubilee (AP)
• British royals plan global tour for queen's jubilee (Reuters)
• UK Conservatives take poll lead after EU veto (Reuters)
• UK tour operator Thomas Cook to close 200 stores (AP)

Court tells UK to release Pakistani in US custody (AP) Posted: 14 Dec 2011 01:56 PM PST AP - An appeals court issued a landmark ruling Wednesday ordering the British government to free a Pakistani detainee who has been held in U.S. custody for nearly eight years without charge.

UK's unemployment at highest level in 17 years (AP) Posted: 14 Dec 2011 10:02 AM PST AP - Austerity measures, prolonged economic weakness and a eurozone crisis have taken their toll on Britain's work force, with figures published Wednesday showing that unemployment has reached a 17-year high.

Summary Box: UK's unemployment hits high (AP) Posted: 14 Dec 2011 09:52 AM PST AP - MULTIYEAR HIGHS: The number of Britons unemployed is at the highest level in 17 years, with women and young people feeling the worst effects, according to government statistics.

London bankers baffled by protest camp's aims: survey (Reuters) Posted: 14 Dec 2011 09:26 AM PST Reuters - Most finance industry workers are baffled by the anti-capitalist protest taking place outside London's St Paul's cathedral, and are struggling to understand what the movement is trying to achieve, a survey published Wednesday showed.

Lawyer: James Murdoch was shown hacking evidence (AP) Posted: 14 Dec 2011 09:11 AM PST AP - A former top lawyer for Rupert Murdoch's British newspapers insisted Wednesday that he told the mogul's son there was evidence of widespread phone hacking more than three years before a scandal over the practice erupted.

Royals go globetrotting for Diamond Jubilee (AP) Posted: 14 Dec 2011 07:58 AM PST AP - Buckingham Palace says the royal family will tour the globe to celebrate Queen Elizabeth II's 60-year reign.

British royals plan global tour for queen's jubilee (Reuters) Posted: 14 Dec 2011 05:29 AM PST Reuters - Britain's royal family will embark on a global tour next year as part of celebrations to mark Queen Elizabeth's 60th year on the throne, Buckingham Palace announced on Wednesday.

UK Conservatives take poll lead after EU veto (Reuters) Posted: 14 Dec 2011 04:52 AM PST Reuters - Britain's Conservatives have overtaken the Labour opposition in an opinion poll for the first time this year, enjoying a bounce from Prime Minister David Cameron's veto of a new European Union treaty, the latest Reuters/Ipsos MORI poll showed on Wednesday.

UK tour operator Thomas Cook to close 200 stores (AP) Posted: 14 Dec 2011 02:39 AM PST AP - British tour operator Thomas Cook said Wednesday it will close 200 stores after tourism to Tunisia and Egypt dried up in the wake of the protests earlier this year.

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