Yahoo! News: World - Britain

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• Fugitive UK fraudster found in Dominican Republic (AP)
• Libya's Belhaj won't join UK's torture inquiry (AP)
• British police make new phone hacking arrest (AP)
• London Boat Show diversifies into art and jewels (Reuters)
• Police: 3 more days to ID body on queen's estate (AP)
• Myanmar's Suu Kyi, UK's Hague in tune on sanctions (Reuters)
• Britain's Hague says Myanmar needs more reforms (AP)
• UK PM David Cameron criticizes 'The Iron Lady' (AP)

Fugitive UK fraudster found in Dominican Republic (AP) Posted: 06 Jan 2012 01:34 PM PST AP - British police say a fugitive multimillionaire fraudster has been arrested in the Dominican Republic, four years after he fled charges in the U.K.

Libya's Belhaj won't join UK's torture inquiry (AP) Posted: 06 Jan 2012 01:30 PM PST AP - Lawyers for a prominent ex-Libyan rebel who is suing Britain over its alleged role in his 2004 rendition said Friday he has withdrawn his cooperation for a UK government commissioned inquiry into abuses during its pursuit of terrorism suspects.

British police make new phone hacking arrest (AP) Posted: 06 Jan 2012 10:40 AM PST AP - British police investigating tabloid phone hacking on Friday arrested a long-serving former assistant to ex-News of the World editor Rebekah Brooks and other executives at Rupert Murdoch's News International group.

London Boat Show diversifies into art and jewels (Reuters) Posted: 06 Jan 2012 10:02 AM PST Reuters - The grey-haired men stood admiring the line of luxury cars at London's ExCel centre while at a nearby stand a woman handed over money for a silver cigarette case -- not the usual things you would expect to buy at a boat show.

Police: 3 more days to ID body on queen's estate (AP) Posted: 06 Jan 2012 04:35 AM PST AP - British police say it could take another three days to identify a woman whose remains were found on Queen Elizabeth II's rural Sandringham estate.

Myanmar's Suu Kyi, UK's Hague in tune on sanctions (Reuters) Posted: 06 Jan 2012 04:09 AM PST Reuters - British Foreign Secretary William Hague and Myanmar's pro-democracy leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, set out similar conditions for the lifting of sanctions imposed on the country under the previous military regime at an historic meeting on Friday.

Britain's Hague says Myanmar needs more reforms (AP) Posted: 06 Jan 2012 03:25 AM PST AP - British Foreign Secretary William Hague cautioned Friday while visiting Myanmar that foreign supporters of democracy must not slacken pressure on its military-backed government while reforms remain incomplete.

UK PM David Cameron criticizes 'The Iron Lady' (AP) Posted: 06 Jan 2012 01:24 AM PST AP - Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron has criticized the film, "The Iron Lady," arguing that its timing was poor.

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