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Stiglitz urges Britain to continue stimulus
(AFP)
8 Feb 2010 at 8:25pm
AFP - Nobel laureate economist Joseph Stiglitz has warned Britain not to withdraw its fiscal stimulus, saying markets are a "crazy man" that spending cuts will not tame, in an interview published Tuesday.
Top Asian policeman jailed for attacking Iraqi
(AFP)
8 Feb 2010 at 4:15pm
AFP - The country's most senior Asian police officer was sentenced to four years in jail on Monday for attacking a man and trying to frame him in a petty row over money.
British soldier killed in Afghanistan, toll passes Falklands
(AFP)
8 Feb 2010 at 2:27pm
AFP - A bomb disposal expert was killed Monday by an explosion in Afghanistan, pushing Britain's death toll in the conflict above that of the 1982 Falklands war, defence officials said.
Britain hits grim milestone before major attack
(AP)
8 Feb 2010 at 1:55pm
AP - Three British soldiers have died in southern Afghanistan, officials announced Monday, raising Britain's death toll in the conflict to 256 — breaking the number of Britons lost in the Falklands war of 1982.
UK's Iraq inquiry turns focus to Bush officials
(AP)
8 Feb 2010 at 1:18pm
AP - Britain's inquiry into the Iraq war will seek meetings with former members of the Bush administration after taking evidence from Tony Blair and other key British officials, the panel's chairman said Monday.
Two jailed over Dalglish grenade plot
(AFP)
8 Feb 2010 at 12:08pm
AFP - A court jailed two men on Monday for leaving a live grenade outside the home of former Liverpool and Scotland footballer Kenny Dalglish.
Russian tycoon sues over Litvinenko murder claim
(AFP)
8 Feb 2010 at 11:01am
AFP - Exiled Russian tycoon Boris Berezovsky launched a libel action on Monday over a claim he was behind the murder of former spy Alexander Litvinenko by radioactive poisoning in 2006.
FTSE 100 shares end stronger
(AFP)
8 Feb 2010 at 9:11am
AFP - The London stock market ended in the black on Monday after sharp falls last week caused by mounting debt fears in Europe.
UK's Brown vows more cancer care as race heats up
(AP)
8 Feb 2010 at 8:39am
AP - You know an election is coming when British politicians suddenly promise sweeping improvements to the National Health Service, a simultaneous source of national pride and worry.
Senior Met official Dizaei jailed for corruption
(AFP)
8 Feb 2010 at 8:30am
AFP - A senior official at the Metropolitan Police was on Monday sentenced to four years in jail for assaulting a man and trying to falsely accuse him in a spat over money.
Iran to cut ties with British Museum over loan
(AP)
8 Feb 2010 at 7:46am
AP - Iran said it will cut ties with the British Museum on Monday because of the museum's failure to lend Tehran an ancient Babylonian artifact described as the world's earliest bill of rights.
Nine bananas a day keeps PM's poll blues at bay?
(AFP)
8 Feb 2010 at 7:21am
AFP - Election fever is mounting and Prime Minister Gordon Brown is preparing himself for the campaign trail by eating up to nine bananas a day, a report said on Monday.
ITV fined £1,600 for cruelty over 'rat risotto'
(AFP)
8 Feb 2010 at 6:47am
AFP - ITV has been fined £1,670 for cruelty to animals over an episode of "I'm A Celebrity.. " which saw contestants kill and eat a rat, a spokesman said on Monday.
British comic actor Ian Carmichael dies at 89
(AP)
8 Feb 2010 at 5:01am
AP - British actor Ian Carmichael, one of the stars of "I'm All Right Jack" and other comedies, has died at age 89.
UK Afghan death toll matches Falklands loss
(Reuters)
8 Feb 2010 at 4:24am
Reuters - The death of two British soldiers, reported on Monday, means that as many British troops have been killed in Afghanistan as during the war to recapture the Falklands Islands from Argentina 28 years ago.
