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  • Kaymer plays down British Open chances

    AFP – Sun Jul 12, 11:24 pm ET

    LOCH LOMOND, Scotland (AFP) - Martin Kaymer will tee off at this week's British Open as one of the hottest players in world golf.

  • Brown under pressure over Afghanistan deaths

    AFP – Sun Jul 12, 10:08 pm ET

    LONDON (AFP) - Prime Minister Gordon Brown has come under renewed pressure over Britain's military involvement in Afghanistan after a surge in troop fatalities which overtook the death toll in Iraq.

  • Brown's climate change adviser has swine flu: reports

    AFP – Sun Jul 12, 6:48 pm ET

    LONDON (AFP) - A key adviser to Prime Minister Gordon Brown has contracted swine flu and was banned from attending the G8 summit in Italy, reports said late Sunday.

  • Chambers pulls out of 200m at British trials

    AFP – Sun Jul 12, 3:18 pm ET

    BIRMINGHAM (AFP) - Controversial British sprinter Dwain Chambers withdrew from the 200m at Sunday's British trials for the World Athletics Championships.

  • Obama: British help in Afghan war effort vital

    AP – Sun Jul 12, 12:13 pm ET

    LONDON - President Barack Obama waded into Britain's debate over the war in Afghanistan, calling Britain's contribution critically important in the struggle to prevent terrorists from establishing a stronghold in Pakistan and Afghanistan.

  • Report: LaToya Jackson says Michael was murdered

    AP – Sun Jul 12, 7:58 am ET

    LONDON - Two British tabloids quote LaToya Jackson as saying she believes her brother Michael Jackson was murdered as part of a conspiracy to steal his fortune.

  • British, Afghan troops battle insurgents in Helmand

    AFP – Sun Jul 12, 7:03 am ET

    KABUL (AFP) - Mainly British and Afghan troops have killed up to 200 insurgents in a major assault on Taliban strongholds in southern Afghanistan launched three weeks ago, the Afghan interior ministry said Sunday.

  • London Games ahead of schedule: Blair

    AFP – Sun Jul 12, 6:56 am ET

    LONDON (AFP) - Former Prime Minister Tony Blair insisted Sunday that preparations for the 2012 Olympics in London are ahead of schedule.

  • British Airways sends team to check evacuated 747

    AP – Sat Jul 11, 5:01 pm ET

    PHOENIX - British Airways is flying a team of engineers from London to Phoenix to inspect a Boeing 747 that filled with smoke before takeoff, forcing hundreds of passengers to escape on the plane's emergency slides.

  • Japanese royals tour British Columbia

    AFP – Sat Jul 11, 3:13 pm ET

    VANCOUVER, Canada (AFP) - Japan's Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko were Saturday touring Canada's vast western province of British Columbia after receiving a warm welcome from Japanese-Canadian residents.

  • Sadr supporters stymie vote on British pact

    Reuters – Sat Jul 11, 9:12 am ET

    BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Lawmakers loyal to Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr held up a vote on Saturday to approve a deal allowing British troops to remain in Iraq longer than previously agreed to help the local navy protect oil platforms.

  • Big Ben celebrates 150 years of bongs

    AP – Sat Jul 11, 9:08 am ET

    LONDON - Britain's Big Ben is marking its 150th birthday with a celebration in London on Saturday.

  • London stocks end week lower

    AFP – Sat Jul 11, 6:11 am ET

    LONDON (AFP) - Stocks in London ended the week lower on Friday as investor confidence was shaken by an IEA report which predicted little recovery this year from the financial crisis.

  • London's Big Ben clocks up 150 years

    AFP – Sat Jul 11, 6:09 am ET

    LONDON (AFP) - London's Big Ben celebrates the 150th anniversary of its first chiming on Saturday.

  • Centrica makes £1.3 bln bid for Venture

    AFP – Sat Jul 11, 6:08 am ET

    LONDON (AFP) - Energy firm Centrica said it had tabled a 1.3 billion pound bid for North Sea gas company Venture Production.

  • I might never live down porn mistake: Jacqui Smith

    AFP – Sat Jul 11, 1:36 am ET

    LONDON (AFP) - Jacqui Smith, who quit as home secretary last month amid a scandal over MPs' expenses, said in an interview she might never live down having claimed for porn.

  • Eight British troops die in Afghan war in 24 hours

    Reuters – Fri Jul 10, 8:11 pm ET

    LONDON/L'AQUILA, Italy (Reuters) - Britain said on Friday eight soldiers had been killed in Afghanistan, its worst death toll in a 24-hour period, and Prime Minister Gordon Brown said troops faced a "very hard summer" battling insurgents.

  • Eight British troops killed in Afghanistan

    Reuters – Fri Jul 10, 6:22 pm ET

    L'AQUILA, Italy (Reuters) - Britain said on Friday it had lost eight soldiers in Afghanistan in the space of 24 hours, and Prime Minister Gordon Brown said troops faced a "very hard summer," suggesting it should brace itself for more losses.

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