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3 British held over stabbing death of soldier in Cyprus

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Three British tourists in Cyprus have been remanded in police custody in connection with the killing of a teenage British soldier during a disco row in the holiday resort of Ayia Napa. David Lee Collins, 19, from Manchester, was stabbed to death during a night club confrontation with a group of British tourists in the early hours of Sunday More >

3 IRA suspects arrested over prison officer killing

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Northern Ireland police have arrested three suspected IRA militants on suspicion of killing an off-duty prison officer, a rare slaying that has inspired political condemnation across Britain and Ireland. The three men aged 29, 31 and 44 were arrested at their homes in Lurgan, a power base for IRA die-hards opposed to Northern Ireland More >

British in missiles-to-Iran case to enter new plea

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EL PASO, Texas—A British businessman was set to change his plea Thursday over allegations that he tried to buy missile parts from undercover U.S. Agents and illegally sell them to Iran. Karen Todner said she hoped the plea deal would allow her client, Christopher Tappin, to return to Britain soon to be with his family. The details of the plea were More >

UK Protesters bash Britain’s austerity drive

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Tens of thousands of demonstrators descended on the British capital in a noisy but peaceful protest at a government austerity drive aimed at slashing the nation’s debt. Unions, anti-war campaigners, left-wing leaders, community groups and other activists poured down London’s streets in a demonstration against reductions to public sector spending More >

Japanese – British duo win Nobel for stem cell research

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Shinya Yamanaka of Japan and John B Gurdon of Britain has won the Nobel Medicine Prize for their groundbreaking work on stem cells, the jury said. The pair were honoured “for the discovery that mature cells can be reprogrammed to become pluripotent,” it said.

The two discovered “that mature, specialised cells can be reprogrammed to become immature More >

British finance minister warns of welfare cuts

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British finance minister George Osborne has warned the government will clamp down on welfare claimants, shortly before he was expected to outline more spending cuts during his party conference speech. In an article for Monday’s Daily Mail, Chancellor Osborne and Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith stressed it was “no longer OK to opt out More >

UK phone-hacking trial set for September 2013

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EX-News of the World editors Rebekah Brooks and Andy Coulson will go on trial in September 2013 on charges relating to phone hacking at the British tabloid. The decision leaves the scandal hanging over British Prime Minister David Cameron for another year because he is a close friend of Brooks and he employed Coulson as his director of More >

British Cabinet minister sorry for insulting police

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LONDON—A British Cabinet minister has apologized for an outburst in which he reportedly called police officers “plebs“—a derogatory term for the working class that has reinforced impressions of government elitism. Chief Whip Andrew Mitchell said Monday he didn’t show the police the amount of respect he should have when an officer asked him to get More >

British soldiers in Afghanistan being forced to act as bait

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British soldiers in Afghanistan are being forced to act as bait in an attempt to draw the Taleban into opening fire, a serving platoon commander has alleged. Soldiers are risking their lives to get around strict rules of engagement that allow them to shoot only if they are being attacked or are in “imminent danger”. The Taleban is increasingly More >

Ecuador’s President says Assange actions ‘not a crime’

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Ecuador’s President Rafael Correa said the allegations in Sweden against Julian Assange would not be crimes in nearly every other country. Correa told British newspaper The Sunday Times that the sex crime allegations against the WikiLeaks founder were “not a crime in Latin America” and had played no part in Quito’s decision to grant Assange More >

UK websites target by Assange supporters

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The Anonymous cyber-hacking group has claimed responsibility for a series of attempted attacks on British government websites, in support of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. Anonymous said on Twitter it had launched the attacks in support of Mr Assange, who is holed up in the London embassy of Ecuador, which has granted him asylum as he bids to More >

Ex-Barclays boss slams by UK inquiry head

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The head of a British inquiry into the Libor rate-rigging scandal has attacked ex-Barclays boss Bob Diamond for giving “highly selective” evidence. “Select committees are entitled to expect candour and frankness from witnesses before them,” said Andrew Tyrie, the Conservative MP who chaired the Treasury select committee inquiry which produced More >
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