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  • August 2007

    • Diana’s Boys Became Windsor Men

      Reuters  |  Aug 28, 07 6:52 PM CDT

      Diana&rsquo;s Boys Became Windsor Men

      (Newser) - Ten years after princes William and Harry walked behind their mother’s casket to Westminster Abbey, flanked by a cheating father whose ascension to the throne was distasteful to many and an uncle who predicted a royal implosion, the House of Windsor has been solidly rebuilt. And it is in no small part due to the loyalty and appeal of the boys, Reuters reports. More »

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      United Kingdom  • British royals  • Princess Diana  • Prince William  • Prince Harry  • Prince Charles

    • Britain Defies US on Iraq Pullout

      Times (UK)  |  Aug 28, 07 11:48 AM CDT

      Britain Defies US on Iraq Pullout

      (Newser) - The UK foreign secretary has challenged American criticism, asserting that only his government will dictate the pace and timing of a British withdrawal from Iraq. David Miliband responded to allegations from a retired US general that the UK army must step up efforts in Basra. "The British national interest," not wider coalition success, will be his focus, Millband said. More »

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      Iraq  • Iraq war  • United Kingdom  • Gordon Brown  • David Petraeus  • British troops  • David Miliband

    • Boy, 11, Shot Dead, and UK Press Reels

      Sun (UK)  |  Aug 24, 07 8:37 AM CDT

      Boy, 11, Shot Dead, and UK Press Reels

      (Newser) - An 11-year-old boy was shot dead in Liverpool yesterday, leading to soul-searching and recriminations across the British press. Rhys Jones died in his mother's arms, apparently an innocent victim in a showdown between two local gangs. Rhys's photograph is on the cover of almost every newspaper today alongside claims of "anarchy in the UK." More »

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      murder  • crime  • United Kingdom  • Gordon Brown  • shooting  • gangs  • gang violence  • Jacqui Smith  • Liverpool

    • No Moss, but Rolling Stones May Gather Fine

      Times (UK)  |  Aug 22, 07 5:01 PM CDT

      No Moss, but Rolling Stones May Gather Fine

      (Newser) - Threat of fines appear unlikely to keep the Rolling Stones from smoking onstage, the Times reports. Guitarists Keith Richards and Ronnie Wood lit up during a show yesterday in London despite frantic warnings from venue staff. "You might say that Keith and Ronnie lighting up while they swap licks is part of the Stones performance," one source said. More »

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      United Kingdom  • London  • England  • smoking  • concert  • musician  • smoking ban  • Rolling Stones  • Keith Richards  • Ronnie Wood

    • New Procedure Gives Hope to Diabetics

      Guardian (UK)  |  Aug 19, 07 5:55 PM CDT

      New Procedure Gives Hope to Diabetics

      (Newser) - Car crashes, comas, sudden stabbings, divorces – all are being indirectly diminished as Britain spearheads a new procedure to help sufferers of type 1 diabetes. Victims of the growing disorder are often subject to fits and blackouts as they scramble for insulin, but a new operation is offering hope: already a dozen Britons are infused with cells to eliminate insulin dependency entirely. More »

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      health  • United Kingdom  • medicine  • disease  • diabetes  • medical breakthrough  • liver  • Islet cell transplantation  • diabetics  • pancreas

    • Scot Separatists Publish Plans for Independence

      Scotsman (UK)  |  Aug 15, 07 6:56 AM CDT

      Scot Separatists Publish Plans for Independence

      (Newser) - The August lull in British politics has given way to a national debate on an unexpected topic: Scottish independence. The separatist leader of Scotland's regional parliament has published a white paper outlining plans for a referendum and suggesting features of an independent Scotland: its own army, its own EU membership, and especially its own governance of huge North Sea oil reserves. More »

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      Great Britain  • United Kingdom  • European Union  • oil  • Gordon Brown  • Scotland  • independence  • separatists  • North Sea  • Alex Salmond

    • Foot-and-Mouth Turns Up at Second Farm

      Guardian (UK)  |  Aug 7, 07 4:46 AM CDT

      Foot-and-Mouth Turns Up at Second Farm

      (Newser) - England is culling a second herd of cattle feared to have foot-and-mouth disease. The animals were showing symptoms on an unidentified farm within a restricted zone around the area southwest of London where the first outbreak occurred. Investigators were considering the possibility that a flood in July may have spread the virus. More »

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      health  • United Kingdom  • England  • farming  • outbreak  • farmer  • infection  • cattle  • cows  • farms  • foot and mouth disease

    • Bush, Brown Back UN Iraq Force

      Times (UK)  |  Aug 3, 07 8:09 AM CDT

      Bush, Brown Back UN Iraq Force

      (Newser) - The US and UK have circulated a draft resolution to the UN Security Council that would greatly increase the UN's role in Iraq, writes the Times of London. The resolution follows Bush and Brown's meeting at Camp David and is seen as a step towards an exit strategy from Iraq for the two countries. More »

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      Iraq  • George W. Bush  • United Nations  • United Kingdom  • United States  • Gordon Brown  • Iraq exit strategy  • Security Council  • Zalmay Khalilzad

    • Bolton: UK Can Have Just One Closest Ally

      Financial Times (UK)  |  Aug 1, 07 4:38 PM CDT

      Bolton: UK Can Have Just One Closest Ally

      (Newser) - Famously combative John Bolton claims that the fate of the US-UK "special relationship" lies entirely with Gordon Brown and the new British government. In an op-ed for the Financial Times , the former UN ambassador writes that the new PM must choose sides: either stand by the US or continue the "long, slow slide into the European porridge." More »

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      Great Britain  • United Kingdom  • United States  • European Union  • Gordon Brown  • diplomacy  • John Bolton

  • July 2007

    • Britain's Longest Campaign Ends

      Times (UK)  |  Jul 30, 07 5:27 AM CDT

      Britain's Longest Campaign Ends

      (Newser) - The British Army's military campaign in Northern Ireland comes to an end at midnight tomorrow—after 38 years of bloodshed. It's  the longest conflict in the army's history. Some 300,000 military personnel served; casualties included 763 soldiers, and 309 civilians  and members of paramilitary groups.  More »

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      Great Britain  • United Kingdom  • Ireland  • Northern Ireland  • British Army  • IRA

    • Brown Downplays US Fissure

      Reuters  |  Jul 27, 07 1:13 PM CDT

      Brown Downplays US Fissure

      (Newser) - Britain's new Prime Minister is set to meet with President Bush at Camp David next week amid rumors that relations between the two nations have cooled since Tony Blair's departur