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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2009
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United Kingdom stories: 358 news summaries

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OPINION

Brown's Woes Offers Obama Reality Check

Voters don't reward economic competence after crisis: Krugman

Jun 8, 09 8:50 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Bush administration has taken much of the blame for the American recession, but a "huge housing bubble and a financial crisis" were always on the cards, as Paul Krugman writes for the New York Times. Writing from London, where voters gave Gordon Brown a pummeling in Thursday's... More »

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United Kingdom • Gordon Brown • recession • global economy • Robert Rubin • housing bubble • bank regulation • deregulation • Obama administration • financial crisis

Brown Likely to Hang On to Power

In reshuffle, British PM invites Apprentice host to join government

Jun 5, 09 8:18 AM CDT
(Newser) - Gordon Brown looked set to hang on to power this morning, despite the shock resignation of yet another minister who called on him to step down. James Purnell, a young Blairite, quit the Cabinet seconds after polls closed in last night's election, forcing Brown to bring forward a planned government... More »

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United Kingdom • Gordon Brown • British Cabinet • Labour Party • Alistair Darling • Blairites • Alan Johnson • The Apprentice

 As 4th Minister Quits, 
 Brown's Outlook Bleak 

Blears resigns in potentially fatal blow to PM's authority

Jun 3, 09 7:28 AM CDT
(Newser) - With one day to go before clutch British elections, another minister resigned from Gordon Brown's Cabinet today, dealing the beleaguered PM another devastating blow. Hazel Blears, an arch-Blairite who was exposed for avoiding $21,000 in capital gains tax, refused to praise Brown in her resignation statement. She is the... More »

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United Kingdom • British Parliament • Gordon Brown • British elections • Labour • inappropriate expenses • Blairites

EU Sold Millions in Weapons to
Sri Lankan Army

European arms may have been used
in civil war atrocities

Jun 2, 09 5:53 AM CDT
(Newser) - European Union nations sold millions of dollars worth of arms and military equipment to the Sri Lankan army in the final stages of its 26-year civil war, in which the army has been accused of atrocities. The UK sold the country $22.3 million in armored vehicles and weapons, though... More »

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European Union • United Kingdom • civilian casualties • Sri Lanka • Tamil Tigers • civil war • arms deal • arms sales • Sri Lankan Army • Slovakia

UK Expenses Scandal Hits Alistair Darling

Govt's No. 2 claimed 2 houses at same time, may be demoted

Jun 1, 09 6:52 AM CDT
(Newser) - Britain's ongoing political expenses scandal reached all the way to the second-highest post in government today, after the Telegraph broke news that Chancellor Alistair Darling reportedly expensed the service charge on a South London apartment he was renting out while also claiming allowances on his Downing Street house. Though he... More »

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United Kingdom • British Parliament • Gordon Brown • Alistair Darling • Chancellor of the Exchequer • inappropriate expenses • expenses

OPINION

Only Trade Can Rescue World Economy: Brown

'A banking crisis has become a trade crisis,' writes British PM

May 28, 09 8:35 AM CDT
(Newser) - The banking crisis has stabilized, according to Gordon Brown, but a new calamity has replaced it: "a trade crisis" that is killing jobs in industrialized nations and exacerbating poverty in developing ones. Globalization has compounded the downturn, but it can also accelerate the pickup, the British PM writes in... More »

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Germany • Japan • United Kingdom • Gordon Brown • trade • global economy • protectionism • protectionist trade measures • trade barriers • Doha Round • financial crisis

 British MP Billed 
 Taxpayers for 
 'Servants' Wing' 

Tory then sold house and evaded capital gains tax

May 28, 09 7:49 AM CDT
(Newser) - Just when the scandal over British MPs' expenses seemed to be petering out comes news that a Conservative legislator charged taxpayers $27,000 to build servants' quarters at his second home, the Times of London reports. Sir John Butterfill told the BBC the suggestion he had servants was a "... More »

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United Kingdom • British Parliament • tax evasion • Conservative Party • inappropriate expenses • staff • expenses

MARKET open

 Stocks Plummet on 
 UK's Credit Woes 


May 21, 09 8:49 AM CDT
(Newser) - Stocks plummeted at today’s open after Standard & Poor’s warned it might downgrade the UK’s credit rating, the Wall Street Journal reports. The Dow tumbled 126 points, while the Nasdaq and S&P each fell more than 1%. Investors now fear other major economies, including the US,... More »

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stock market • United Kingdom • Dow Jones • Nasdaq • Standard and Poor • S&P 500 • credit rating • financial crisis

investigation

Fraud Colleges Admit Terror Suspects to UK

Alleged al-Qaeda members enrolled in ring of fake schools

May 21, 09 8:47 AM CDT
(Newser) - Thousands of young Pakistanis have entered Britain by applying for visas to study at sham colleges that issue fake diplomas and attendance records, the Times of London reports. Ten of the 12 men arrested last month when police busted an alleged al-Qaeda plot were enrolled at a bogus college; other... More »

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Afghanistan • Pakistan • United Kingdom • student • colleges and universities • North West Frontier Province • Home Office

Brown to Purge Cabinet After Expenses Flap

Scandal-hit ministers face axe as PM plans government overhaul

May 21, 09 7:16 AM CDT
(Newser) - Gordon Brown has been dropping hints of a major reshuffle and possible constitutional reform as the crisis over British MPs' expenses continues. The Telegraph alleged today that two ministers fiddled with the rules to avoid paying capital gains tax after selling their homes. The PM is said to be preparing... More »

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United Kingdom • Gordon Brown • Labour • constitution • inappropriate expenses • Peter Mandelson • expenses

UK Expenses Scandal Claims House Speaker

House of Commons speaker Michael Martin steps down

May 19, 09 6:55 AM CDT
(Newser) - The ongoing controversy surrounding British MPs' lavish expenses has claimed its biggest victim: the speaker of the House of Commons. Michael Martin, who presides over the country's main legislative body, will announce his resignation today after losing the support of party leaders, including Gordon Brown—not for cheating on his... More »

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United Kingdom • British Parliament • Gordon Brown • parliament • inappropriate expenses • expenses • Michael Martin

 Branson's 
 Next Launch: 
 Virgin Internet Bank 

Exploiting the public's discontent with banks, Virgin could bid for Northern Rock

May 18, 09 7:16 AM CDT
(Newser) - Capitalizing on public disgust with Britain’s big banks, Richard Branson plans to launch an Internet bank through subsidiary Virgin Money that will take deposits and offer mortgages, the Guardian reports. Branson is talking to investors and some US banks about financial backing and could set in motion more ambitious... More »

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Richard Branson • United Kingdom • bank • Britain • Virgin Group • Northern Rock Bank • financial crisis

English Pub Gets Around Smoking Ban

Turning bar into 'smoking research facility' makes it legal

May 13, 09 12:26 PM CDT
(Newser) - One British pub has found a way around the country’s smoking ban, one that could send the entire law up in smoke. Owner Kerry Fenton has turned her bar’s tap room into a “Smoking Research Center.” Would-be puffers need only fill out a questionnaire asking how... More »

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United Kingdom • smoking ban • Britain

US Threatens
to Limit Intel Sharing With UK

... if British courts release details on Guantanamo abuse

May 12, 09 2:02 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Obama administration says it will cut down on intelligence sharing with the UK if British courts reveal details on the treatment of a former Guantanamo detainee, the Washington Times reports. In a letter to the British Foreign Office, the administration says that releasing a report on the treatment of... More »

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Barack Obama • torture • United Kingdom • US intelligence • Britain • Obama administration • British Intelligence • Binyam Mohamed • Jay-ZTV

 Giant Jelly Storms UK Beach 


May 12, 09 1:22 AM CDT
(Newser) - Bathers at a British beach were flummoxed today by the sight of a 4-foot jellyfish that washed up on the shore near Devon, the Telegraph reports. It’s one of the biggest jellies to be found in the UK and unusually large for the Rootmouth species, which experts say usually... More »

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United Kingdom • beach • jellyfish

OPINION

Media Playing Dirty in Brown Expenses Flap

PM's sister-in-law hits back after fiasco over housekeeping

May 11, 09 11:39 AM CDT
(Newser) - British politicians have endured four days' worth of brutal press coverage after a newspaper published leaked parliamentary expense accounts, which include claims for everything from major home renovations to a Kit Kat bar. Gordon Brown, normally thought of as a frugal preacher's son, expensed $10,000 for cleaning—made payable... More »

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United Kingdom • British Parliament • Gordon Brown • housekeeper • inappropriate expenses • expenses

(Newser) - Scientists are developing a bulletproof turban that would allow Britain’s Sikh police officers to handle firearms and become riot cops, the Telegraph reports. The religion requires men keep their turbans on at all times, barring them from wearing helmets required in certain high-risk scenarios. “There needs to be... More »

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United Kingdom • police • England • religion • helmets • turbans • Sikh • bulletproof • Kevlar

 UK Shop Ends 
 Bra-Size Discrimination  

Surcharge for large-chested women corrected after public uproar

May 8, 09 12:24 PM CDT
(Newser) - British retailer Marks & Spencer has agreed to standardize prices across bra sizes so bustier women won’t pay more for their undergarments, the BBC reports. The store ran advertisements in UK newspapers admitting it had “boobed” by adding an extra $3 for bras over DD size. It was... More »

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retail • United Kingdom • Facebook • sexism • Britain • breasts • underwear • bra • Marks & Spencer

(Newser) - American shock jock Michael Savage is only the latest celebrity banned from entering the UK; Mental Floss compiles a list of other notables:
  • Martha Stewart: “It’s frankly hard to believe that any country would want to ban Martha, domestic goddess of all that is clean and
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United Kingdom • Martha Stewart • Snoop Dogg • Michael Savage • Pablo Neruda • Paul Robeson • banned

Libya Seeks Transfer of Dying Lockerbie Bomber

Scotland has final say over inmate's fate

May 6, 09 2:20 PM CDT
(Newser) - Libya is pressing the Scottish government to OK a transfer that would allow a terminally ill Lockerbie conspirator to die at home, the BBC reports. The prisoner, who was convicted in 2001 for his role in the 1988 Pan Am bombing, would have to drop an appeal that's currently being... More »

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terrorism • United Kingdom • Scotland • Libya • Lockerbie • Pan Am • Pan Am Flight 103 • Abdelbaset Ali al-Megrahi

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