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Britain stories: 676 news summaries

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Brit Cop Fights for Life
After Gay Hate Attack

Mob of Liverpool teens leaves rookie critically injured

Oct 27, 09 4:45 AM CDT
(Newser) - A rookie British police officer is fighting for his life in a Liverpool hospital after being attacked by a gang of teens for being gay. The 22-year-old man was set upon by a dozen attackers after leaving a gay bar with his partner and their friends. He suffered multiple skull... More »

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homophobia • hate crime • Liverpool • assault • Britain • police officer

 Brit Health 
 Service  
 Endorses 
 Wii Fit  

First-ever video game supported by NHS

Oct 26, 09 4:14 AM CDT
(Newser) - Turn on the boob tube and get fit. That's the message from the British National Health Service, which is endorsing Nintendo's new Wii Fit Plus video game. It's the first time ever the service has endorsed a video game and it's sure to raise criticism from some health experts, reports... More »

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technology • health • Japan • Nintendo • National Health Service • exercise • Britain • fitness • Wii Fit • Wii Fit Plus

Brit Cops Sic
Dogs on Eco-Protesters

Officials call it a 'different style of policing'

Oct 19, 09 2:58 AM CDT
(Newser) - Climate change activists were chewed up by police dogs as British cops sicced German shepherds on protesters scaling fences at a power station. ''Of course this is regrettable, but it's a combination of reckless behavior by some protesters and us having to respond with a different style of policing,"... More »

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climate change • environment • police • Britain • political demonstrations • protesters • eco-protesters • power station • police dogs

London Cops Hunt Girls
in Gay's Murder

Teens kicked, punched man after shouting abuse

Oct 15, 09 2:06 AM CDT
(Newser) - Police are hunting two teenage girls and a young man after the murder of a gay man in central London. The victim, 62, suffered severe brain damage and died earlier this week after his life support machine was switched off. The trio punched and kicked the man to the ground... More »

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homophobia • London • murder • Britain • gay men

 Britain to Send 500 More 
 Troops to Afghanistan 

Expects other NATO countries to follow suit

Oct 14, 09 7:11 AM CDT
(Newser) - Britain will send 500 more troops to Afghanistan, Gordon Brown is expected to announce today, defying calls to reduce Britain’s presence there. The men will come with strings attached, however: “The prime minister will want assurances from military chiefs that the extra troops will be properly equipped,”... More »

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Afghanistan • Gordon Brown • Britain • troop levels • Helmand province • Afghanistan war

OPINION

 China's Rise Threatens 
 to Turn US Into Britain 

America will end up as an also-ran if it can't reinvigorate its economy

Oct 13, 09 4:45 AM CDT
(Newser) - America used its financial clout to knock the British Empire into second place last century and it's in danger of receiving the same treatment from China in the not-too-distant future, writes Zachary Karabell. China is the American government's biggest creditor, much as the US was to Britain in 1946, Karabell... More »

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China • deficit • US economy • Britain • US dollar • British Empire.

 New Museum Piece Shows 
 Viewers Total Blackness 

Miroslaw Balka's How It Is, at the Tate Modern, displays the void

Oct 12, 09 3:05 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Tate Modern's latest installation is an enormous steel container—100 feet long, 43 feet high, and 30 feet wide—that envelops visitors in total darkness upon entering. How It Is, by Polish artist Miroslaw Balka, is lined with a suede-like material that is 10 times darker than black paint.... More »

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art museum • London • Poland • modern art • Britain • Tate Modern • Miroslaw Balka

 Brown to Repay 
 $20K in Expense 
 Scandal 

PM had called for ministers to pony up

Oct 12, 09 12:19 PM CDT
(Newser) - Gordon Brown has been sent a bill for £12,415 ($19,600) for questionable expense account claims, and the prime minister intends to pay up, 10 Downing St. announced today. The lion’s share of that money was used for housecleaning, with a bit going to gardening and decorating.... More »

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British Parliament • Gordon Brown • David Cameron • Britain • scandal • inappropriate expenses • Nick Clegg

 Smoker's Lungs 
 Kill War Hero 
 Transplant Patient 

Young corporal complained about 'dud' lungs

Oct 12, 09 3:10 AM CDT
(Newser) - A British war hero died of a cancerous tumor after receiving "dud" lungs from a heavy smoker in a transplant operation, his wife complained in an inquest. After Iraq vet Corp. Matthew Millington was diagnosed with an incurable lung disease, he was given lungs from a dead man who... More »

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Iraq • cancer • lung cancer • Britain • war hero

Dad Let Toddler Drown in Sea as He Macked on Mistress

'We heard a plop,' father recalls

Oct 9, 09 3:02 AM CDT
(Newser) - A British dad let a stroller holding two of his children roll from a promenade into the sea where one of them drowned as he made out with his mistress. “I let go of the buggy and seconds into that kiss we heard a plop," married dad of... More »

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parenting • ocean • death • drowning • father • Britain

 Brit Transsexual Sues for 
  Health Service Boob Job 

Plaintiff claims refusing surgery is a violation of human rights

Oct 9, 09 2:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - A transsexual denied breast enlargement surgery by Britain's National Health Service is suing, claiming the denial violates her human rights. The plaintiff—who has undergone hormone treatment and lived as a woman for the last decade—says the surgery is essential to her identity as a woman. More »

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lawsuit • National Health Service • Britain • breast enhancement • transsexual

  Web Game Nets Creator $1.5M 

Players pay for extra points to commit murder, mayhem

Oct 8, 09 2:13 AM CDT
(Newser) - An Internet crime game has earned its young creator nearly $1.5 miilion. Torn, a text-based game noir that lets players commit murder and mayhem, boasts some 41,000 active players and 1.3 million account holders worldwide. The game is free, but players can opt to pay $5 a... More »

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Internet • crime • murder • profits • web • virtual reality • Britain • programmers • profit margins

Brit Court Serves
Injunction Via Twitter

Order means days of spoof Twitter accounts may be numbered

Oct 2, 09 2:45 AM CDT
(Newser) - Britain's High Court has delivered what's believed to be the first-ever injunction served via Twitter. An anonymous Twitter user who created a spoof account called "Blaney's Blarney" using the photo of lawyer and right-wing blogger Donal Blaney has been sent a message via the site telling him to stop... More »

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social networking • blogger • Britain • Twitter • court order • microblogging

UK Court Serves Injunction Over Twitter

Conservative blogger uses tweet to notify impersonator of injunction

Oct 1, 09 3:45 PM CDT
(Newser) - In a micro-blogging first, the UK’s High Court has ruled that a court order may be served via Tweet. The case concerns an anonymous wag who has been impersonating right-wing blogger Donal Blaney on Twitter, sending out tweets under his name with “mildly objectionable” content, the BBC reports.... More »

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social networking • United Kingdom • blogging • Britain • High Court • Twitter • microblogging

Treating Addicts With
Heroin Gains Steam

British study finds benefits in giving addicts their fix

Sep 28, 09 12:03 PM CDT
(Newser) - Giving heroin to heroin addicts may not sound like a great idea, but it could soon become the preferred treatment for hardcore addicts. Switzerland and a handful of other countries already have clinics that administer small, supervised doses to addicts, and Britain could be next after completing a four-year trial... More »

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drug addiction • heroin • Switzerland • addiction • alternative treatment • Britain • methadone

Obama Dodges Sitdown With Brown for Chat in UN Kitchen

White House declines 5 requests for talks
from humiliated prime minister

Sep 24, 09 3:01 AM CDT
(Newser) - Brit papers are buzzing about President Obama's snub of visiting Prime Minister Gordon Brown, who asked for a meeting five times. Brown—keen to boost his profile as an international statesman as his poll numbers flatline in Britain—had to settle for a 15-minute "walk and talk" with Obama... More »

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United Nations • Gordon Brown • Britain • G20 • President Obama

 Record Stash of Ancient Gold 
 Found In Farmer's Field 

Brit with metal detector uncovers 7th-century Anglo-Saxon jackpot

Sep 24, 09 2:38 AM CDT
(Newser) - The biggest stash of Anglo-Saxon gold and silver ever found has been unearthed in a farmer's field in Staffordshire, England, by an amateur treasure hunter using a metal detector. The hoard, estimated to date back to the 7th century, includes weapons, helmets, and gold coins. Archaeologists are stunned both by... More »

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archeology • treasure • farmer • Britain • gold coins

 Lefties Finally Get Their Undies 

Thanks to one genius store in Britain, left-handed men will no longer suffer at the urinal

Sep 23, 09 10:07 AM CDT
(Newser) - Male lefties of the world have long suffered inconvenience and embarrassment at the urinal, thanks to their underwear. One British store is making up for the indignity with a new line of undies featuring a horizontal, rather than vertical, opening—giving Britain’s lefties an alternative to boxer shorts, Reuters... More »

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lefties • left handed • Britain • underwear • underpants • left-handedness • men's underwear • Jay-ZTV

UN SUMMIT


 Brown Eyes 
 Nuke Bank, 
 Will Cut 
 Sub Fleet  

British PM seeks reductions, but rejects complete nuclear disarmament

Sep 23, 09 7:40 AM CDT
(Newser) - Gordon Brown takes the stage at the United Nations today with an eye toward nuclear disarmament, reports the BBC, and he'll begin by offering to cut Britain's fleet of Trident nuclear submarines from four to three. While the British PM maintains full nuclear disarmament isn't an option, in an op-ed... More »

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Gordon Brown • nuclear weapons • submarine • Britain • UN General Assembly • nuclear disarmament • UN Security Council

Swiss Politicians Battle 'Suicide Tourism'

As Britain eases rules, Switzerland fears rush of ill bent on killing themselves

Sep 21, 09 5:10 AM CDT
(Newser) - Swiss politicians have stepped up efforts to battle "suicide tourism" as British officials prepare to announce new rules expected to make it easier for citizens to cross borders to die, reports the Independent. Some 115 Britons have died at assisted suicide operations run by Dignitas in Switzerland. Assisted suicide... More »

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suicide • assisted suicide • Switzerland • Dignitas • multiple sclerosis • Britain • clinic

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