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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2009
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3 Brits Guilty in '06 Plot to Bomb Transatlantic Flights

Planned use of liquid explosives sparked restrictions still in effect

Sep 7, 09 12:15 PM CDT
(Newser) - Three British Muslims were convicted today of conspiracy to blow up airplanes with liquid explosives in a failed 2006 plot that led to restrictions on drinks and toiletries on flights, the Times of London reports. Ringleader Abdulla Ahmed Ali, Assad Sarwar, and Tanvir Hussain were retried after a jury... More »

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terrorism • United Kingdom • terror plots • England • explosives • conspiracy • air travel • Britain • Abdulla Ahmed Ali • Assad Sarwar • guilty verdict • criminal trial • Tanvir Hussain • liquids

Libyans Paid for Lockerbie Bomber's Terminal Diagnosis

Pressed docs to find that al-Megrahi had just 3 months to live

Sep 6, 09 11:36 AM CDT
(Newser) - Libya footed the bill for medical evidence that suggested the Lockerbie bomber had just 3 months to live, the Sunday Telegraph reports. The Libyan government pushed doctors to make the prognosis, required in Scotland for the release of prisoners on grounds of compassion. “The figure of three months was... More »

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Scotland • Libya • doctor • Lockerbie • diagnosis • Britain • compassionate release • Abdelbaset Ali al-Megrahi

(Newser) - A top British official said today that Scotland sent the Lockerbie bomber to Libya to facilitate a multi-million-dollar oil deal. Contradicting PM Gordon Brown, Justice Secretary Jack Straw told the Telegraph that the release of Abdelbaset al-Megrahi helped BP sign an agreement with Libya. "I’m unapologetic about that,... More »

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Gordon Brown • Scotland • Libya • Jack Straw • Britain • Abdelbaset Ali al-Megrahi

Cops Take Another Look at
Rolling Stone Jones' Death

Hundreds of pages of new evidence dug up by journalist

Aug 31, 09 1:25 PM CDT
(Newser) - It’s been 40 years since Brian Jones’ body was discovered in a swimming pool—but police are reviewing the death of the Rolling Stones' co-founder in the wake of “new evidence” that he was murdered, the Daily Mail reports. An investigative journalist provided police some 600 pages of... More »

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music • Rolling Stones • murder • rock and roll • Britain • police investigation • Jay-ZTV • Brian Jones

(Newser) - A British official today denied suggestions that the government struck a deal to free the Lockerbie bomber in exchange for a nice price on Libyan oil, reports the Guardian. "It's not only completely wrong to make such a suggestion, it's also quite offensive," said the business secretary. The... More »

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Gordon Brown • Scotland • Libya • Moammar Gadhafi • Seif al Islam Gadhafi • Lockerbie • Britain • Lord Mandelson • Abdelbaset Ali al-Megrahi

OPINION

Why I Love Britain's
Health Care System


Aug 22, 09 10:01 AM CDT
(Newser) - US conservatives are doing their best to turn Britain’s National Health Service into a cautionary tale. Author Stephen Amidon was nervous as well when he moved to Britain; how good could free care be? But the birth of his first child taught him to love the system, he writes... More »

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United Kingdom • National Health Service • Britain • health care reform

(Newser) - Holy Monty Python. John Cleese has a whopping $20 million check to write in a California divorce settlement, and he's not happy about it. “What I find so unfair is that if we both died today, her children would get much more than mine," grumbled the 70-year-old star.... More »

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divorce • Britain • comedian • divorce settlement • celebrity divorces • John Cleese • Fiona Shackleton

 Docs Warned to Watch for 
 Brain Disease Link 
 to Flu Vaccine 

UK officials cite concern over 1976 vaccinations

Aug 16, 09 6:08 AM CDT
(Newser) - British officials have alerted neurologists to watch out for any surge of cases of a deadly brain disease after a massive swine flu vaccination program begins, reports the Telegraph. A 1976 US swine flu vaccine was followed by an eight-fold increase in cases of Guillain-Barré syndrome, which killed 25 people... More »

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health • vaccination • vaccine • neurological disorder • Britain • swine flu • H1N1 virus

George Michael Busted After
Car Crash

He's detained on suspicion of DUI,
but not charged

Aug 15, 09 7:41 AM CDT
(Newser) - George Michael was arrested on suspicion of driving drunk or drugged after his Range Rover slammed into the back of a truck on a British highway last night, the Sun reports. Police, however, released him 6 hours later without charge. The singer, who just got his license back in June... More »

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drunk driving • celebrity • car chase • Britain • George Michael • reckless driving

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British Health Care Would Kill Hawking...

...say foes of reform, forgetting that Brit physicist lives in UK

Aug 11, 09 1:03 PM CDT
(Newser) - Opponents of health care reform should be careful how they use the terrifying example of Britain’s socialized system. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution stumbled upon an editorial on Investors Business Daily that asserts that “people such as scientist Stephen Hawking wouldn’t have a chance in the UK, where... More »

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Stephen Hawking • England • National Health Service • rationing • Britain • health care reform • Obama administration • President Obama • socialized medicine

Nanny: Diplomat Made Me a Slave

Sexually assaulted and beaten, she reveals horrors facing UK's migrant workers

Aug 9, 09 2:33 PM CDT
(Newser) - A migrant worker in Britain took what looked like a plush job as a diplomat’s nanny—only to be treated as a sex slave with little recourse to the law, the Independent reports, uncovering a predicament faced by other workers. “I was trapped. I was paid nothing, never... More »

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immigration • London • migrant workers • diplomat • immigrant • migrant labor • Britain • nanny • workers' rights

 Tomb May 
 Hold Key to 
 Shakespeare 


Sarcophagus may hold manuscripts tying Bard to another writer

Aug 9, 09 1:27 PM CDT
(Newser) - A 17th-century tomb might hold the key to the enduring mystery of William Shakespeare's identity, the Daily Telegraph reports, and researchers are hoping to take a peek inside. A scan found that the ornate sarcophagus, built at an English church by Shakespeare contemporary and fellow scribe Fulke Greville, contains three... More »

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England • biography • history • monument • Britain • William Shakespeare • sarcophagus • manuscript

UK Contractor Held in Green Zone Killing of 2 Co-Workers 

Incident is second this summer of violence within protected Baghdad area

Aug 9, 09 10:33 AM CDT
(Newser) - A security contractor working in Iraq has been charged with fatally shooting two of his co-workers in Baghdad’s Green Zone, the Washington Post reports. Danny Fitzsimmons, an employee of British firm ArmorGroup Iraq, has been arrested in the killing of fellow Briton Paul McGuigan and Australian Darren Hoare in... More »

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Australia • Baghdad • Green Zone • contractors • Britain • killings

(Newser) - A gang of young British toughs armed with snakes used a python to bite a teen they pinned to a wall, reports the Guardian. The 14-year-old boy is recovering with two puncture wounds in his hand. He suffered breathing difficulties, but paramedics say that was due to panic and not... More »

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crime • snake • Bristol • gang violence • Britain • teenager • pythons • snake attack

(Newser) - The Afghan war could last three to four decades, the new head of the British Army predicted today. “It will take time. This is nation building,” Sir David Richards said, “not the starry-eyed type, but nation-building nonetheless.” He allowed, however, that “the Army’s role... More »

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Afghanistan • British Army • Britain • David Richards

Greek Woman Torches
Randy Tourist's Genitals

26-year-old claims Briton removed pants, forcibly fondled her

Aug 6, 09 7:04 PM CDT
(Newser) - A Greek woman is being hailed as a hero after torching a lecherous British tourist’s genitals, the Telegraph reports. A 23-year-old Briton had allegedly taken off his pants and flashed his privates at women in a nightclub in the resort town of Mallia on the island of Crete. When... More »

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alcohol • tourism • sexual harassment • Greece • Britain • sexual assault • Crete

Domesticated Swedes Make Best Husbands

Brits, Americans land
in top 5 on 'egalitarian index'; Aussies last

Aug 3, 09 6:45 PM CDT
(Newser) - Swedish men make the best husbands, while Australian men, preferring beer and sports over housework, rank lowest on an “egalitarian index” outlined in a study of 12 developed nations. Domestic roles carry less stigma in egalitarian societies, one researcher tells the Telegraph, “so the likelihood of forming a... More »

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Australia • women • men • study • marriage • United States • Norway • Oxford University • Sweden • Britain • marriage equality • household chores

Scots' Delicacy May Actually Be...English

To kilt-wearers' horror, haggis was probably invented down south

Aug 3, 09 5:27 AM CDT
(Newser) - Alongside bagpipes, whiskey, and plaid kilts, there's naught so Scottish as haggis, the mash of sheep heart, liver, and lung disgusting to many and a delicacy to some. But recently a Scottish historian discovered the earliest ever reference to haggis—in an English cookbook. The idea that the ultimate Scottish... More »

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food • United Kingdom • Scotland • England • cuisine • Britain

(Newser) - Britain's beleaguered fox hunting crew is undergoing media training to stop acting so bloody "toff," as the Brits say, in order to curry favor with the hoi polloi, reports the Independent. Hunters should always climb off their horses before speaking to the press and refrain from wearing their... More »

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animal rights • Britain • equestrian • horses • fox hunting • hounds • riding

(Newser) - The US is expected to push for more British troops to help fight the Taliban in Afghanistan, a move certain to be unpopular with the British public, reports the Guardian. NATO Gen. Stanley McChrystal will likely recommend to President Obama that the current total of 150,000 Afghan troops should... More »

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Afghanistan • NATO • Taliban • America • British troops • US • Britain • Afghan Army • President Obama • troops

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