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Freed 15 Deals Spur Outrage

Officials defend go-ahead to cash in

Apr 9, 07 8:55 AM CDT
(Newser) - Britain’s military chiefs are under fire for allowing 15 British sailors and Royal Marines released by Iran to sell their stories. Faye Turney has already closed a deal for almost $200,000, and at least two others are considering offers. The families of British servicemen killed and wounded in... More »

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Resisting Captors Was "Not an Option"

Brit sailors say they were threatened, psychologically tortured

Apr 6, 07 11:01 AM CDT
(Newser) - Britain's freed sailors say they were blindfolded, psychologically tortured, and isolated from each other during their captivity in Iran. They were lined up while weapons were cocked, and told that if they did not say they were in Iranian waters when they were caught, they would face seven years in... More »

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Iran • terrorism • war • sailor • Britain • Marine • hostage

Charges Filed in London Bombings

Three men charged with conspiracy
in 2005 tube and bus attacks

Apr 6, 07 8:02 AM CDT
(Newser) - Three men have been charged in the July 7, 2005 bombings of the London mass-transit system. The suspects, Waheed Ali, Sadeer Saleem, and Mohammed Shakil, are accused of conspiring with the terrorists who blew themselves up in the tube and on a bus, killing 52. Surveillance cameras recorded the men... More »

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terrorism • London • subway • transit • london transit attacks • bombing • Peter Clarke • Britain

Britons Ask: Were Captives Too Cozy With Iranians? 

Co-operation called, "Bloody Shambles"

Apr 6, 07 7:04 AM CDT
(Newser) - As the euphoria over the homecoming of the 15 British captives subsides, some Britons are charging that the sailors and marines went overboard in co-operating with their captors. Lt. Gen. Sir Michael Gray tells London’s Daily Mail: "In my days you would have got name, rank and serial... More »

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Iran • Tony Blair • terrorism • propaganda • Mahmoud Ahmadinejad • war • sailor • Britain • Marine • hostage

Slasher Gets Life For Horror-ific Attack

Deranged Freddy Krueger wannabe cuts up friend with homemade glove

Apr 5, 07 4:28 PM CDT
(Newser) - A slasher fan will be locked up in Britain after attacking his buddy with a homemade Freddy Krueger glove. Prosecutors extracted from Jason (!) Moore, a Leicester stonemason, that he’d seen Nightmare on Elm Street more than 20 times (itself somewhat horrifying) before he slashed his friend (passed... More »

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film • prison • Freddy Krueger • violence • weapon • Jason Moore • slasher • Britain • movies

Was There
a Deal with Iran?

Iranian prisoner in
Iraq was freed before
British sailors were

Apr 5, 07 7:54 AM CDT
(Newser) - Officials deny that concessions were made to Iran for the release of the captured British sailors, but the Times speculates that there may have been a secret deal. An Iranian diplomat held in Iraq for eight weeks was freed the day before the British prisoners were. Also, American officials said... More »

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British Sailors Come Home

Apr 5, 07 7:43 AM CDT
(Newser) - The fifteen British sailors captured by Iran are back in the UK. As soon as the British Airways jet touched down as Heathrow, Blair traded his measured diplomatic tone  for harsher words, warning the "elements of the Iranian regime" were still arming insurgents inside Iraq." More »

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Iraq • Iran • Tony Blair • terrorism • Mahmoud Ahmadinejad • war • Britain • hostage

IRAN TO RELEASE SAILORS

Apr 4, 07 9:04 AM CDT
(Newser) - The 15 captured British sailors are to be released immediately, says Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. The surprise announcement came toward the end of an hour-long press conference, in which Ahmadinejad berated the British government for using the situation to create "media hype." He maintains that the Brits invaded... More »

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Iran • War on Terror • politics • Mahmoud Ahmadinejad • US troops • Britain • hostage

Brit Standoff Shows Deeply Divided Iran

Radicals and moderates fight it out, tacitly, over captured sailors

Apr 4, 07 7:26 AM CDT
(Newser) - An internal squabble between Iran's radical president and more moderate officials  is in evidence in the crisis over the captive British marines and sailors. President Ahmadinejad and his Revolutionary Guards are pushing for a trial. Cooler heads, including Ali Larijani, the diplomat who offered bilateral negotiations yesterday, are pushing back,... More »

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Iran • War on Terror • politics • Mahmoud Ahmadinejad • Ali Larijani • Britain • hostage

Iranians, Brits Move Toward Talks

Top diplomat lays out roadmap for brokering sailors' release

Apr 3, 07 6:56 AM CDT
(Newser) - Iran is ready to negotiate freeing its 15 British captives, according to the country's top diplomat. In a cryptic TV interview, Ali Larijani suggested the marines and sailors could be released if the Brits apologized and stopped putting international pressure on Tehran. "We are not interested in the issue... More »

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Iran • War on Terror • Ali Larijani • John Bolton • British Foreign Office • Britain • hostage

UK Women Limited to
One Embryo

Agency will ration IVF to stem problematic multiple births

Apr 2, 07 8:42 AM CDT
(Newser) - British women trying to get pregnant via In Vitro Fertilization will be limited to having one embryo implanted at a time, in a move by the government to stem the surge of problematic multiple births, the Guardian reports. Only women with particularly low chances of conception will still be allowed... More »

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pregnancy • fertility • health • reproduction • United Kingdom • in vitro fertilization • Britain • fertility treatment • multiple births

Crisis Shows Isolated Iran

Tehran isolated - tries to push back

Apr 2, 07 8:09 AM CDT
(Newser) - Iran’s abduction of the British sailors and its subsequent belligerence may actually be evidence that international sanctions against the rogue nation are working. Fareed Zakaria argues in Newsweek that Iran’s posturing reflects its growing isolation, after both Russia and China backed U.N. condemnation of its nuclear program.... More »

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Iran • United Nations • Tehran • sanctions • nuclear • nuclear program • Britain

British Captives
Standoff Stiffens

Experts say there is no clear border between Iran and Iraqi waters

Mar 30, 07 7:17 AM CDT
(Newser) - London and Tehran and ratcheted up the rhetoric over the 15 British soldiers being held captive in Iran yesterday, the LA Times reports: Britain got the UN Security Council to issue a statement of "grave concern," while Tehran released more video of sailors professing guilt and issued charts... More »

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Iraq • Iran • United Nations • Tony Blair • diplomacy • London • Tehran • captives • Persian Gulf • Britain

Brits Prove Captured Sailors Were in Iraqi Waters

Iran can't stick to a story

Mar 28, 07 8:50 AM CDT
(Newser) - The 15 British sailors captured by Iran last week were inside Iraqi waters, British evidence released today shows. The craft's GPS system put it 1.7 nautical miles outside Iranian territory, which a British military helicopter confirms. The Iranian government revised its own version of the location Monday, when its... More »

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Iran • Tony Blair • terrorism • Angela Merkel • European Union • war • Britain • hostage

U.K. Nurses Enter Abortion Battleground

Could perform early-term procedures under new reading of 40-year-old law

Mar 27, 07 12:53 PM CDT
(Newser) - Specially trained nurses should be allowed to perform early-term surgical abortions without a doctor present, two U.K. medicos are arguing, based on a "wide interpretation" of Britain's 1967 Abortion Act. Though British nurses are currently allowed to carry out drug-induced abortions, they have been barred up to now... More »

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reproductive rights • abortion • pregnancy • health • nurses • United Kingdom • pro life • pro choice • Britain

Blair Blasts Seizure of British Patrol

Iran said to be looking for swap deal

Mar 26, 07 8:17 AM CDT
(Newser) - Tony Blair is furious over Iran's capture of 15 sailors and Marines, but so far, diplomatic efforts have not even yielded where they are being held. “I hope the Iranian government understands how fundamental an issue this is for us,”   Blair sputtered at a European summit,... More »

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Iraq • Iran • War on Terror • Tony Blair • Tehran • war • al Quds Force • Revolutionary Guards • Britain • Iraq war

Elton John: Gay Victims "Could Have Been Me"

Recently wed star discusses gay rights and persecution in British mag

Mar 23, 07 8:02 AM CDT
(Newser) - Pop icon Elton John attacks the bullying of gays around the world and discusses his recent marriage. Under his own byline in the British magazine The New Statesman, the 60-year-old musician says he was afraid crowds would jeer at him following his London marriage to partner David Furnish 15 months... More »

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gay rights • Elton John • gay marriage • homophobia • William Hernadez • David Furnish • discrimination • Britain

U.S. Stiffs Brits in Friendly Fire Investigation

British coroner calls soldier's 2003 death "criminal"

Mar 18, 07 11:08 PM CDT
(Newser) - The British government is taking aim at the U.S. military for its role in covering up the 2003 friendly-fire death of a British solider in Iraq. A coroner’s report Friday ruled Lance Cpl. Matty Hull’s death at the hands of American pilots avoidable—and criminal—but the... More »

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Iraq • military • Middle East • United States • friendly fire • Britain

British Torture
Trial Backfires

Acquittal in case that mirrors
Abu Ghraib sparks public outrage

Mar 14, 07 9:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - The prosecution of a group of British soldiers for mistreating Iraqi detainees—one of whom died under questioning—has backfired on the British government. Four soldiers have been acquitted of various crimes after a three-year investigation. Now the knives are out for leading members of the British government over the... More »

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Iraq • torture • Abu Ghraib • United Kingdom • British law • British troops • detainee • Britain • scandal

British Peers Could Lose Their Perch  

House of Commons wants counterpart Lords to be elected

Mar 8, 07 11:26 AM CST
(Newser) - British peers took it on the chin last night as their confrères in the House of Commons voted to make the House of Lords 100 percent elected, ending the rights of title-holders to inherit their seats. If a larger reform plan passes, the Lords could find elected members in... More »

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House of Lords • British Parliament • House of Commons • reform • Britain

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