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  • September 2008

    • Dental Divide: US Goes for White, UK Prefers Character

      BBC  |  Sep 28, 08 9:38 AM CDT

      Dental Divide: US Goes for White, UK Prefers Character

      (Newser) - The difference between British teeth and American teeth is in societal expectations, the BBC reports. “Americans have the idea uniformity is equivalent to looking good,” one UK expert says. “The British character is more free-spirited, more radical.” Brits like Ricky Gervais have resisted the lure of the super-white smile, and those who have fallen for it—hello, Simon Cowell—often are mocked at home. More »

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      Simon Cowell  • British  • teeth  • Ricky Gervais  • cosmetic treatments  • dentistry

  • August 2008

    • Boorish Brits Overwhelm Resorts

      New York Times  |  Aug 24, 08 12:30 PM CDT

      Boorish Brits Overwhelm Resorts

      (Newser) - Lured by all-you-can-drink vacations and very un-British weather, more Britons are heading south for their getaways—but many resorts are no longer thrilled to welcome them. In places like the Greek city of Malia, inebriated Englishmen are wreaking havoc, writes the New York Times . “It is only the British—not the Germans or the French,” says the town's mayor, imploring London to "do something." More »

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      Greece  • tourists  • British  • drunk  • public drinking

  • July 2008

    • UK Hostage in Iraq Kills Himself: Kidnappers

      Times (UK)  |  Jul 20, 08 3:03 PM CDT

      UK Hostage in Iraq Kills Himself: Kidnappers

      (Newser) - One of five British hostages seized in Baghdad last year has killed himself, according to a video made by his Shi'ite captors. Seeking the release of comrades in US captivity, they blame the British government for failing to negotiate: "Foot-dragging" has hastened the captives' "psychological deterioration, pushing one of them, Jason, to commit suicide," the videotaped statement says. More »

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      Iraq  • kidnapping  • Baghdad  • suicide  • hostage  • Shiite militants  • British

  • March 2008

    • Brits Join the Fight in Basra

      Daily Telegraph (UK)  |  Mar 29, 08 11:27 AM CDT

      Brits Join the Fight in Basra

      (Newser) - As the Iraqi army struggles to combat militias in Basra, British troops for the first time directly joined the fight, and American forces expanded their bombing beyond the militia stronghold. The Brits, who had previously provided only logistical and air support to the Iraqis, fired on an insurgent mortar team in Bosra, the Telegraph reports. Moqtada al-Sadr, meanwhile, told his soldiers not to surrender their weapons. More »

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      Iraq  • George W. Bush  • Iraq war  • US military  • Nouri al-Maliki  • Muqtada al-Sadr  • Basra  • British troops  • Shiite insurgents  • British

  • February 2008

    • Record Brain Drain Rocks Britain as Emigration Soars

      Daily Telegraph (UK)  |  Feb 21, 08 3:35 AM CST

      Record Brain Drain Rocks Britain as Emigration Soars

      (Newser) - The UK is experiencing the worst "brain drain" of any country as the British move abroad to seek better lives at the highest rate since just after World War II, a study has found. More than a tenth of the highest-skilled Brits have moved overseas for reasons that one professor said had to "do with quality of life, laws and bureaucracy, tax and all the rest ." Of 3.2 million British-born people living abroad, more than a third are highly-skilled university graduates. More »

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      United Kingdom  • immigration  • British  • brain drain  • emigration

  • December 2007
  • July 2007

    • Iraqis Go on Alert as Mammoth Badgers Stalk City

      Yahoo!  |  Jul 13, 07 7:02 AM CDT

      Iraqis Go on Alert as Mammoth Badgers Stalk City

      (Newser) - Badgers have invaded Basra, Iraq, spurring fears of a man-eating monster on the loose in the port city. Despite Iraqi scientists' assurances that the creatures are not dangerous to humans, locals demonize the oversized carnivores and blame British troops for for unleashing them. The badgers "don't stalk humans and carry them back to their lair," a British officer tells AFP. More »

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      Iraq  • Iraq war  • animal  • Basra  • British troops  • British  • mammals  • port

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