Copyright (c) 2009 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/i/2175 world World - Britain en-us Fri, 03 Jul 2009 23:40:23 GMT 5 142 18 http://news.yahoo.com/i/2175 http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/nws/th/main_142b.gif http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/britain/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090703/wl_uk_afp/britainfireaccidentnew afp/20090703/britainfireaccidentnew AFP world Fri, 03 Jul 2009 23:40:23 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/britain/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090703/wl_uk_afp/britainfireaccidentnew"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090703/capt.photo_1246664373558-5-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=lb.LfsqNavtzHCfKcEOaNg--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="A burnt out tower block is pictured in Camberwell, south London. Six people including a newborn baby died Friday in a massive fire at a tower block in London, the city's emergency services said.(AFP)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Six people including a newborn baby died Friday in a massive fire at a tower block in London, the city's emergency services said.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/britain/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090703/wl_uk_afp/britainfireaccidentnew"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090703/capt.photo_1246664373558-5-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=lb.LfsqNavtzHCfKcEOaNg--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="A burnt out tower block is pictured in Camberwell, south London. Six people including a newborn baby died Friday in a massive fire at a tower block in London, the city's emergency services said.(AFP)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/britain/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090703/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_iran_election ap/20090703/ml_iran_election AP world Fri, 03 Jul 2009 22:49:18 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/britain/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090703/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_iran_election"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090703/capt.275312cb9ffc40098d9f7cd81f26a40d.mideast_iran_us_vah109.jpg?x=86&y=130&q=85&sig=.admMAV4y6s56E4VbA70Qg--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="An Iranian worshipper chants anti-US and anti-Israel slogans during a Friday prayer's ceremony, at the Tehran University campus, in Tehran, Iran, Friday, July 3, 2009. A top Iranian cleric said Friday that some of the detained Iranian staffers of the British Embassy in Tehran will be put on trial, and he accused Britain of a role in instigating widespread protests that erupted over the country's disputed presidential election. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)" border="0" /></a>AP - EDITOR'S NOTE: Iranian authorities have barred journalists for international news organizations from reporting on the streets and ordered them to stay in their offices. This report is based on the accounts of witnesses reached in Iran and official statements carried on Iranian media.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/britain/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090703/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_iran_election"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090703/capt.275312cb9ffc40098d9f7cd81f26a40d.mideast_iran_us_vah109.jpg?x=86&y=130&q=85&sig=.admMAV4y6s56E4VbA70Qg--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="photo" title="An Iranian worshipper chants anti-US and anti-Israel slogans during a Friday prayer's ceremony, at the Tehran University campus, in Tehran, Iran, Friday, July 3, 2009. A top Iranian cleric said Friday that some of the detained Iranian staffers of the British Embassy in Tehran will be put on trial, and he accused Britain of a role in instigating widespread protests that erupted over the country's disputed presidential election. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/britain/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090703/ap_on_re_eu/eu_britain_high_rise_fire ap/20090703/eu_britain_high_rise_fire AP world Fri, 03 Jul 2009 21:50:15 GMT AP - Six people, including a 3-week-old baby, were killed and 30 people had to be rescued when fire ripped through a high-rise apartment building in London on Friday, emergency services said. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/britain/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090703/ap_on_bi_ge/eu_britain_british_airways ap/20090703/eu_britain_british_airways AP business Fri, 03 Jul 2009 19:09:37 GMT AP - British Airways PLC announced Friday it will ground aircraft, slash seat numbers and postpone taking delivery of a dozen new Airbus A380 superjumbos as it faces a recession-driven decline in passengers. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/britain/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090703/wl_uk_afp/britainanimalshippo afp/20090703/britainanimalshippo AFP world Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:41:00 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/britain/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090703/wl_uk_afp/britainanimalshippo"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090703/capt.photo_1246646424749-1-0.jpg?x=90&y=130&q=85&sig=Gg1gzkmSPvmc6TF8BaeTEQ--" align="left" height="130" width="90" alt="One of London zoos' two pygmy hippo opens wide to have his teeth brushed and checked by a keeper in their enclosure at the zoo in 2006. A rare pygmy hippopotamus has been born at Edinburgh Zoo, officials said Friday.(AFP/File/Adrian Dennis)" border="0" /></a>AFP - A rare pygmy hippopotamus has been born at Edinburgh Zoo, officials said Friday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/britain/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090703/wl_uk_afp/britainanimalshippo"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090703/capt.photo_1246646424749-1-0.jpg?x=90&y=130&q=85&sig=Gg1gzkmSPvmc6TF8BaeTEQ--" align="left" height="130" width="90" alt="photo" title="One of London zoos' two pygmy hippo opens wide to have his teeth brushed and checked by a keeper in their enclosure at the zoo in 2006. A rare pygmy hippopotamus has been born at Edinburgh Zoo, officials said Friday.(AFP/File/Adrian Dennis)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/britain/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090703/wl_uk_afp/britainairlinecompanyearningsba afp/20090703/britainairlinecompanyearningsba AFP world Fri, 03 Jul 2009 17:44:23 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/britain/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090703/wl_uk_afp/britainairlinecompanyearningsba"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090703/capt.photo_1246642797662-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=82&q=85&sig=tBhxpTBRSQPXVYSwqZufSA--" align="left" height="82" width="130" alt="A British Airways passenger plane comes in to land at Gatwick Airport in March 2009. BA said that it would slash capital expenditure by one fifth in the current financial year after posting another sharp drop in monthly passenger numbers.(AFP/File/Adrian Dennis)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Troubled British Airways said Friday that it would slash capital expenditure by one fifth in the current financial year after posting another sharp drop in monthly passenger numbers.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/britain/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090703/wl_uk_afp/britainairlinecompanyearningsba"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090703/capt.photo_1246642797662-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=82&q=85&sig=tBhxpTBRSQPXVYSwqZufSA--" align="left" height="82" width="130" alt="photo" title="A British Airways passenger plane comes in to land at Gatwick Airport in March 2009. BA said that it would slash capital expenditure by one fifth in the current financial year after posting another sharp drop in monthly passenger numbers.(AFP/File/Adrian Dennis)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/britain/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090703/wl_mideast_afp/iran2nd afp/20090703/iran2nd AFP world Fri, 03 Jul 2009 17:33:49 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/britain/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090703/wl_mideast_afp/iran2nd"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090703/capt.photo_1246642340636-8-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=XsoL5.TyLMiQBO5qYm34gw--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Iranian worshippers chant anti US and Israel slogans during the weekly Friday prayers at Tehran University. A powerful Iranian cleric said on Friday that British embassy local staff arrested for allegedly stoking unrest after the June election will be put on trial, a move that prompted coordinated protests from European governments.(AFP/Behrouz Mehri)" border="0" /></a>AFP - A powerful Iranian cleric said on Friday that British embassy local staff arrested for allegedly stoking unrest after the June election will be put on trial, a move that prompted coordinated protests from European governments.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/britain/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090703/wl_mideast_afp/iran2nd"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090703/capt.photo_1246642340636-8-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=XsoL5.TyLMiQBO5qYm34gw--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="Iranian worshippers chant anti US and Israel slogans during the weekly Friday prayers at Tehran University. A powerful Iranian cleric said on Friday that British embassy local staff arrested for allegedly stoking unrest after the June election will be put on trial, a move that prompted coordinated protests from European governments.(AFP/Behrouz Mehri)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/britain/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090703/ap_on_bi_ge/eu_britain_rogue_trading ap/20090703/eu_britain_rogue_trading AP business Fri, 03 Jul 2009 16:36:09 GMT AP - PVM Oil Associates, the world's biggest over-the-counter oil brokerage, says it lost nearly $10 million this week because of unauthorized trades that caused a temporary spike in Brent crude markets. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/britain/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090703/wl_nm/us_afghanistan nm/20090703/us_afghanistan Reuters world Fri, 03 Jul 2009 14:14:41 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/britain/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090703/wl_nm/us_afghanistan"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20090702/i/r3917997675.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=z3tAL3WKdaKVRLDBGfGcQg--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="A U.S. soldier shakes hands with a local elder, Mohammad Akbar, in the village of Sorkhdoz in Helmand River Valley in Afghanistan July 2, 2009. Thousands of U.S. Marines stormed deep into Taliban territory in an Afghan valley on Thursday, marking the start of a major new effort by the Obama administration to regain the initiative in the war. Locals expressed cautious reactions to the arrival of the U.S. forces. REUTERS/Baris Atayman" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Hundreds of British troops have seized key canal crossings in a Taliban stronghold in southern Afghanistan, military officials said on Friday, part of a new U.S.-led operation to wrest the initiative from insurgents.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/britain/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090703/wl_nm/us_afghanistan"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20090702/i/r3917997675.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=z3tAL3WKdaKVRLDBGfGcQg--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="A U.S. soldier shakes hands with a local elder, Mohammad Akbar, in the village of Sorkhdoz in Helmand River Valley in Afghanistan July 2, 2009. Thousands of U.S. Marines stormed deep into Taliban territory in an Afghan valley on Thursday, marking the start of a major new effort by the Obama administration to regain the initiative in the war. Locals expressed cautious reactions to the arrival of the U.S. forces. REUTERS/Baris Atayman" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/britain/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090703/wl_nm/us_iran_britain_cleric nm/20090703/us_iran_britain_cleric Reuters world Fri, 03 Jul 2009 14:03:03 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/britain/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090703/wl_nm/us_iran_britain_cleric"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20090703/i/r308217831.jpg?x=130&y=84&q=85&sig=LrXH_itH2tak3uVU4OAAmg--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="An Iranian cleric prays during Friday prayers in Tehran July 3, 2009. A senior Iranian cleric suggested on Friday that detained local staff from the British embassy in Tehran would be put on trial in the Islamic Republic for their alleged role in post-election unrest. REUTERS/Morteza Nikoubazl" border="0" /></a>Reuters - A senior Iranian cleric suggested on Friday that detained local staff from the British embassy in Tehran would be put on trial in the Islamic Republic for their alleged role in post-election unrest.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/britain/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090703/wl_nm/us_iran_britain_cleric"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20090703/i/r308217831.jpg?x=130&y=84&q=85&sig=LrXH_itH2tak3uVU4OAAmg--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="photo" title="An Iranian cleric prays during Friday prayers in Tehran July 3, 2009. A senior Iranian cleric suggested on Friday that detained local staff from the British embassy in Tehran would be put on trial in the Islamic Republic for their alleged role in post-election unrest. REUTERS/Morteza Nikoubazl" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/britain/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090703/wl_uk_afp/britainhealthflu afp/20090703/britainhealthflu AFP world Fri, 03 Jul 2009 13:55:42 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/britain/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090703/wl_uk_afp/britainhealthflu"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090703/capt.photo_1246611761602-1-0.jpg?x=89&y=130&q=85&sig=YQmoon0jBiqJnZ6GsSqiyA--" align="left" height="130" width="89" alt="Boxes of leaflets containing a public information announcement on swine flu. A teenager in London has died after contracting swine flu, becoming the fourth person in the country to succumb to the virus, a health official has said.(AFP/File/David Jones)" border="0" /></a>AFP - A teenager from south London has died after contracting swine flu, becoming the fourth person in the country to succumb to the virus, a health official said on Friday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/britain/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090703/wl_uk_afp/britainhealthflu"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090703/capt.photo_1246611761602-1-0.jpg?x=89&y=130&q=85&sig=YQmoon0jBiqJnZ6GsSqiyA--" align="left" height="130" width="89" alt="photo" title="Boxes of leaflets containing a public information announcement on swine flu. A teenager in London has died after contracting swine flu, becoming the fourth person in the country to succumb to the virus, a health official has said.(AFP/File/David Jones)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/britain/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090703/ts_afp/iranunrestbritaintrial afp/20090703/iranunrestbritaintrial AFP topstories Fri, 03 Jul 2009 13:55:18 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/britain/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090703/ts_afp/iranunrestbritaintrial"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090703/capt.photo_1246642340636-8-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=XsoL5.TyLMiQBO5qYm34gw--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Iranian worshippers chant anti US and Israel slogans during the weekly Friday prayers at Tehran University. A powerful Iranian cleric said on Friday that British embassy local staff arrested for allegedly stoking unrest after the June election will be put on trial, a move that prompted coordinated protests from European governments.(AFP/Behrouz Mehri)" border="0" /></a>AFP - A powerful Iranian cleric said on Friday that local British embassy staff arrested for allegedly stoking post-election unrest will be put on trial, a move set to plunge already strained ties to a new low.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/britain/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090703/ts_afp/iranunrestbritaintrial"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090703/capt.photo_1246642340636-8-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=XsoL5.TyLMiQBO5qYm34gw--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="Iranian worshippers chant anti US and Israel slogans during the weekly Friday prayers at Tehran University. A powerful Iranian cleric said on Friday that British embassy local staff arrested for allegedly stoking unrest after the June election will be put on trial, a move that prompted coordinated protests from European governments.(AFP/Behrouz Mehri)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/britain/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090703/ap_on_re_eu/eu_britain_george_washington_bust ap/20090703/eu_britain_george_washington_bust AP world Fri, 03 Jul 2009 13:48:36 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/britain/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090703/ap_on_re_eu/eu_britain_george_washington_bust"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090703/capt.09f7f51e30e94bbd82890e4a92be178c.britain_george_washington_bust_llp108.jpg?x=130&y=88&q=85&sig=VBQQEPKh5qyThZMlFcZ0mQ--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="A bust of George Washington, is seen during a photo-op ahead of an auction in Sotheby's auction house in central London, Friday July 3, 2009. People looking for a keepsake to mark America's Independence Day might consider a rare bust of George Washington being auctioned by Sotheby's in London. The bust comes from the workshop of 18th-Century master sculptor Jean-Antoine Houdon of France and will be sold on July 9. It is one of a series of famous busts of Washington produced after Houdon was commissioned by the US Congress and the Virginia Legislature to produce a life-sculpture of Washington. Officials expect the bust to be sold for more than 300,000 pounds (490,000 US dollars). (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)" border="0" /></a>AP - Art lovers looking for a way to mark U.S. Independence Day may want to consider a rare bust of George Washington being auctioned by Sotheby's in London.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/britain/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090703/ap_on_re_eu/eu_britain_george_washington_bust"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090703/capt.09f7f51e30e94bbd82890e4a92be178c.britain_george_washington_bust_llp108.jpg?x=130&y=88&q=85&sig=VBQQEPKh5qyThZMlFcZ0mQ--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="photo" title="A bust of George Washington, is seen during a photo-op ahead of an auction in Sotheby's auction house in central London, Friday July 3, 2009. People looking for a keepsake to mark America's Independence Day might consider a rare bust of George Washington being auctioned by Sotheby's in London. The bust comes from the workshop of 18th-Century master sculptor Jean-Antoine Houdon of France and will be sold on July 9. It is one of a series of famous busts of Washington produced after Houdon was commissioned by the US Congress and the Virginia Legislature to produce a life-sculpture of Washington. Officials expect the bust to be sold for more than 300,000 pounds (490,000 US dollars). (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/britain/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090703/wl_uk_afp/britainstocks afp/20090703/britainstocks AFP world Fri, 03 Jul 2009 12:19:52 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/britain/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090703/wl_uk_afp/britainstocks"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090703/capt.photo_1246623465695-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=72&q=85&sig=tzRh8BfOc2iF0W2BoGupeg--" align="left" height="72" width="130" alt="The FTSE 100 weakened further on Friday after sliding a day earlier on news of greater-than-expected job losses in the United States.(AFP/File/Ben Stansall)" border="0" /></a>AFP - The FTSE 100 weakened further on Friday after sliding a day earlier on news of greater-than-expected job losses in the United States.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/britain/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090703/wl_uk_afp/britainstocks"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090703/capt.photo_1246623465695-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=72&q=85&sig=tzRh8BfOc2iF0W2BoGupeg--" align="left" height="72" width="130" alt="photo" title="The FTSE 100 weakened further on Friday after sliding a day earlier on news of greater-than-expected job losses in the United States.(AFP/File/Ben Stansall)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/britain/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090703/wl_uk_afp/britainaustraliaminingnickeldivestcompanybhp afp/20090703/britainaustraliaminingnickeldivestcompanybhp AFP world Fri, 03 Jul 2009 09:22:58 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/britain/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090703/wl_uk_afp/britainaustraliaminingnickeldivestcompanybhp"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090703/capt.photo_1246612636319-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=82&q=85&sig=1E3l77yoUgOSWc8f81YMEg--" align="left" height="82" width="130" alt="A BHP Billiton site in the Pilbara region of West Australia. BHP Billiton, the world's biggest miner, has agreed to sell an Australian nickel refinery to Australian businessman Clive Palmer for an undisclosed sum.(AFP/File/AFP)" border="0" /></a>AFP - BHP Billiton, the world's biggest miner, on Friday said it had agreed to sell an Australian nickel refinery to Australian businessman Clive Palmer for an undisclosed sum.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/britain/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090703/wl_uk_afp/britainaustraliaminingnickeldivestcompanybhp"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090703/capt.photo_1246612636319-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=82&q=85&sig=1E3l77yoUgOSWc8f81YMEg--" align="left" height="82" width="130" alt="photo" title="A BHP Billiton site in the Pilbara region of West Australia. BHP Billiton, the world's biggest miner, has agreed to sell an Australian nickel refinery to Australian businessman Clive Palmer for an undisclosed sum.(AFP/File/AFP)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/britain/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090703/wl_uk_afp/britainmilitaryaccidentair afp/20090703/britainmilitaryaccidentair AFP world Fri, 03 Jul 2009 08:03:43 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/britain/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090703/wl_uk_afp/britainmilitaryaccidentair"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090703/capt.photo_1246607946643-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=82&q=85&sig=rwgsVsbuUmP9v6jYvWLBLQ--" align="left" height="82" width="130" alt="A RAF Tornado fighter jet. The Royal Air Force (RAF) grieved the deaths of two pilots after their fighter jet crashed during a routine flight in Scotland.(AFP/File/Martin Hayhow)" border="0" /></a>AFP - The Royal Air Force (RAF) on Friday grieved the deaths of two pilots after their fighter jet crashed during a routine flight in Scotland.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/britain/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090703/wl_uk_afp/britainmilitaryaccidentair"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20090703/capt.photo_1246607946643-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=82&q=85&sig=rwgsVsbuUmP9v6jYvWLBLQ--" align="left" height="82" width="130" alt="photo" title="A RAF Tornado fighter jet. The Royal Air Force (RAF) grieved the deaths of two pilots after their fighter jet crashed during a routine flight in Scotland.(AFP/File/Martin Hayhow)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/britain/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090702/ap_on_re_eu/eu_med_britain_swine_flu ap/20090702/eu_med_britain_swine_flu AP world Thu, 02 Jul 2009 17:10:46 GMT AP - Britain faces a projected 100,000 new swine flu cases a day by the end of August and must revamp its flu strategy to cope, the nation's health minister said Thursday. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/britain/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090702/ap_on_re_eu/eu_britain_michael_jackson_drugs ap/20090702/eu_britain_michael_jackson_drugs AP world Thu, 02 Jul 2009 17:10:40 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/britain/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090702/ap_on_re_eu/eu_britain_michael_jackson_drugs"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090702/capt.e602e23dbc424cb0b7052a6a309b5934.britain__jackson_llp102.jpg?x=82&y=130&q=85&sig=qOqEQjJuScirMK92f_EH5A--" align="left" height="130" width="82" alt="Uri Geller, 62, a medium, a phychic spoonbender and a close friend of Michael Jackson, poses for the Associated Press at his mansion outside London, Thursday July 2, 2009. Geller, a former Jackson confidant, said Thursday he tried to keep Jackson from abusing painkillers and other prescription drugs, but others in the singer's circle kept him supplied. 'When Michael asked for something, he got it. This was the great tragedy,' (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)" border="0" /></a>AP - Two of Michael Jackson's former confidantes, medium Uri Geller and ex-bodyguard Matt Fiddes, say they tried in vain to keep the pop superstar from abusing painkillers and other prescription drugs suspected of leading to his death — but others in the singer's circle kept the supplies flowing.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/britain/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090702/ap_on_re_eu/eu_britain_michael_jackson_drugs"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090702/capt.e602e23dbc424cb0b7052a6a309b5934.britain__jackson_llp102.jpg?x=82&y=130&q=85&sig=qOqEQjJuScirMK92f_EH5A--" align="left" height="130" width="82" alt="photo" title="Uri Geller, 62, a medium, a phychic spoonbender and a close friend of Michael Jackson, poses for the Associated Press at his mansion outside London, Thursday July 2, 2009. Geller, a former Jackson confidant, said Thursday he tried to keep Jackson from abusing painkillers and other prescription drugs, but others in the singer's circle kept him supplied. 'When Michael asked for something, he got it. This was the great tragedy,' (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/britain/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090702/ap_on_re_eu/eu_eu_iran ap/20090702/eu_eu_iran AP world Thu, 02 Jul 2009 16:59:49 GMT AP - The European Union demanded on Thursday that Iran release all detained British Embassy staff amid disagreement over how many there were and discussion of a British proposal for the bloc to jointly withdraw all 27 of its ambassadors from the country. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/britain/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090702/ap_on_re_eu/eu_britain_declaration_of_independence ap/20090702/eu_britain_declaration_of_independence AP world Thu, 02 Jul 2009 16:31:14 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/britain/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090702/ap_on_re_eu/eu_britain_declaration_of_independence"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090702/capt.1110c2717dda4c798c8915a90c4fdd7b.britain_declaration_of_independence_lon804.jpg?x=103&y=130&q=85&sig=Z3LLWkExzgLErPBgF0lwiQ--" align="left" height="130" width="103" alt="This undated image released by Britain's National Archives Thursday, July 2, 2009, shows a copy of the United States Declaration of Independence, which has been discovered at the National Archives in Kew, England. The rare copy of the American Declaration of Independence has been found hidden in a file at the British National Archives. The Archives say that the print, known as the Dunlap print after the printer who commissioned it, is the 26th copy of the document to be found. The last Dunlap print found was sold at an auction for $8.14 million in 2000. Archives spokeswoman Katrina McClintock said Thursday that the file was found by a researcher looking through late 18th Century files for something unrelated. McClintock said it was discovered months ago but not revealed to the public until it could be extracted and catalogued. (AP Photo/National Archives)" border="0" /></a>AP - British researchers have announced the discovery of a rare original copy of America's Declaration of Independence — just in time for the Fourth of July.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/britain/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090702/ap_on_re_eu/eu_britain_declaration_of_independence"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090702/capt.1110c2717dda4c798c8915a90c4fdd7b.britain_declaration_of_independence_lon804.jpg?x=103&y=130&q=85&sig=Z3LLWkExzgLErPBgF0lwiQ--" align="left" height="130" width="103" alt="photo" title="This undated image released by Britain's National Archives Thursday, July 2, 2009, shows a copy of the United States Declaration of Independence, which has been discovered at the National Archives in Kew, England. The rare copy of the American Declaration of Independence has been found hidden in a file at the British National Archives. The Archives say that the print, known as the Dunlap print after the printer who commissioned it, is the 26th copy of the document to be found. The last Dunlap print found was sold at an auction for $8.14 million in 2000. Archives spokeswoman Katrina McClintock said Thursday that the file was found by a researcher looking through late 18th Century files for something unrelated. McClintock said it was discovered months ago but not revealed to the public until it could be extracted and catalogued. (AP Photo/National Archives)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP)