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All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/i/2175 world World - Britain en-us Wed, 04 Nov 2009 15:29:24 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/20091104/wl_uk_afp/britainafghanistanmilitarynato afp/20091104/britainafghanistanmilitarynato AFP world Wed, 04 Nov 2009 15:29:24 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/britain/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091104/wl_uk_afp/britainafghanistanmilitarynato"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091104/capt.photo_1257323311400-2-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=6.7W2GZfg4LYwPPM81smkQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="A "rogue" Afghan policeman gunned down five British soldiers at a checkpoint in Afghanistan, officials said, fuelling growing questions about the Afghan mission.(AFP/File/John D Mchugh)" border="0" /></a>AFP - A "rogue" Afghan policeman shot dead five British soldiers in Afghanistan, in an attack that Prime Minister Gordon Brown blamed on the Taliban as he faced renewed questions on Wednesday over the war.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/britain/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091104/wl_uk_afp/britainafghanistanmilitarynato"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091104/capt.photo_1257323311400-2-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=6.7W2GZfg4LYwPPM81smkQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="A "rogue" Afghan policeman gunned down five British soldiers at a checkpoint in Afghanistan, officials said, fuelling growing questions about the Afghan mission.(AFP/File/John D Mchugh)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/britain/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091104/ap_on_re_af/af_equatorial_guinea_coup_plot ap/20091104/af_equatorial_guinea_coup_plot AP world Wed, 04 Nov 2009 15:42:08 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/britain/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091104/ap_on_re_af/af_equatorial_guinea_coup_plot"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091104/capt.8d554a0caa884987baf4f06927f37585.aptopix_equatorial_guinea_coup_plot_lon120.jpg?x=130&y=92&q=85&sig=snQIcMN5CT6oeO8uRe6BXw--" align="left" height="92" width="130" alt="In this video image made available Wednesday Nov. 4, 2009 British coup-plotter Simon Mann, right foreground, smiles in the courtroom after shaking hands with court officials following his pardon by the government in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea Tuesday Nov. 3, 2009. Mann was released from prison Tuesday along with four South African mercenaries. They were given a presidential pardon for their part in a foreign-bankrolled conspiracy to overthrow the government and take over the country's oil riches. (AP Photos/APTN)" border="0" /></a>AP - British coup-plotter Simon Mann returned home from prison Wednesday after saying he wants the son of Britain's former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and others to face justice for a conspiracy to oust Equatorial Guinea's government.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/britain/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091104/ap_on_re_af/af_equatorial_guinea_coup_plot"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091104/capt.8d554a0caa884987baf4f06927f37585.aptopix_equatorial_guinea_coup_plot_lon120.jpg?x=130&y=92&q=85&sig=snQIcMN5CT6oeO8uRe6BXw--" align="left" height="92" width="130" alt="photo" title="In this video image made available Wednesday Nov. 4, 2009 British coup-plotter Simon Mann, right foreground, smiles in the courtroom after shaking hands with court officials following his pardon by the government in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea Tuesday Nov. 3, 2009. Mann was released from prison Tuesday along with four South African mercenaries. They were given a presidential pardon for their part in a foreign-bankrolled conspiracy to overthrow the government and take over the country's oil riches. (AP Photos/APTN)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/britain/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091104/ap_on_bi_ge/eu_britain_lawmakers_expenses ap/20091104/eu_britain_lawmakers_expenses AP business Wed, 04 Nov 2009 14:53:32 GMT AP - British lawmakers will be banned from using taxpayers' money to make mortgage payments on second homes or hiring family members as staff under new rules published Wednesday in the wake of a scandal over legislators' allowances. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/britain/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091104/wl_uk_afp/britainretailcompanyearningsmarks afp/20091104/britainretailcompanyearningsmarks AFP world Wed, 04 Nov 2009 13:51:30 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/britain/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091104/wl_uk_afp/britainretailcompanyearningsmarks"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091104/capt.photo_1257323685119-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=87&q=85&sig=1L919e6zR3iCIo5n4v8PYg--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="A Marks and Spencers retail store in Loughton. Marks and Spencer will begin selling grocery and household products featuring top brand names across all of its stores alongside its own-labelled goods.(AFP/File/Shaun Curry)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Marks and Spencer will for the first time sell grocery and household products featuring top brand names across all of its stores alongside its own branded goods, it said on Wednesday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/britain/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091104/wl_uk_afp/britainretailcompanyearningsmarks"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091104/capt.photo_1257323685119-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=87&q=85&sig=1L919e6zR3iCIo5n4v8PYg--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="photo" title="A Marks and Spencers retail store in Loughton. Marks and Spencer will begin selling grocery and household products featuring top brand names across all of its stores alongside its own-labelled goods.(AFP/File/Shaun Curry)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/britain/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091104/wl_uk_afp/britainafghanistanmilitarynatobrown afp/20091104/britainafghanistanmilitarynatobrown AFP world Wed, 04 Nov 2009 13:33:03 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/britain/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091104/wl_uk_afp/britainafghanistanmilitarynatobrown"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091104/capt.photo_1257323311400-9-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=EbHvh7B4BaL3c_SJgmBDJA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="The Taliban have claimed the killing of five British soldiers by a policeman in Afghanistan, Prime Minister Gordon Brown said, adding that five other troops were also seriously injured.(AFP/File/John D Mchugh)" border="0" /></a>AFP - The Taliban have claimed the killing of five British soldiers by a policeman in Afghanistan, Prime Minister Gordon Brown said on Wednesday, adding that five other troops were also seriously injured.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/britain/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091104/wl_uk_afp/britainafghanistanmilitarynatobrown"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091104/capt.photo_1257323311400-9-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=EbHvh7B4BaL3c_SJgmBDJA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="The Taliban have claimed the killing of five British soldiers by a policeman in Afghanistan, Prime Minister Gordon Brown said, adding that five other troops were also seriously injured.(AFP/File/John D Mchugh)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/britain/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091104/ts_afp/eguineabritaincoupmercenariesleave afp/20091104/eguineabritaincoupmercenariesleave AFP topstories Wed, 04 Nov 2009 13:24:02 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/britain/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091104/ts_afp/eguineabritaincoupmercenariesleave"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091104/capt.photo_1257314707992-1-0.jpg?x=86&y=130&q=85&sig=g0GU3nURt_mHzdpR2xhT4Q--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="British mercenary Simon Mann, seen here in 2008, arrived home after being freed from jail in Equatorial Guinea expressing relief to be back in Britain.(AFP/File/Rodrigo Angue Nguema)" border="0" /></a>AFP - British mercenary Simon Mann said Wednesday he regretted his role in the failed 2004 coup plot in oil-rich Equatorial Guinea as he left the West African country after being pardoned.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/britain/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091104/ts_afp/eguineabritaincoupmercenariesleave"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091104/capt.photo_1257314707992-1-0.jpg?x=86&y=130&q=85&sig=g0GU3nURt_mHzdpR2xhT4Q--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="photo" title="British mercenary Simon Mann, seen here in 2008, arrived home after being freed from jail in Equatorial Guinea expressing relief to be back in Britain.(AFP/File/Rodrigo Angue Nguema)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/britain/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091104/ap_on_re_as/as_afghan_british_troops ap/20091104/as_afghan_british_troops AP world Wed, 04 Nov 2009 13:20:19 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/britain/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091104/ap_on_re_as/as_afghan_british_troops"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091104/capt.508f395d3e674a71a7048a135d1b8d92.aptopix_afghanistan_britain_lon127.jpg?x=130&y=89&q=85&sig=ICw5sPkxDZd7ow7MW1nQcw--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="In this image made from video, Wednesday Nov. 4, 2009, a casualty is unloaded into an ambulance before being taken to a base hospital in Helmand Province, Afghanistan, after five British soldiers were shot dead in an attack. The five soldiers, three from the Grenadier Guards and two from the Royal Military Police, were killed in the Nad-e'Ali district of Helmand Province on Nov. 3, where they were training and operating with Afghan security forces, when an Afghan policeman opened fire on them inside a checkpoint.(AP Photo/APTN)" border="0" /></a>AP - An Afghan policeman opened fire on British soldiers in the volatile southern province of Helmand, killing five before fleeing, British and Afghan authorities said Wednesday, raising concerns about discipline within the Afghan forces and possible infiltration by insurgents.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/britain/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091104/ap_on_re_as/as_afghan_british_troops"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091104/capt.508f395d3e674a71a7048a135d1b8d92.aptopix_afghanistan_britain_lon127.jpg?x=130&y=89&q=85&sig=ICw5sPkxDZd7ow7MW1nQcw--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="photo" title="In this image made from video, Wednesday Nov. 4, 2009, a casualty is unloaded into an ambulance before being taken to a base hospital in Helmand Province, Afghanistan, after five British soldiers were shot dead in an attack. The five soldiers, three from the Grenadier Guards and two from the Royal Military Police, were killed in the Nad-e'Ali district of Helmand Province on Nov. 3, where they were training and operating with Afghan security forces, when an Afghan policeman opened fire on them inside a checkpoint.(AP Photo/APTN)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/britain/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091104/wl_uk_afp/britainsciencexraymuseum afp/20091104/britainsciencexraymuseum AFP world Wed, 04 Nov 2009 13:00:02 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/britain/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091104/wl_uk_afp/britainsciencexraymuseum"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091104/capt.photo_1257333491679-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=90&q=85&sig=LyxL9Pr02POKxg533_Mx7g--" align="left" height="90" width="130" alt="A doctor examines a lung x-ray. The X-ray was named the most important modern scientific achievement Wednesday in a poll conducted for Britain's Science Museum, beating Apollo spacecraft and DNA.(AFP/File)" border="0" /></a>AFP - The X-ray was on Wednesday named the most important modern scientific achievement in a poll conducted for the Science Museum, beating Apollo spacecraft and DNA.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/britain/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091104/wl_uk_afp/britainsciencexraymuseum"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091104/capt.photo_1257333491679-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=90&q=85&sig=LyxL9Pr02POKxg533_Mx7g--" align="left" height="90" width="130" alt="photo" title="A doctor examines a lung x-ray. The X-ray was named the most important modern scientific achievement Wednesday in a poll conducted for Britain's Science Museum, beating Apollo spacecraft and DNA.(AFP/File)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/britain/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091104/ap_on_bi_ge/eu_britain_interest_rates ap/20091104/eu_britain_interest_rates AP business Wed, 04 Nov 2009 12:52:41 GMT AP - The Bank of England's injection of 175 billion pounds ($289 billion) into the economy hasn't yet pulled Britain out of recession, and the central bank now faces a difficult decision on whether to raise the stakes. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/britain/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091104/wl_nm/us_afghanistan_britain_deaths nm/20091104/us_afghanistan_britain_deaths Reuters world Wed, 04 Nov 2009 12:28:52 GMT Reuters - An Afghan policeman has shot dead five British soldiers and seriously wounded five more at a checkpoint in Afghanistan, suggesting the Taliban may have infiltrated the Afghan police force, Prime Minister Gordon Brown said on Wednesday. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/britain/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091104/wl_uk_afp/britainpoliticsexpenses afp/20091104/britainpoliticsexpenses AFP world Wed, 04 Nov 2009 12:28:34 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/britain/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091104/wl_uk_afp/britainpoliticsexpenses"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091104/capt.photo_1257336811914-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=78&q=85&sig=_ImajugErBRxGbQRx0ZioA--" align="left" height="78" width="130" alt="The Houses of Parliament in London, 2005. MPs will be banned from claiming for home loan repayments and employing family members under new rules unveiled on Wednesday after an expenses scandal which has rocked parliament.(AFP/File/John D Mchugh)" border="0" /></a>AFP - MPs will be banned from claiming for home loan repayments and employing family members under new rules unveiled on Wednesday after an expenses scandal which has rocked parliament.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/britain/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091104/wl_uk_afp/britainpoliticsexpenses"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091104/capt.photo_1257336811914-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=78&q=85&sig=_ImajugErBRxGbQRx0ZioA--" align="left" height="78" width="130" alt="photo" title="The Houses of Parliament in London, 2005. MPs will be banned from claiming for home loan repayments and employing family members under new rules unveiled on Wednesday after an expenses scandal which has rocked parliament.(AFP/File/John D Mchugh)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/britain/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091104/wl_uk_afp/britainclothingfashionluxury afp/20091104/britainclothingfashionluxury AFP world Wed, 04 Nov 2009 11:08:15 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/britain/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091104/wl_uk_afp/britainclothingfashionluxury"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091104/capt.photo_1257314644750-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=88&q=85&sig=ejQsdKkxYgYWoGIL2xrarA--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="A road sign for Savile Row and a police station in west London. For the past two centuries the tailors of Savile Row in London have dressed the world's finest in bespoke suits -- but now they face a fight to defend their prestige image.(AFP/File/Shaun Curry)" border="0" /></a>AFP - For the past two centuries the tailors of Savile Row in London have dressed the world's finest in bespoke suits -- but now they face a fight to defend their prestige image.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/britain/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091104/wl_uk_afp/britainclothingfashionluxury"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091104/capt.photo_1257314644750-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=88&q=85&sig=ejQsdKkxYgYWoGIL2xrarA--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="photo" title="A road sign for Savile Row and a police station in west London. For the past two centuries the tailors of Savile Row in London have dressed the world's finest in bespoke suits -- but now they face a fight to defend their prestige image.(AFP/File/Shaun Curry)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/britain/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091104/wl_uk_afp/britainafghanistanmilitarypolitics afp/20091104/britainafghanistanmilitarypolitics AFP world Wed, 04 Nov 2009 09:23:13 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/britain/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091104/wl_uk_afp/britainafghanistanmilitarypolitics"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091104/capt.photo_1257326498166-1-0.jpg?x=92&y=130&q=85&sig=r8OuyaVfCdDuHi19JD7WkA--" align="left" height="130" width="92" alt="The government should withdraw its troops from Afghanistan, former junior foreign minister Kim Howells, seen here in 2007, said in a split with Prime Minister Gordon Brown's government over the drawn-out conflict.(AFP/File/Lakruwan Wanniarachchi)" border="0" /></a>AFP - The government should withdraw its troops from Afghanistan, a former junior foreign minister said on Wednesday, in a split with Prime Minister Gordon Brown's government over the drawn-out conflict.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/britain/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091104/wl_uk_afp/britainafghanistanmilitarypolitics"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091104/capt.photo_1257326498166-1-0.jpg?x=92&y=130&q=85&sig=r8OuyaVfCdDuHi19JD7WkA--" align="left" height="130" width="92" alt="photo" title="The government should withdraw its troops from Afghanistan, former junior foreign minister Kim Howells, seen here in 2007, said in a split with Prime Minister Gordon Brown's government over the drawn-out conflict.(AFP/File/Lakruwan Wanniarachchi)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/britain/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091104/wl_uk_afp/britaininsuranceearningscompanyaviva afp/20091104/britaininsuranceearningscompanyaviva AFP world Wed, 04 Nov 2009 08:31:08 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/britain/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091104/wl_uk_afp/britaininsuranceearningscompanyaviva"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091104/capt.photo_1257321480005-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=Sp380CZhruQzsr6JQKBczA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Insurance giant Aviva reported an 11-percent drop in worldwide sales during the first nine months of the year but claimed the group's profit outlook was "good."(AFP/File/Ben Stansall)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Insurance giant Aviva on Wednesday reported an 11-percent drop in worldwide sales during the first nine months of the year but claimed the group's profit outlook was "good."</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/britain/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091104/wl_uk_afp/britaininsuranceearningscompanyaviva"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091104/capt.photo_1257321480005-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=Sp380CZhruQzsr6JQKBczA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="Insurance giant Aviva reported an 11-percent drop in worldwide sales during the first nine months of the year but claimed the group's profit outlook was "good."(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/ap/20091104/ap_on_re_as/as_afghanistan ap/20091104/as_afghanistan AP world Wed, 04 Nov 2009 12:39:10 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/britain/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091104/ap_on_re_as/as_afghanistan"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091104/capt.photo_1257326062546-2-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=sLGahUJjK1KCQCeztMoxxA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Former Afghan presidential candidate Abdullah Abdullah at a press conference in Kabul on November 4. Abdullah said Hamid Karzai's re-election as Afghan leader was illegal, accusing his rival Wednesday of lacking a mandate to deliver on pledges of unity and reform.(AFP/Shah Marai)" border="0" /></a>AP - The challenger in Afghanistan's recent presidential election said Wednesday that President Hamid Karzai has come to power illegally and will not be able to rein in corruption or serve as a reliable partner in the fight against the Taliban.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/britain/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091104/ap_on_re_as/as_afghanistan"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091104/capt.photo_1257326062546-2-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=sLGahUJjK1KCQCeztMoxxA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="Former Afghan presidential candidate Abdullah Abdullah at a press conference in Kabul on November 4. Abdullah said Hamid Karzai's re-election as Afghan leader was illegal, accusing his rival Wednesday of lacking a mandate to deliver on pledges of unity and reform.(AFP/Shah Marai)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/britain/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091104/ap_on_re_eu/eu_britain_afghanistan ap/20091104/eu_britain_afghanistan AP world Wed, 04 Nov 2009 07:58:29 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/britain/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091104/ap_on_re_eu/eu_britain_afghanistan"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091104/capt.d75d8c4de70441c9ac52535cd825d759.afghanistan_nato_war__xjd101.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=ZquvSWXgmmXCTx2qihkgfQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="NATO French Foreign Legion Captain Guillaume, left, flanked by Afghan National Army soldiers, scan the Uzbeen near the Rocco combat outpost in the Surobi district, some 50 kms North-East of Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday Nov. 4, 2009. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)" border="0" /></a>AP - Britain's defense ministry says five soldiers have been killed in southern Afghanistan.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/britain/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091104/ap_on_re_eu/eu_britain_afghanistan"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091104/capt.d75d8c4de70441c9ac52535cd825d759.afghanistan_nato_war__xjd101.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=ZquvSWXgmmXCTx2qihkgfQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="NATO French Foreign Legion Captain Guillaume, left, flanked by Afghan National Army soldiers, scan the Uzbeen near the Rocco combat outpost in the Surobi district, some 50 kms North-East of Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday Nov. 4, 2009. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/britain/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091103/wl_uk_afp/britainjapancourtdiscriminationcompanynomura afp/20091103/britainjapancourtdiscriminationcompanynomura AFP world Tue, 03 Nov 2009 22:11:03 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/britain/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091103/wl_uk_afp/britainjapancourtdiscriminationcompanynomura"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091103/capt.photo_1257286058877-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=111&q=85&sig=_dWuIMZNGhSoCjPtSouhSQ--" align="left" height="111" width="130" alt="Businessmen walking past the headquarters of Japan's Nomura Holdings in Tokyo, in September 2009. Two female employees are suing Japanese bank in Britain for three million pounds after claiming they suffered sexist and racist behaviour from male colleagues, reports said Tuesday.(AFP/File/Yoshikazu Tsuno)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Two female employees are suing Japanese bank Nomura in Britain for three million pounds after claiming they suffered sexist and racist behaviour from male colleagues, reports said Tuesday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/britain/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091103/wl_uk_afp/britainjapancourtdiscriminationcompanynomura"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091103/capt.photo_1257286058877-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=111&q=85&sig=_dWuIMZNGhSoCjPtSouhSQ--" align="left" height="111" width="130" alt="photo" title="Businessmen walking past the headquarters of Japan's Nomura Holdings in Tokyo, in September 2009. Two female employees are suing Japanese bank in Britain for three million pounds after claiming they suffered sexist and racist behaviour from male colleagues, reports said Tuesday.(AFP/File/Yoshikazu Tsuno)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/britain/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091103/wl_uk_afp/britainsudanconflictdarfurimmigration afp/20091103/britainsudanconflictdarfurimmigration AFP world Tue, 03 Nov 2009 21:32:13 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/britain/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091103/wl_uk_afp/britainsudanconflictdarfurimmigration"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091103/capt.photo_1257283909429-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=88&q=85&sig=H5NIvoSk517KJ9iTICZFQw--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="Protesters demonstrate outside the Sudanese embassy in central London in March 2009. Survivors of the Darfur conflict will no longer be deported from Britain, the government said Tuesday, after concerns about a deterioration in conditions in the Sudanese capital.(AFP/File/Shaun Curry)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Survivors of the Darfur conflict will no longer be deported from Britain, the government said Tuesday, after concerns about a deterioration in conditions in the Sudanese capital.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/britain/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091103/wl_uk_afp/britainsudanconflictdarfurimmigration"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091103/capt.photo_1257283909429-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=88&q=85&sig=H5NIvoSk517KJ9iTICZFQw--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="photo" title="Protesters demonstrate outside the Sudanese embassy in central London in March 2009. Survivors of the Darfur conflict will no longer be deported from Britain, the government said Tuesday, after concerns about a deterioration in conditions in the Sudanese capital.(AFP/File/Shaun Curry)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/britain/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091103/wl_uk_afp/britainpoliticspeoplebrown afp/20091103/britainpoliticspeoplebrown AFP world Tue, 03 Nov 2009 18:56:42 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/britain/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091103/wl_uk_afp/britainpoliticspeoplebrown"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091103/capt.photo_1257274567973-1-0.jpg?x=102&y=130&q=85&sig=XMiTw8elyGNz40I.kHneAw--" align="left" height="130" width="102" alt="Prime Minister Gordon Brown, pictured in October 2009. Brown admitted he is shy and must improve his presentation skills, but insisted he cannot make himself "sexy" in time for elections next year, in comments released Tuesday.(AFP/File/Georges Gobet)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Prime Minister Gordon Brown admitted he is shy and must improve his presentation skills, but insisted he cannot make himself "sexy" in time for elections next year, in comments released Tuesday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/britain/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091103/wl_uk_afp/britainpoliticspeoplebrown"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091103/capt.photo_1257274567973-1-0.jpg?x=102&y=130&q=85&sig=XMiTw8elyGNz40I.kHneAw--" align="left" height="130" width="102" alt="photo" title="Prime Minister Gordon Brown, pictured in October 2009. Brown admitted he is shy and must improve his presentation skills, but insisted he cannot make himself "sexy" in time for elections next year, in comments released Tuesday.(AFP/File/Georges Gobet)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/britain/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091103/ap_on_re_eu/eu_britain_banks ap/20091103/eu_britain_banks AP world Tue, 03 Nov 2009 17:57:57 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/britain/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091103/ap_on_re_eu/eu_britain_banks"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091103/capt.16acfbe78bbb4a7387ed223bb6ae815e.britain_banks_lst107.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=vPCxOLqshvvmWzNEQrSRBA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="A man walks by the headquarter of Royal Bank of Scotland Group in the City of London, Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2009. Royal Bank of Scotland gets a further 25.5 billion pounds from the government &mdash; all at once, instead of in stages as announced in February. The bailed-out bank will also sell assets to comply with conditions for state aid and the government's stake will rise from 70 percent to 84 percent. The government also granted tax changes worth up to 11 billion pounds to RBS, and it will spend 5.7 billion pounds to buy its share of the new Lloyds shares. And the Treasury set aside a further 8 billion pounds to support RBS if its position deteriorates badly. (AP Photo/Sang Tan)" border="0" /></a>AP - The British government moved Tuesday to break up the country's two biggest retail banks, imposing a major shakeup on the financial sector as it exacts payback for last year's massive state bailout at the height of the financial crisis.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/britain/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091103/ap_on_re_eu/eu_britain_banks"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091103/capt.16acfbe78bbb4a7387ed223bb6ae815e.britain_banks_lst107.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=vPCxOLqshvvmWzNEQrSRBA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="A man walks by the headquarter of Royal Bank of Scotland Group in the City of London, Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2009. Royal Bank of Scotland gets a further 25.5 billion pounds from the government &mdash; all at once, instead of in stages as announced in February. The bailed-out bank will also sell assets to comply with conditions for state aid and the government's stake will rise from 70 percent to 84 percent. The government also granted tax changes worth up to 11 billion pounds to RBS, and it will spend 5.7 billion pounds to buy its share of the new Lloyds shares. And the Treasury set aside a further 8 billion pounds to support RBS if its position deteriorates badly. (AP Photo/Sang Tan)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP)