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UK's Blair encourages investment in Sierra Leone

LONDON - Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair drummed up support Wednesday for investment in Sierra Leone, arguing that the west African country has recovered from its brutal civil war and could offer unmatched opportunities in agriculture and ...

From MEERA SELVA, Atlanta Journal Constitution Vendor,  18 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Ernest Bai Koroma,  Tony Blair

UK war criminal: Troops kicked and punched Iraqis

A British soldier convicted of a war crime said Monday some troops in Iraq frequently punched and kicked prisoners. Former Cpl. Donald Payne, who was jailed for a year in the death of hotel receptionist Baha Mousa and is now free, said that he ...

From MEERA SELVA, eTaiwan News,  16 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Tony Blair

BA, Iberia agree on basis for combined company

LONDON - British Airways PLC and Spanish airline Iberia SA have agreed to form a new company in which BA would hold a controlling 55 percent. ...

From MEERA SELVA, Atlanta Journal Constitution Vendor,  13 Nov 2009
Related Topics: British Airways,  London Stock Exchange

UK watchdog: no evidence of tabloid phone hacking

Britain's media watchdog says there is no evidence that a tabloid owned by media mogul Rupert Murdoch hacked illegally into the phones of hundreds of celebrities and politicians, according to a report released Monday. The Press Complaints ...

From MEERA SELVA, eTaiwan News,  9 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Rupert Murdoch,  John Prescott

Twitter users undermine attempt to gag UK media

LONDON—Bloggers and Twitter users thwarted a legal attempt Tuesday to stop Britain's media from reporting the questions posed by a lawmaker in a parliamentary debate, spotlighting the power of new media to influence public policy. The case involving ...

From MEERA SELVA, Boston Globe,  13 Oct 2009
Related Topics: Twitter Inc,  Lance Corporal Paul Farrelly,  Alan Rusbridger,  Jack Straw

Blogs, Twitter used in end run around British gag order

with Netherlands-based Trafigura, the blogosphere pieced together the basic facts of the question and the law firm that sought the injunction, London-based Carter Ruck. LONDON (AP) — Bloggers and Twitter users thwarted a legal attempt Tuesday to stop ...

From MEERA SELVA ASSOCIATED PRESS, The San Jose Mercury News,  13 Oct 2009
Related Topics: Twitter Inc,  Lance Corporal Paul Farrelly,  Alan Rusbridger,  Jack Straw

Review criticizes UK lawmaker's arrest over leak

LONDON - Police were too heavy-handed in arresting a lawmaker over the suspected leaks of government documents, according to two separate reviews released Monday of a case that provoked heated debate in Britain. ...

From MEERA SELVA, Atlanta Journal Constitution Vendor,  12 Oct 2009
Related Topics: Damian Green,  House of Commons,  Home Office

UK service of commemoration marks end of Iraq war

LONDON—At a memorial service honoring Britons who died during the Iraq war, the Archbishop of Canterbury said Friday it will take time for historians and moralists to decide if the conflict was justified. Rowan Williams -- an outspoken critic of ...

From MEERA SELVA, Boston Globe,  9 Oct 2009
Related Topics: Gordon Brown,  Rowan Williams,  Queen Elizabeth II,  Jalal Talabani,  Tony Blair

Coroner: doctors right to not treat suicidal woman

A coroner has ruled that hospital staff are not to blame for the death of a woman who swallowed antifreeze and asked doctors to not save her _ prompting a campaign group to argue Thursday that people should not be allowed to refuse medical ...

From MEERA SELVA, Taiwan News,  1 Oct 2009

British girl dies after cervical cancer vaccine

LONDON (AP) -- British health officials temporarily suspended a vaccination program in an English city Tuesday after a 14-year-old girl died a few hours after being vaccinated against the virus that causes cervical cancer. Natalie Morton died in a ...

From MEERA SELVA, Buffalo News,  29 Sep 2009
Related Topics: National Health Service,  GlaxoSmithKline Inc,  London Stock Exchange,  Food and Drug Administration,  US Food and Drug Administration

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