Posts Tagged ‘british’

VIDEO: Miliband visits troops in Afghanistan

Saturday, May 26th, 2012

Labour leader Ed Miliband has made a surprise visit to Afghanistan to meet British troops stationed in Helmand province.

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VIDEO: Miliband visits troops in Afghanistan

British Inquiry Questions Murdoch Lobbyist

Thursday, May 24th, 2012

Testimony before an inquiry into the British press could throw new light on the ties between the government and Rupert Murdoch’s media empire.

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British Inquiry Questions Murdoch Lobbyist

Afghan war book wins Orwell Prize

Wednesday, May 23rd, 2012

A book about the death of a British officer in Afghanistan, once pulped by the Ministry of Defence, is awarded the Orwell Prize for political writing.

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Afghan war book wins Orwell Prize

Raspberry Pi’s budget challengers

Wednesday, May 23rd, 2012

Two Asian Android-based micro-PCs offer users an alternative to the British-designed project.

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Raspberry Pi’s budget challengers

Apple’s Jonathan Ive is knighted

Wednesday, May 23rd, 2012

Jonathan Ive – the British designer behind Apple’s iMac, iPod, iPhone and iPad – is knighted at Buckingham Palace.

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Apple’s Jonathan Ive is knighted

Ken Loach bemoans censors’ cuts

Tuesday, May 22nd, 2012

Film director Ken Loach criticises British film censors for asking him to remove swear words from his new film in order to qualify for a 15 certificate.

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Soldier ‘sniper death’ accidental

Tuesday, May 22nd, 2012

A soldier believed to have been killed by a British sniper in Afghanistan was accidentally shot while on active service, a coroner says.

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Soldier ‘sniper death’ accidental

Britain’s first Diamond Jubilee

Tuesday, May 22nd, 2012

How Queen Victoria and the British Empire were celebrated

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Britain’s first Diamond Jubilee

US love affair with British pop

Monday, May 21st, 2012

Why the US is falling in love again with British pop

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US love affair with British pop

Syria town shelling ‘kills 34′

Sunday, May 20th, 2012

Shelling by Syrian forces kills 34 people, according to the British-based group the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.

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Syria town shelling ‘kills 34′

UK force ‘to stay in Afghanistan’

Sunday, May 20th, 2012

A small number of British soldiers could remain in Afghanistan after forces withdraw in 2014, a senior UK government official says.

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UK force ‘to stay in Afghanistan’

Briton in Thai ‘foetuses’ arrest

Friday, May 18th, 2012

A British citizen has been arrested in Bangkok for possessing human foetuses, Thai police confirm.

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Briton in Thai ‘foetuses’ arrest

UK in £50m pork deal with China

Friday, May 18th, 2012

The UK agrees a £50m trade deal to sell British pork to China, the world’s biggest market for pig meat.

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UK in £50m pork deal with China

Railway crime falls by a quarter

Thursday, May 17th, 2012

Crime on Wales’ railways has fallen by a quarter over the past year, figures from British Transport Police show.

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Railway crime falls by a quarter

Arrests at BNP sex gang protest

Wednesday, May 16th, 2012

Four people are arrested in a protest by the British National Party in Rochdale over a child sex grooming case.

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