Posts Tagged ‘british’

Argentina to go to UN on islands

Wednesday, February 8th, 2012

Argentina will make a formal complaint to the UN about British “militarisation” around the disputed Falkland Islands, says President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner.

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Fassbender scoops Standard award

Monday, February 6th, 2012

Michael Fassbender wins the best actor prize at the Evening Standard British film awards for his roles in sex addiction drama Shame and Jane Eyre.

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Fassbender scoops Standard award

Race to drill into Antarctic lake

Monday, February 6th, 2012

Russian scientists are attempting to beat US and British rivals to be first to drill into an Antarctic sub-glacial lake.

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Race to drill into Antarctic lake

VIDEO: Sending news from Afghanistan

Monday, February 6th, 2012

BBC Scotland’s Cameron Buttle gives a behind the scenes look at a British army base in Afghanistan.

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VIDEO: Sending news from Afghanistan

VIDEO: Bushell rides crashed ice course

Saturday, February 4th, 2012

The British team are going head to head against hundreds of downhill skaters in the latest leg of the Red Bull “crashed ice” world championship.

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VIDEO: Bushell rides crashed ice course

Anonymous Hacked FBI Call

Friday, February 3rd, 2012

With British cybercrime investigators.

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Anonymous Hacked FBI Call

Legionella Britons die in Spain

Friday, February 3rd, 2012

Three British men die and three more people remain in hospital after contracting Legionnaires’ disease while on holiday in Spain, a tour company says.

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Prince William’s Posting to Falklands Revives Ire

Wednesday, February 1st, 2012

What British officials call Prince William’s routine mission is stirring interest at home and abroad as the 30th anniversary of Argentina’s invasion of the Falkland Islands approaches.

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Prince William’s Posting to Falklands Revives Ire

UK box office takes £1bn in 2011

Tuesday, January 31st, 2012

UK cinema box office takings passed the £1bn mark for the first time last year, according to the British Film Institute (BFI).

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UK box office takes £1bn in 2011

200,000 homes ‘at flooding risk’

Tuesday, January 31st, 2012

The Association of British Insurers estimates that up to 200,000 flood-prone homes could face insurance problems next year.

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200,000 homes ‘at flooding risk’

Karzai thanks UK for ‘sacrifice’

Saturday, January 28th, 2012

Afghanistan’s President Hamid Karzai thanks the British people for sacrificing “blood and treasure” for the future of his country.

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Karzai thanks UK for ‘sacrifice’

The Welsh Economy Slips, but London Cushions the Fall

Saturday, January 28th, 2012

The British government’s so-called money transfers prop up its poorer regions, keeping them from the kind of collapse suffered in euro zone nations like Greece.

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The Welsh Economy Slips, but London Cushions the Fall

Beijing professor and descendant of Confucius provokes anger by insulting Hong Kongers

Sunday, January 22nd, 2012

HONG KONG — A Chinese professor who traces his lineage to Confucius — China’s ancient champion of harmony and courtesy — has stirred an angry bout of disharmony with a tirade against Hong Kong as a land of “dogs” and “thieves” in thrall to British colonialism. Read full article > >

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Officials: US Drone Strike Killed Somali Insurgent

Sunday, January 22nd, 2012

A U.S. drone strike killed a British al-Qaida official fighting alongside insurgents in Somalia, officials said.

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Pinewood Studios committed to UK

Saturday, January 21st, 2012

Pinewood Studios pledges its commitment to the British film industry despite having its £200m expansion plan being rejected.

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