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UK Restaurant Makes Diners Sign A Waiver Before Eating Dessert

AP | Posted 12.24.2009 | World


LONDON — A London restaurant has asked diners to sign away their right to sue before consuming Christmas pudding, a traditional Yuletide treat t...

Rage Against the Machine Get Christmas Number One Spot in the U.K.

Emily Henry | Posted 12.21.2009 | Entertainment


Emily Henry

In the red corner, pulsing with '90s angst, Rage Against the Machine are enjoying the sweet smell of victory with their 1992 semi-hit "Killing in the Name."

NYC Concert Review: Arctic Monkeys at Terminal 5

Jon Chattman | Posted 12.18.2009 | New York


Jon Chattman

Arctic Monkeys have already conquered their homeland, and as evidenced last week, they're slowly gaining momentum in the states.

UK Muslims Are Europe's Most Patriotic

Times Online | Chris Gourlay | Posted 12.14.2009 | World


Muslims in Britain are the most patriotic in Europe -- but more than a quarter in some parts of the country still do not feel British, according to a ...

Tullett Preborn To Help Employees Relocate To Avoid UK Bonus Tax

Posted 12.14.2009 | Business


Tullett Prebon, a London-based inter-dealer broker described as one of the City's biggest trading firms, will help employees relocate to avoid the Uni...

Mark Guard: New Robin Hood Moves Homeless Into Posh Mansions

DailyFinance | Lauren CooperDec 12th 2009 at 12:00PM | Posted 12.11.2009 | Books


The champion of London's homeless, Mark Guard, is becoming nearly as famous as his celebrity neighbors, including Maggie Thatcher, Joan Collins, Sean ...

France Uses Tax To Attack Bank Bonuses, Following U.K.'s Lead

ft.com | Ben Hall | Posted 12.10.2009 | Business


President Nicolas Sarkozy is to follow Britain's lead and impose a one-off tax on bonus pay-outs by banks operating in France. The French governmen...

Baroness Vadera: 'I Still Have Nightmares About The Financial Crisis'

Telegraph | Louise Armitstead | Posted 12.09.2009 | Business


The former Government minister and one of the architects of the British efforts to rescue the financial system, told a high-level business conference ...

Amazon Stores In London? Online Retailer Opening Shops In UK

Posted 12.06.2009 | Technology


After helping to kill off brick-and-mortar bookstores, Amazon is now bringing them back -- under its own name. The online retailer is reportedly plann...

Britain's Ministry Of Defense Closes UFO Department

AP | GREGORY KATZ | Posted 12.04.2009 | World


LONDON — The truth – and the UFOs – may be out there, but nobody in the British military is listening anymore. The Defense Ministry...

Echoes of Bush in Obama's Speech

Lincoln Mitchell | Posted 12.02.2009 | Politics


Lincoln Mitchell

There were moments during the speech last night when if you closed your eyes, imagined the grammar a little mangled and a few words mispronounced, you could have easily been listening to President Bush.

Iran Releases 5 British Sailors Detained At Sea

AP | ALI AKBAR DAREINI | Posted 12.02.2009 | World


TEHRAN, Iran — Iran freed five British sailors detained last week when their racing yacht drifted accidentally into Iranian waters in the Persia...

Jeremy Greenstock, UK Diplomat, Says US Was 'Hell Bent' On Iraq Invasion

AP | DAVID STRINGER | Posted 11.27.2009 | World


LONDON — The United States was "hell bent" on a 2003 military invasion of Iraq and actively undermined efforts by Britain to win international a...

Dubai Debt Crisis: Will It Cause Another Financial Panic?

AP | STEVENSON JACOBS | Posted 11.27.2009 | Business


NEW YORK — Dubai's debt crisis rattled world financial markets Friday, raising concerns that some banks could further tighten lending and stall ...

Iraq War Inquiry Begins In Britain: Tony Blair Will Be Witness

AP | PAISLEY DODDS | Posted 11.25.2009 | World


LONDON — An inquiry into Britain's role in the Iraq war kicked off Tuesday with top government advisers testifying that some Bush administration...

US Seeks Up To 7,000 More NATO Troops For Afghan War

Wall Street Journal | PETER SPIEGEL and STEPHEN FIDLER | Posted 11.21.2009 | World


U.S. and European estimates of the new troops they may get from NATO allies vary from 3,000 to 7,000. Those would complement the additional U.S. force...

Brits Complain That Chains Stores Are Killing Books

The Guardian | Stuart Jeffries | Posted 11.10.2009 | Books


"They simply treat books as a commodity," says Nicholas Spice, publisher of the London Review of Books, and one of the chain's sternest critics. "Ther...

Bank Tax: Geithner And U.K.'s Gordon Brown Face Off On Bank Transaction Tax At G20 Meeting

Times Online | By Suzy Jagger | Posted 11.09.2009 | Business


ST. ANDREWS, Scotland -- U.K. Prime Minister Gordon Brown and U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner clashed over potential taxes on bank transactio...

Cocaethylene Studied: Cocaine, Alcohol Mix To Create Toxic 3rd Chemical

The Observer | Jamie Doward | Posted 11.07.2009 | Living


Drug addiction clinics say they are becoming increasingly concerned by the health risks associated with the chemical -- the only known example of the ...

5 British Troops Killed By Afghan Cop, Says UK Military

AP | ELENA BECATOROS and DEB RIECHMANN | Posted 11.04.2009 | World


KABUL — The killing of five British troops by a rogue Afghan policeman underlines concerns about training and discipline within the ranks and po...

Think Tank's Advice To Europe: Stop 'Fetishizing' American Relationship

Spiegel Online | Gregor Peter Schmitz | Posted 11.03.2009 | World


The council released a study on Monday called "Toward a Post-American Europe," based on wide-ranging interviews and research conducted in the 27 EU me...

Noor Faleh Almaleki Dies: Iraqi Woman In US Dead After Father Runs Her Over For Being Too Westernized

AP | AMANDA LEE MYERS | Posted 11.02.2009 | Home


PHOENIX — A young Iraqi woman whose father allegedly hit her with his car because she had become too Westernized died from her injuries Monday a...

Muhammad Movie Planned: Film Brings Together Hollywood Producer Barrie Osborne And Banned Muslim Cleric Sheikh Yousef al-Qaradawi

The Huffington Post | Posted 11.02.2009 | Entertainment


A movie about the prophet Muhammad is in the works, according to Reuters. According to reports, the $150 million film will bring together a major holl...

UK Banks To Sell Hundreds Of Branches After Bailout From Government

AP | RAPHAEL SATTER | Posted 11.02.2009 | Business


LONDON — The Royal Bank of Scotland, Northern Rock, and Lloyds Banking Group are to sell off as many as 700 branches in the next few years in exchan...

Mind Your Halloween Manners

Jo Bryant | Posted 10.29.2009 | Style


Jo Bryant

As Halloween fever grips the UK, Debrett's -- the UK's leading authority on etiquette and manners -- felt it necessary to provide some top tips for a well-mannered Halloween.