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Britain rallies G20 on climate change AFP - Chancellor Alistair Darling arrives for the evening dinner at the Fairmont Hotel in Saint Andrews, as … by Katherine Haddon Katherine Haddon - 31 mins ago ST ANDREWS, Scotland (AFP) - Hosts...

In this article: Climate change, St Andrews, UN, Copenhagen, Britain, United States, Recession, Agence France Presse, and Credit crunch

The UK's oldest public museum has reopened after a GBP61m redevelopment. The Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology, in Oxford, which first opened in the 17th Century, was renovated to double the gallery space. The new building,...

In this article: Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology, UK, University of Oxford, Elias Ashmole, International Herald Tribune, and Guy Fawkes

UK urges divided G20 to reach climate finance deal Reuters - A man passes boarded-up office space in the financial district of the City of London September 4, 2009. … By Toni Vorobyova and Anna Willard Toni Vorobyova And Anna Willard -...

In this article: Climate change, Alistair Darling, Britain, United Nations, St Andrews, Copenhagen, Reuters, London, and Unemployment

...banked the largest lottery prizes ever paid out in the country," Camelot said Saturday. The winners have yet to come forward. Britain's previous record win came in 2007, when a postal worker won 35 million pounds (US$58 million). In...

In this article: London

Navigation - link to other main sections from here Watchdogs: UK should retain right to reject faulty goods The right of consumers to reject faulty goods must be retained in the UK despite European plans to abolish it, legal watchdogs...

In this article: UK, Scotland, England, and Wales

LONDON -- Britain is using genetic tests on some African asylum seekers in an effort to catch those who are lying about their nationality, drawing criticism from scientists and provoking outrage from rights groups. The United Kingdom...

In this article: Britain, Manchester University, United States, Alec Jeffreys, London, and Detainee

...asks whether Mr Munadi's recovery was a mission objective A media watchdog has urged Britain to investigate a military raid that freed a UK journalist from Taliban captors but left his Afghan colleague dead. In a letter to Prime Minister...

In this article: UK, British soldier, Taliban, Committee to Protect Journalists, Gordon Brown, Kunduz, and New York Times

...billion pounds. February 26 - The Royal Bank of Scotland reports a loss of 24.1 billion pounds ($34.3 billion) for 2008, the biggest in UK corporate history. The government will inject a further 13 billion pounds ($18.5 billion), which...

In this article: Lloyds TSB, Royal Bank of Scotland, Britain, Northern Rock, Bank of England, The Treasury, and EU

...possible," David Miliband told reporters at a news briefing after talks with his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov. Relations between Britain and Russia nosedived after the 2006 murder of Alexander Litvinenko with polonium-210, a rare...

In this article: David Miliband, Russia, Britain, Moscow, London, and Iran

The Commission wants the UK to do more to protect privacy The UK government has been accused of failing to protect citizens' privacy by the European Commission. It said the government should have done more to guarantee online privacy...

In this article: UK, EU, Brussels, BT, and Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act