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How Did Medics Drop British Grandmother Into Icy North Sea?

Police are investigating a bizarre incident at sea involving a 73-year-old British grandmother who took ill on a cruise ship and was accidentally dropped into the sub-zero North Sea by medics trying to transfer her to a rescue boat. Janet Richardson, a diabetic from Cumbria in the U.K., was on the Ocean Princess off...

UK: Libya's Foreign Minister to Resign

LONDON --Libyan Foreign Minister Moussa Koussa arrived in Britain on Wednesday and is resigning from his post, Britain's government said. Koussa arrived from Tunisia at Farnborough Airport, about 35 miles (55 kilometers) southwest of London, the Foreign Office said in a statement, adding that he traveled to Britain under...

World Powers Tangle Over Arming Libya's Rebels

LONDON -- World powers clashed Wednesday over whether it is legal to supply weapons to Libya's badly equipped rebels as Moammar Gadhafi's troops beat back their advance on the ground. Britain and the U.S. believe that existing U.N. Security Council resolutions on Libya could allow for foreign governments to arm the...

British Prime Minister Does Not Rule Out Arming Libyan Rebels

LONDON -- British Prime Minister David Cameron says his government does not rule out arming Libya's embattled rebels. Cameron says he believes that while the United Nations-backed arms embargo applies to the entire country, the U.N. resolution authorizing military action could also be read to allow arming the opposition...

Protests In London Turn Violent [VIDEO]

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05/22/12 Will.I.Am Carries Olympic Torch Through Taunton Source: MTV UK The Voice coach Will.I.Am has carried the Olympic torch for a short segment of its journey around the UK.
05/22/12 ECHR judges rule on thorny issue of criminal voting... Source: Channel 4 The European Court of Human Rights ruling was greeted with champagne and scorn in 2005 when the judgement was handed down - scorn from MPs and a toast from convicted killer John Hirst , who posted a YouTube video of himself singing "I shot the sheriff" and popping a champagne cork.
05/17/12 Thousands of jobs safe in Â£125m Vauxhall deal Source: Express.co.uk The car giant confirmed it will build its next generation Astra model at its factory in ellesmere Port, Cheshire, after workers agreed an unprecedented flexibility deal on pay and conditions.
05/17/12 Utilizing the Ideal Business Events Caterers For... Source: GMR (Ziff Davis) There are hundreds of company functions caterers in the Uk, and a enormous assortment of expert services presented by them.
05/14/12 Track record from the Indian native Armed service... Source: GMR (Ziff Davis) Although from your Nineteenth century onwards unfamiliar to numerous around the globe there was an American indian experience of The far east.

Background on uk

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK, or Britain) is a sovereign state located off the north-western coast of continental Europe.

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