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Cameron confronts opposition over media regulation
British Prime Minister David Cameron said Thursday he would champion self-regulation for Britain's scandal-tainted press, bucking a key recommendation ...
Catholics, world leaders welcome church's new pope
World leaders sent in their congratulations and Catholics around the world were celebrating Wednesday after the Vatican announced the election of ...
UK's Cameron may veto EU arms embargo on Syria
Britain may consider vetoing an extension of the European Union's arms embargo on Syria if the situation does not improve there, Prime Minister David ...
Falklands vote shows 99.8 pct want to stay British
An overwhelming 99.8 percent of Falkland Islands voters have backed keeping their government just the way it is: a British Overseas Territory. Of the ...
UK ex-policeman, prison officer sold info to paper
A former police officer and a prison officer have admitted selling information to a British tabloid belonging to Rupert Murdoch, pleading guilty ...
A nation of shopkeepers? UK seeks to keep its soul
The small shopkeepers in Greenwich are running out of time. In the London borough that gave its name to Greenwich Mean Time, businesses like Lorraine ...
France calls on Europe to ease off austerity
France has called on fellow European nations to ease off on painful austerity policies to give the economy some breathing space and avoid social ...
UK's Cameron rejects call for new economic policy
British Prime Minister David Cameron on Thursday vowed to stick to austerity, rejecting calls to focus more on economic growth despite the country's ...
EU pushes ahead with bonus cap despite UK concerns
Britain stood isolated against a broad majority of European Union countries Tuesday in refusing to back legislation that would strictly limit bankers' ...
UK: Queen hospitalized over stomach illness
Britain's Queen Elizabeth II was hospitalized Sunday over an apparent stomach infection that has ailed her for days, a rare instance of ill health ...
Syrian opposition head visits rebel areas in north
Following rebel gains, the leader of the Syrian opposition made his first visit Sunday to areas near the embattled northern city of Aleppo as fighters ...
Euroskeptics land election blow on UK's Cameron
David Cameron's Conservative Party suffered an embarrassing defeat Friday when an insurgent, anti-European Union Party knocked his party into third ...
Diplomat: UK isolated in EU in opposing bonus caps
Britain is isolated in the European Union in opposing strict caps on bankers' bonuses, a European diplomat said Friday, in a dispute that could lead ...
EU agrees to limit banker bonuses
Top European Union officials have agreed to slap a strict limit on bankers' bonuses, which have been blamed for encouraging the risk-taking behavior ...
Britain holds scandal-tarred special election
Sex, lies and scandal — not the usual ingredients of a parliamentary special election in Britain. But Thursday's contest for the southern English ...
AP sources: US weighs direct aid to Syrian rebels
The Obama administration, in coordination with some European allies, is for the first time considering supplying direct assistance to elements of the ...
Skeptical Syrian opposition to attend Rome talks
Skeptical Syrian opposition leaders agreed Monday to attend an international conference in Rome after first threatening to boycott the session that ...
UK credit downgrade provokes call for change
The man in charge in Britain's economy says he won't change direction despite a rating agency's decision to downgrade the nation's credit rating and ...
Freed Afghan Taliban fighters return to insurgency
At least half the Afghan Taliban recently freed from Pakistani prisons have rejoined the insurgency, a Pakistani intelligence official says, throwing ...
British premier lays wreath at India massacre site
Britain's prime minister laid a mourning wreath Wednesday at the site of a notorious 1919 massacre of hundreds of Indians by British colonial forces, ...
Tabloid slams novelist Mantel over Kate comments
A novelist, a duchess and a tabloid newspaper have ignited an explosive debate in Britain: Is it all right to criticize a pregnant Kate? The Daily ...
Catholics surprised at pope's decision to retire
Shock, sadness and declarations of faith met Pope Benedict XVI's announcement Monday that he would retire Feb. 28. It also sparked reflection about ...
Horsemeat scandal reaches Sweden
Sweden on Friday became the newest European country to be hit by a widening meat products scandal, as frozen-food company Findus said it was recalling ...
EU leaders agree to $1.28 trillion 7-year budget
European Union leaders agreed Friday to a significantly reduced 7-year budget worth €960 billion ($1.28 trillion) — the first cut in spending in the ...
Duchess of York among new phone hack settlements
Sarah Ferguson, the former wife of Prince Andrew; British singer-songwriter James Blunt; and Israeli television psychic Uri Geller are among the ...