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From Cameron with love: Murdoch protégée haunts PM

David Cameron signed off messages to tabloid editor Rebekah Brooks with an affectionate "LOL", she told an inquiry on Friday, conjuring the embarrassing image of a British prime minister-in-waiting fawning over a Rupert Murdoch protégée.

 

Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II outlines government focus on economic, constitutional reforms

With all the pomp and ceremony befitting the British monarch, Queen Elizabeth II on Wednesday unveiled the government’s agenda for the coming year, foreshadowing heated debates over reform of the House of Lords, state pensions, financial regulation and the introduction of a law broadening the scope of intelligence agents to monitor communications.

 

Al-Qaeda offers to trade U.K. hostage for cleric

Al-Qaeda it would release hostage Stephen Malcolm if cleric Abu Qatada were freed.

 

Olympics: Residents may get missiles on rooftops

Some London residents are getting troops and surface-to-air missiles on their rooftops for the Summer Olympics.

 

Green energy 'cheap within years'

Renewables can be a cheap form of energy within years, Prime Minister David Cameron says, as governments aim for global spread of clean power.

 

Missing girl Madeleine McCann may be 'still alive'

Madeleine McCann

Missing British girl Madeleine McCann, who vanished during a 2007 family vacation in Portugal, may still be alive, police said Wednesday.

 

MIT Study: Air Pollution Linked With Early Deaths In UK

Air Pollution

Well, it's official. Air pollution sends you to an early grave in the United Kingdom. In a recent study from the Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics at (MIT) researchers Steve Barrett and Steve Yim report that emissions from cars, trucks, planes and power plants cause 13,000 premature deaths in the United Kingdom each year.

 

Blind author's lost pages recovered by CSI

Blind Author

A blind British writer failed to notice her pen had run out of ink while writing 26 pages of a book, but her lost words were recovered by police forensic staff.

 

Money talks in search for London Olympic hotels

Coming for the Olympics with money to spend? Then there's still time to ensure you can take tea at The Ritz, drink at the Savoy's American bar, or sleep in an Art Deco room at Claridge's....

 

James Murdoch resigns as News Intl executive chair

James Murdoch, the executive at the epicenter of the phone hacking scandal at his father's British newspapers, is stepping down as executive chairman of News Corp.'s U.K. newspaper arm, the company announced Wednesday.

 

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