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30 years later, Argentines still want 'their' islands back from Britain

London’s tabloids and British leaders are depicting Argentina as dangerous and belligerent 30 years after its invasion of the Falkland Islands. Argentines say Britain should consider its own history of waging war around the globe, and acknowledge that the islands and seas around them rightfully belong to Argentina.

 

Britain OKs television ads for abortion clinics

Britain's broadcast advertising body has given the go-ahead for private abortion clinics to advertise their services on television.

 

Lawmaker, others get hacking payouts

A British lawmaker said Thursday that he and 17 others have been awarded payouts over phone hacking by the News of the World newspaper.

 

Moviegoers demand refunds for silent 'Artist'

Some tell British theater staff they didn't know film lacked dialogue, was in black-and-white.

 

UK scientists find 'lost' Darwin fossils

British scientists have found scores of fossils the great evolutionary theorist Charles Darwin and his peers collected but that had been lost for more than 150 years....

 

Running a country? There's an app for that, almost

Britain's government says experts are considering developing a bespoke iPad app that would deliver key data straight to Prime Minister David Cameron's tablet computer....

 

Hacking rife at Morgan's Mirror, says ex-columnist

Piers Morgan

Phone-hacking was widespread at Piers Morgan's Daily Mirror, a former columnist at the tabloid said on Wednesday, as an official inquiry unearthed further evidence of the illegal practice in the British press.

Senh: I didn't know Piers Morgan used to manage the Daily Mirror. Maybe phone-hacking is one of those hush-hush techniques that people throughout the British media (and probably elsewhere around the world).

 

Most European Leaders Agree on Fiscal Treaty

European Union members that use the euro agreed to sign a treaty that would require stricter financial and fiscal discipline, but two countries with their own currencies, Britain and Hungary, refused.

 

Travel warning on 2012 hotspots

2012 Olympics Travel Hotspots

Olympics organisers publish a list of hotspots that businesses, Londoners and visitors to the capital should avoid during the Games.

 

James Murdoch resigns from UK newspaper boards

James Murdoch resigns from UK newspaper boards

James Murdoch has resigned from the boards of the companies that publish its British newspapers including the now-defunct News of the World tabloid at the center of the phone hacking sandal, regulatory filings show.

 

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