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Barcelona wins Champions League final

Lionel Messi broke a 1-1 tie with his 53rd goal as Barcelona topped Manchester United 3-1 Saturday in the Champions League final at Wembley Stadium in London.

 

London's biggest protest since Iraq war in 2003

More than 250,000 people took to London's streets to protest the toughest spending cuts since World War II - one of the largest demonstrations since the Iraq war - as riot police clashed with a small groups. More than 200 people were arrested.

 

UK police arrest WikiLeaks backers for Web attacks

British police arrested five young men on Thursday as they and U.S. authorities conducted searches as part of a probe into Internet activists who carried out cyber attacks against groups they viewed as enemies of the WikiLeaks website.

 

Anger rises as travel havoc snarls Britain, Europe

Anger rises as travel havoc snarls Britain, Europe

Frustrated travelers in Europe expressed fury Monday at transportation officials' inability to clear snow and ice from planes, runways and high-speed train tracks, failings that have caused holiday travel chaos and fears that many will not get home in time for Christmas....

 

WikiLeaks Founder Ordered Freed as Court Rejects Appeal

WikiLeaks Founder Ordered Freed as Court Rejects Appeal

A London court on Thursday ordered that Julian Assange be released on bail while he fights extradition to Sweden.

 

WikiLeaks demos planned in Spain, Latin America

WikiLeaks demos planned in Spain, Latin America

Demonstrations are planned Saturday to protest the detention of the founder of WikiLeaks and the closing of the secret-spilling website's Swiss ...

 

Students protest as UK govt debates tuition hike

Students protest as UK govt debates tuition hike

Angry student protesters marched through central London toward Parliament on Thursday as lawmakers began debating a controversial plan to triple university tuition fees in Britain.

 

Prince William to marry girlfriend Kate Middleton

Prince William to marry girlfriend Kate Middleton

Britain's Prince William is to marry his long-term girlfriend Kate Middleton next year, Buckingham Palace said Tuesday, ending months of media speculation about the couple's plans to wed.

 

Straight British couple seeks 'gay' partnership

Straight British couple seeks 'gay' partnership

Tom Freeman and Katherine Doyle are in love and want to tie the knot - but they don't want to get married. The 26-year-old Londoners think they should be allowed to have a civil partnership, a form of legal union available in Britain only to same-sex couples.

 

British government outlines big spending cuts

British government outlines big spending cuts

Britain outlined the sharpest cuts to public spending since World War II on Wednesday.

 

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