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Iran stops oil sales to British, French companies

Iran Oil

Iran has stopped selling crude to British and French companies, the oil ministry said on Sunday.

 

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.

 

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....

 

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.

 

University hit by new climate leak ahead of talks

The British university whose leaked emails caused a global climate science controversy in 2009 says it has discovered a potentially much larger data breach....

 

Hugh Grant: Non-Murdoch tabloid hacked me in 2007

Actor Hugh Grant said Monday that he believes his phone was hacked by Britain's Mail on Sunday tabloid - the first time he has implicated a newspaper not owned by Rupert Murdoch in the wrongdoing.

 

Clock this: UK may consider time zone switch

Clock this: UK may consider time zone switch

Britain's government may reconsider long-touted proposals for the U.K. to switch to Central European Time, a move which advocates insisted Saturday would bring lighter evenings and possibly offer the country's sluggish economy a boost.

Senh: Switching time zones can improve the economy?

 

David Cameron rocked by Tory rebellion on Europe - The Guardian

David Cameron was warned that he faces four years of trench warfare with disgruntled backbenchers after he suffered the largest postwar rebellion on Europe as 81 Conservative MPs supported a referendum on Britain's membership of the EU.

 

Arizona beats out Tampa, lands 2015 Super Bowl

Arizona beats out Tampa, lands 2015 Super Bowl

Back to the desert, and back to Britain, for the NFL. The league awarded the 2015 Super Bowl to Arizona on Tuesday and also committed to playing regular-season games in Britain through 2016 - with more than one game a year likely.

 

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