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Prime Minister Gordon Brown called on the military junta in Myanmar to remove restrictions on aid, amid estimates that the number of dead and missing in the deadly cyclone there could be as high as 100,000.

Brown tells Myanmar to lift aid restrictions immediately

AFP - 2 hours 37 minutes ago

LONDON, May 9, 2008 (AFP) - The government on Friday called on the military junta in Myanmar to remove restrictions on aid, amid estimates that the number of dead and missing in the deadly cyclone there could be as high as 100,000. More »

  • Princess Diana's former butler, Paul Burrell seen here in January 2008, will not be formally investigated for perjury after claims that he did not tell the whole truth at the coroner's inquest into her death, police said Friday.

    No perjury probe into Princess Di's butler: police

    AFP - Friday, May 9 09:24 pm

    LONDON (AFP) - Princess Diana's former butler, Paul Burrell, will not be formally investigated for perjury after claims that he did not tell the whole truth at the coroner's inquest into her death, police said Friday. More »

  • State-owned French power company EDF has submitted an offer for nuclear power operator British Energy, the BBC reported Friday on its website.

    EDF makes offer for British Energy: report

    AFP - Friday, May 9 08:48 pm

    LONDON (AFP) - State-owned French power company EDF has submitted an offer for nuclear power operator British Energy, the BBC reported Friday on its website. More »

  • US dollar and UK sterling notes and coins. Sterling fell to a two-year low against the dollar as investors prepared themselves for a BoE rate easing in June.

    Sterling hits low against dollar

    AFP - Friday, May 9 04:33 pm

    LONDON (AFP) - Sterling fell to a two-year low against the dollar on Friday as investors prepared themselves for a BoE rate easing in June. More »

  • A Sulcata tortoise or African spurred tortoise (Geochelone sulcata). A giant Sulcata tortoise called George had to be rescued by the British fire brigade after becoming entanged in a garden chair, its owner said.

    George's fable: the tortoise and the chair

    AFP - Friday, May 9 02:45 pm

    LONDON (AFP) - A giant tortoise called George had to be rescued by the Essex fire brigade after becoming entangled in a garden chair, its owner said Friday. More »

  • Popular presenters Ant and Dec will return a top comedy prize they were awarded at the 2005 British Comedy Awards after ITV admitted that the vote was rigged.

    Ant and Dec to return comedy prize

    AFP - Friday, May 9 12:05 pm

    LONDON (AFP) - Popular presenters Ant and Dec will return a top comedy prize they were awarded at the 2005 British Comedy Awards after ITV admitted that the vote was rigged. More »

  • This undated picture released by the family of murdered British teenager Scarlett Keeling shows her mother Fiona MacKeown in Goa, western India. MacKeown has been summoned to give evidence to investigators after she said she knew the killer's identity, police have said.

    Indian police summon mother of teen slain in Goa

    AFP - Friday, May 9 11:40 am

    PANAJI, India (AFP) - The mother of a British girl murdered in the resort state of Goa has been summoned to give evidence to investigators after she said she knew the killer's identity, police said Friday. More »

  • Passengers look at the flight information board at Heathrow Airport's Terminal 5 in west London, April 2008. People gather weekly in Tooting, south London, for an auction which sells dozens of pieces of lost luggage each week.

    Airport lost luggage finds a new home at S. London auctions

    AFP - Friday, May 9 08:49 am

    LONDON (AFP) - "At least I have a good one," said Hannah Taylor as she opened a suitcase full of clothes she had just bought at a London auction which sells dozens of pieces of lost luggage each week. More »

  • Radical Muslim cleric Abu Qatada, seen here in a 2000 handout and who is considered a leading figure in Al-Qaeda, is to be released on bail in Britain -- but with strict curfew conditions as he fights deportation, the Home Office has said.

    Radical cleric Qatada granted bail in UK

    AFP - Friday, May 9 08:42 am

    LONDON (AFP) - A radical Muslim cleric seen as a leading figure in Al-Qaeda is to be released on bail in Britain -- but with strict curfew conditions as he fights deportation, the Home Office has said. More »

  • A man and a woman wait at a tram stop in Manchester. England, famous across the world as the country of Shakespeare, royalty, fair play and manners, is a nation of

    England a not so green and pleasant land: tourist guide

    AFP - Friday, May 9 02:53 am

    LONDON (AFP) - England, famous across the world as the country of Shakespeare, royalty, fair play and manners, is a nation of "overweight, sex-and-celebrity-obsessed TV addicts", according to a new tourist guide. More »

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