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UK emergency committee meets after attack

Thu, 23 May 2013 05:32:58 -0400

LONDON - The British government's emergency committee met Thursday after two attackers butchered a man in a daylight attack in London that raised fears terrorism had returned to the capital.

Q&A: What is known about London attack

Thu, 23 May 2013 03:06:52 -0400

A look at the key known facts about the Wednesday attack in south London, when two men hacked another to death near military barracks.

Brutal attack in London heightens terror fears

Wed, 22 May 2013 21:19:56 -0400

LONDON - Two men with butcher knives hacked another to death Wednesday near a London military barracks and one then went on video to explain the crime - shouting political statements, gesturing with bloodied hands and waving a meat cleaver. Soon after, arriving police shot and wounded the unidentified assailants and took them into custody.

UK, Denmark eye visas for Afghan interpreters

Wed, 22 May 2013 11:29:13 -0400

LONDON - Britain and Denmark proposed Wednesday to give hundreds of Afghan interpreters who worked alongside their troops the right to settle in the U.K. and Denmark in recognition of the risks they face if they stay in their war-battered homeland.

IMF softens views on UK government's policies

Wed, 22 May 2013 07:08:17 -0400

LONDON - The International Monetary Fund has softened its assessment of the British government's economic policies, saying in a report Wednesday that it did well to ease its pace of austerity cuts, but stressing more was needed to support the recovery.

'Britain's Obama' urges ties with West Africa

Sun, 19 May 2013 13:19:32 -0400

ACCRA, Ghana - A rising star in Britain's Labour Party, described by some as the "British Barack Obama," Chuka Umunna urged the United Kingdom to more aggressively forge ties with West Africa's fast-growing economies.

UK outlines troop plans in Afghanistan

Tue, 14 May 2013 11:01:03 -0400

LONDON - Some British troops will be serving longer tours of duty as the U.K. prepares to end its combat role in Afghanistan, Britain's defense secretary said Tuesday.

Obama: UK should seek EU changes, not 'break' ties

Mon, 13 May 2013 17:05:46 -0400

WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama waded into British politics Monday, suggesting that the United Kingdom seek to reform its relationship with the European Union before it decides to simply break away from it.

UK prince, injured US officer launch Warrior Games

Sun, 12 May 2013 04:09:38 -0400

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado - Combat helicopter pilot Prince Harry of Britain along with Olympic swimming champion Missy Franklin joined an American naval officer who had been blinded in Afghanistan in launching the Warrior Games for wounded service members.

Int'l donors pledge $300 million-plus for Somalia

Tue, 07 May 2013 15:19:18 -0400

LONDON - International donors heeded warnings about the need for increased support for Somalia by pledging more than $300 million Tuesday toward bolstering security, justice and financial institutions in the conflict-scarred east African nation.

Irish pardon deserters who joined Britain in WWII

Tue, 07 May 2013 12:01:55 -0400

DUBLIN - The Irish government said Tuesday it is pardoning nearly 5,000 men who deserted its armed forces to fight for Britain during World War II, an episode of history that brought shame and embarrassment to neutral Ireland.

Cameron's Conservatives suffer in UK local votes

Fri, 03 May 2013 17:20:03 -0400

LONDON - David Cameron's Conservatives took a drubbing in local elections amid a surge of support for an anti-European Union and anti-immigration party, heaping pressure on the British prime minister to appeal to the dissident right-wing of his own party.

Man acquitted of Real IRA murder of 2 UK soldiers

Fri, 03 May 2013 09:50:12 -0400

DUBLIN - A man suspected of involvement in the Real IRA faction's killing of two British soldiers in Northern Ireland in 2009 has been acquitted of murder charges after a judge dismissed the forensic evidence and ruled he was too feeble to have played a role.

Rights groups: UK must end army recruitment at 16

Tue, 23 Apr 2013 12:40:25 -0400

LONDON - Rights campaigners are taking aim at a British military policy that puts the U.K. in the same league as North Korea and Iran: recruiting soldiers under the age of 18.