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First-day sales of Activision Blizzard Inc.'s "Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2" broke records, raking in an estimated $310 million in North America and the United Kingdom alone.
European lottery officials say two British ticketholders have shared a jackpot of 90 million pounds ($150 million) — the largest lottery prizes ever paid out in the United Kingdom.
The British government is holding a fire sale of public assets including the undersea Channel rail link to raise 16 billion pounds ($25 billion) as Prime Minister Gordon Brown warned on Monday that the country is "only halfway there" in overcoming the recession.
On Sept. 30, the U.S. Department of Transportation convenes its Distracted Driving Summit to discuss ways to deal with what many say is a deadly, technological modern-day threat and a growing social health issue.
Scotland's separatist government said Thursday that it would push for a referendum on independence from the United Kingdom next year — a proposal unlikely to go far because the nationalists are outnumbered in Scotland's parliament.
KBR Inc. formed a new business group to serve customers in North America, the Middle East, United Kingdom and Australia.
A former California priest extradited from the U.S. appeared in a British court Saturday, charged with sexually abusing young boys.
Nepal's prime minister on Monday thanked "Absolutely Fabulous" actress Joanna Lumley for her outspoken campaign to give thousands of Gurkha war veterans and their families the right to settle in Britain.
Gross mortgage lending in the United Kingdom rose by 17 percent in June compared to the previous month but still lagged at about half of year-ago levels, the Council of Mortgage Lenders said Monday.
PGA Tour television coverage in the United Kingdom will continue under an agreement with Eurosport to broadcast the remaining tournaments on the 2009 schedule.
Unemployment in the United Kingdom rose to 7.2 percent in the three months ending in April, official figures showed Wednesday, as the recession pushed the number of people out of work to a 12-year high.
A Canadian pension fund is sweetening its bid for Macquarie Communications Infrastructure Group, a communications network company with operations in Australia and the United Kingdom. The Australian company's independent directors are supporting the deal.
A Los Angeles judge has ruled that a former Catholic priest suspected of abusing altar boys in the United Kingdom can be extradited to face trial there.
The Federal Reserve has expanded credit lines with the central banks of Japan, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and European Union that will provide foreign currency to U.S. banks — if needed.
President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama will be leaving this morning on a trip that will take them to the United Kingdom and eventually to four other countries.
A judge sentenced a Canadian man to 10 1/2 years in prison Thursday for plotting with a group of British Muslims to bomb buildings and natural gas lines in the United Kingdom.
British officials barred a far-right Dutch lawmaker from entering the country when he flew in Thursday, citing his anti-Islamic views in an order that has touched off a wide-ranging debate in the United Kingdom about the limits of free speech.
Chemicals maker Huntsman Corp. said Thursday it will cut 1,175 jobs, close a plant in the United Kingdom and slash capital spending to reduce costs as demand for its products falls amid the recession.
Optimism in Britain's manufacturing sector has slid to a near 30-year low despite the falling pound, while the car industry continues to suffer amid plummeting demand, business leaders said Thursday.
Toyota's domestic production in 2009 will likely drop by 25 percent from the previous year, hit by sinking demand amid a deepening global recession, a report said Monday.
A Canadian accused of plotting with a group of British Muslims to bomb buildings and natural gas lines in the United Kingdom was convicted Wednesday of financing and facilitating terrorism.
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown acknowledged for the first time Wednesday that the world economic downturn is likely to cause a recession in the United Kingdom.
Britain's government is showing off an ID card it says will soon be compulsory for non-European nationals working in the United Kingdom.
Authorities in the United Kingdom are investigating potential antitrust violations involving an unnamed Procter & Gamble Co. subsidiary, the consumer products company said Thursday in a Securities and Exchange Commission filing.
Plane Crazy: We Carry A Syringe On Jet At Terror Airport A SUNDAY Express investigator exposes a deadly lapse in airport security – carrying a syringe on a jet bound for Heathrow Airport just FIVE DAYS after the Christmas Day terror attack.
UK and US to fund anti-terror police unit in YemenBritain and the US are to join forces to tackle the "evolving threat" from Islamist groups in Yemen and Somalia, Downing Street has announced.
Human trials of artificial arteryAn artificial artery is set to be tested in human trials early this year.
Hope at last for the boy who couldn't eat any foodBen McGrath's condition means his body rejects what he eats, but a new treatment at Great Ormond Street hospital may help
Australian bank consults investment groups over bid for Northern RockNational Australia Bank is gearing up for a takeover of Northern Rock by holding a "beauty parade" of investment banks to advise it on an auction of the nationalised lender in the new year.
Children of Blackshirt women live with shameChildren of Blackshirt women, who joined Oswald Mosley's pro-Nazi British Union of Fascists, often feel that they have had to live with the burden of the guilt and shame caused by their mother's fascist sympathies.
Couple who divorced after 20 years together remarry a month laterAfter their divorce was finalised in November, Jan and Lee Jones from Southend-on-Sea, Essex, decided they could not live without each other and got remarried on Christmas Eve. They had their 10 children at the ceremony.
Smile! You've got cancerCancer is not a problem or an illness – it's a gift. Or so Barbara Ehrenreich was told repeatedly after her diagnosis. But the positive thinkers are wrong, she says: sugar-coating illnesses can exact a dreadful cost
Edinburgh knitting project attracts ex-consWeaving, knitting and crochet are not what you would expect to attract ex-convicts, drug users and alcoholics. But now a Greyfriars Community Project scheme in Edinburgh is proving popular with men and women knitting scarves, weaving ties and crocheting purses.
How a puppy tamed my teenage boysSara Markham had lost control of her three sons. Then she agreed to look after a guide-dog puppy. She opened the dog-training manual and read it – suddenly life began to get better
£15 extra tax on car fines: Now drivers face hefty surcharge to compensate victims of violent crimeMotorists guilty of minor 'crimes' such as parking misdemeanour's are to be hit with a £15 surcharge to help victims of domestic violence or sex attacks.
Green technology to be harnessed by top firms and academics to overhaul UK infrastructureSome of Britain's leading firms are partnering top academic institutions to develop projects that will overhaul household energy, water, transport and waste provision to drastically cut carbon emissions.
New year emergency call every nine seconds in West Mids Ambulance crews in the West Midlands said they had their busiest new year yet, receiving 1,269 emergency calls in the first three hours of Friday. A spokesman said the busiest time was from midnight to 0300 GMT with a call on average every nine seconds.
Boy, 11, Arrested Fifty Times Has 17 Convictions in Just Two Years"A boy of 11 . . . has already been arrested more than 50 times."
Happy 2010! New Year's Celebrations: Photos, Video of FireworksPhotos and video of New Year's celebration fireworks in London and around the world.
Gordon Ramsay's 2009 financial nightmareOn a gray morning in October, Gordon Ramsay bursts into the kitchen of his south London house, pop music blaring from the radio.
Got a pet tarantula? Better protect your eyesHere's some advice stemming from the unusual case of a man who had spider hairs stuck in his cornea: Be sure to cover your eyes when hanging around with your pet tarantula.
Patrick Stewart leads arts honours with a knighthoodStage and Star Trek actor Patrick Stewart has received a knighthood in the New Year Honours list for his services to drama.
Thatcher asked Australia to buy island for boat peopleBritish Cabinet documents have revealed Margaret Thatcher was so worried about resettling Vietnamese refugees in Britain that she wanted Australia to help buy an island in South-East Asia to house them.
Means plan would unfairly require majority of population whom don't file-share to pay for the failings of the entertainment industry.
Theatre show in search for naked dance volunteersTHE call is out for brave women to get their kit off - and take part in a naked dance. Trilogy, an award-winning show that received acclaim during its run at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival earlier this year, is billed as a celebration of modern-day feminism. (By nlnews)
Father Shoots Daughter, Aged Four A four-year-old girl was shot dead by her father during a violent row between her parents, police said. The girl's mother, aged 40, is fighting for her life in hospital after being shot in the head.
Man's ear bitten off in Belfast street attack A man has had part of his ear bitten off after he was attacked by a gang in north Belfast. It happened at about 0400 GMT on Sunday 27 December as he was walking along Jamaica Road.
Third heroin user anthrax death Health officials have confirmed that a third heroin user who died in hospital in Glasgow last week has tested positive for anthrax. The patient was being treated at the city's Royal Infirmary, where a second anthrax-related death also occurred last week.
Cloak of invisibility: Fact or fiction?Harry Potter and Captain Kirk would be proud. A team of American and British researchers has made a Cloak of Invisibility.
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