<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>United Kingdom: News &amp; Videos about United Kingdom - CNN.com</title><link>http://topics.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/United_Kingdom</link><description>Find stories, videos, and photos about United Kingdom from CNN.com.</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Cable News Network LP, LLLP.</copyright><pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 03:47:57 GMT</pubDate><ttl>5</ttl><image><title>United Kingdom: News &amp; Videos about United Kingdom - CNN.com</title><url>http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/.element/img/1.0/logo/cnn.logo.rss.gif</url><link>http://topics.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/United_Kingdom</link><width>144</width><height>33</height><description>Find stories, videos, and photos about United Kingdom from CNN.com.</description></image><item><title>Do online moms hold key to next British election?</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/11/25/uk.politics.moms/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/11/25/uk.politics.moms/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>As Britain heads for its tightest election battle in years, politicians chasing the votes that could tip the balance are zeroing in on a new group of power brokers -- online moms.</description><pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 11:37:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Hearings begin in UK Iraq war inquiry</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/11/24/uk.iraq.inquiry/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/11/24/uk.iraq.inquiry/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>A long-awaited inquiry into Britain's role in the Iraq war got under way Tuesday -- a process that could determine whether former Prime Minister Tony Blair misled his country over the 2003 invasion.</description><pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 15:45:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Search teams find 2nd victim of UK flooding</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/11/24/britain.flooding/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/11/24/britain.flooding/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>A woman's body was found in a river in Wales, police said Tuesday, the second death from severe flooding that has hit England and Wales since late last week.</description><pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 14:51:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Withdrawal symptoms: Getting more out of ATMs</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/11/19/atm.digital.divide/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/11/19/atm.digital.divide/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>When reading this article, you will most likely fall into one of two groups.</description><pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 04:39:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Social network sites criticized on bullying</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/11/18/cyber.bullying/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/11/18/cyber.bullying/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The world's biggest social networking site has brushed off criticism by a senior UK police officer responsible for preventing online bullying that it is failing to combat abuse.</description><pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 16:55:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Queen's Speech outlines UK election themes</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/11/18/uk.queens.speech/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/11/18/uk.queens.speech/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Britain's Queen Elizabeth on Wednesday delivered the annual speech to mark the state opening of Parliament, highlighting climate change and strengthening financial regulation as the government's main priorities.</description><pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 16:16:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Review: 'Pirate Radio' has great music, middling story</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/Movies/11/13/review.pirate.radio/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/Movies/11/13/review.pirate.radio/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>"Pirate Radio," set during the swinging '60s of pop music when giants like the Kinks and the Who roamed the earth, was called "The Boat That Rocked" in its original UK release.</description><pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 13:01:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>How mood mapping helped me beat bipolar disorder</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/11/11/mood.mapping.bipolar/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/11/11/mood.mapping.bipolar/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>I was diagnosed with bipolar disorder when I was 28. I was a successful neurosurgeon in a leading UK teaching hospital, and a leading researcher in head injury. This diagnosis followed 12 months in which I had experienced a series of personal and work related stresses.</description><pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 14:48:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Dollar recovers from 15-month low</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2009/11/10/markets/dollar.reut/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2009/11/10/markets/dollar.reut/index.htm</guid><description>The dollar firmed Tuesday from the 15-month low touched in the prior session as investors saw Monday's fall as too far, too fast.</description><pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 17:19:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Britain honors fallen as Afghan death toll rises to 201</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/11/08/britain.remembrance.sunday/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/11/08/britain.remembrance.sunday/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Central London fell silent save for the tolling of Big Ben as the United Kingdom honored the dead of wars past and present on Remembrance Sunday.</description><pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 00:54:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Bank of England expands asset purchases</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2009/11/05/news/international/bank_of_england.reut/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2009/11/05/news/international/bank_of_england.reut/index.htm</guid><description>The Bank of England expanded its quantitative easing program by £25 billion, or $41 billion, to £200 billion on Thursday, continuing its unprecedented scheme to revive Britain's recession-hit economy.</description><pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 12:50:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>2 British banks in major shake-up</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2009/11/03/news/international/britain_banks.reut/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2009/11/03/news/international/britain_banks.reut/index.htm</guid><description>Britain's two largest retail lenders have agreed to a massive shake-up of the U.K. banking sector that will see both sell hundreds of branches and key businesses to appease E.U. competition concerns over state aid.</description><pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 11:26:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>H1N1 vaccinations rolled out in UK</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/10/24/h1n1.flu.vaccinations/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/10/24/h1n1.flu.vaccinations/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>A mass H1N1 immunization program began in the UK Wednesday, with the country's health minister urging all priority groups to take up the vaccine.</description><pubDate>Sat, 24 Oct 2009 14:32:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>British economy shrinks unexpectedly</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2009/10/23/news/international/Britain_recession.cnnw/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2009/10/23/news/international/Britain_recession.cnnw/index.htm</guid><description>Britain's gross domestic product suffered another decline in the third quarter of 2009, figures showed Friday, meaning the country remains mired in recession.</description><pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 11:38:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>The eco activists who are camping against climate change</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/10/20/climate.eco.activism/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/10/20/climate.eco.activism/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>There was no mistaking the target: the eight huge cooling towers at Ratcliffe-on-Soar power station, sending plumes of steam high into the watery blue sky of the English Midlands.</description><pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 02:31:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Study touts treating heroin addicts with heroin</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/10/20/treating.with.heroin/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/10/20/treating.with.heroin/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>If treating heroin addicts by giving them heroin seems counterintuitive, having the government fund that addiction to the tune of more than $22,000 per patient per year comes across as downright radical.</description><pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 01:21:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Controversial Dutch lawmaker enters UK after ban overturned</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/10/16/uk.geert.wilders/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/10/16/uk.geert.wilders/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Days after a court allowed him entry into Britain, controversial Dutch lawmaker Geert Wilders said his arrival Friday marked "a victory for the freedom of speech."</description><pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2009 15:01:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Greenpeace protesters take to roof of UK parliament</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/10/12/britain.parliament.protesters/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/10/12/britain.parliament.protesters/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Dozens of protesters camped out on the roof of Britain's parliament overnight to "save the climate," police reported Monday.</description><pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2009 12:55:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>UK executive claims he was dismissed for being green</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/10/08/uk.climate.change.tribunal/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/10/08/uk.climate.change.tribunal/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>A British executive who says he was sacked because of his beliefs about climate change is defending his right to make a claim for unfair dismissal against his former employers.</description><pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2009 13:17:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Scilly Isles get serious about energy saving</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/10/06/scilly.eday.energy.saving/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/10/06/scilly.eday.energy.saving/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The days are getting shorter, the nights colder, but that doesn't mean that your electricity bill needs to go through the roof. 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said.</description><pubDate>Sat, 01 Aug 2009 02:47:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Study: Tamiflu causes nausea and nightmares in children</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/07/31/tamiflu.side.effects/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/07/31/tamiflu.side.effects/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>More than half of children taking antiviral drug Tamiflu suffer side-effects such as nausea, insomnia and nightmares, UK researchers have said.</description><pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2009 16:07:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>UK legal victory for assisted suicide campaign</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/07/30/uk.assisted.suicide/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/07/30/uk.assisted.suicide/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>A British woman won a major legal victory Thursday in her fight to die with her husband by her side if she travels abroad for assisted suicide.</description><pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2009 19:22:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>'Say on pay' moves full speed ahead</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2009/07/28/news/companies/compensation_executives/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2009/07/28/news/companies/compensation_executives/index.htm</guid><description>It may not be long before shareholders have more control over how much money top executives across the country make.</description><pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2009 18:13:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Swine flu fears prompt run on UK pharmacies</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/07/25/uk.swine.flu.pharmacies/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/07/25/uk.swine.flu.pharmacies/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Pharmacies in England are reporting a run on supplies like surgical masks, thermometers and anti-bacterial gels by customers concerned about swine flu amid a surge in the number of people infected by the 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service personnel killed while serving their country.</description><pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 15:26:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Study: Honey can kill superbugs</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/07/01/manuka.honey.bacteria/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/07/01/manuka.honey.bacteria/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Honey has been used to treat wounds since ancient times, but recent years have seen a surge of medical interest in the sticky stuff.</description><pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 14:29:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Girl, 9, dies of swine flu as UK cases jump</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/06/29/swine.flu.death.uk/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/06/29/swine.flu.death.uk/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>A nine-year-old girl has died in Britain from the H1N1 virus, commonly known as swine flu, as authorities reported a jump in the number of cases in the country.</description><pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 17:27:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Bodies of Iraq hostages returned to Britain</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/06/26/british.hostages.bodies.iraq/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/06/26/british.hostages.bodies.iraq/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The bodies of two UK men kidnapped in Baghdad two years ago have been returned to their homeland, the British Foreign Office said Friday.</description><pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 13:41:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Iran's attacks on UK tap into centuries of suspicion</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/06/24/iran.uk/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/06/24/iran.uk/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>With protests flaring on the streets of Iran, Tehran has singled out one foreign power for particular criticism -- and it's not the one you might expect.</description><pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 09:24:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Report: Iran to 'review' UK relations as tensions mount</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/06/24/iran.uk.relations/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/06/24/iran.uk.relations/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The Iranian government is considering whether to downgrade ties with Britain amid growing tensions over the disputed presidential election, the ISNA news agency reported Wednesday.</description><pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2009 12:56:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Analysis: Why is Iran so upset with Britain?</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/06/22/iran.uk.oakely.analysis/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/06/22/iran.uk.oakely.analysis/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The contested election results in Iran have brought thousands onto the streets of Tehran in protest. So why have the voices of two of Iran's most prominent critics -- the United States and its leading ally the UK -- so far been comparatively muted in their support of the protesters and in their criticisms of the regime?</description><pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2009 15:10:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Iran to review ties with Britain amid claims of 'interference'</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/06/22/iran.britain.ties/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/06/22/iran.britain.ties/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Iranian lawmakers are calling for a review of the country's ties with Britain because of its "interference in Iran's recent post-election unrest," government-funded Press TV reported Monday.</description><pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2009 17:15:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Britain summons Iran's diplomat over Khamenei's comments</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/06/19/iran.election.britain/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/06/19/iran.election.britain/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Britain's Foreign Office summoned a senior Iranian diplomat over comments made Friday by Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, a Foreign Office spokesman said.</description><pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2009 19:55:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Anti-war campaigners slam 'secret' Iraq probe</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/06/15/uk.iraq.inquiry/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/06/15/uk.iraq.inquiry/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Anti-war protesters have criticized a decision by the UK government to hold an investigation into Britain's involvement in the Iraq war behind closed doors.</description><pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2009 02:05:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Bermuda should have 'consulted' UK on Uyghurs, official says</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/06/12/gitmo.detainees/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/06/12/gitmo.detainees/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The Obama administration's agreement with Bermuda to settle four Uyghurs from Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, was causing a rift Friday between the United States and its strongest ally, Britain.</description><pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2009 13:05:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Health care costs choking small businesses</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/06/13/small.business.health.care/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/06/13/small.business.health.care/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Maryland auto shop owner Brian England offers health care coverage to his 18 employees, including part-time staff. He calls it "the right thing to do," and besides, he knows taking care of his employees makes good business sense.</description><pubDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2009 23:58:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>UK, Netherlands vote in Euro elections</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/06/04/europe.elections/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/06/04/europe.elections/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Voters in the United Kingdom and the Netherlands became the first European Union citizens to go to the polls Thursday to elect a new European Parliament.</description><pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2009 13:32:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Pregnant UK woman in Lao jail meets lawyer</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/05/13/briton.jailed.laos.orobator/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/05/13/briton.jailed.laos.orobator/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>A pregnant British woman jailed in Laos has met with a British lawyer for the first time ahead of her impending trial, a UK legal aid charity said Wednesday.</description><pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2009 01:10:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Dollar hits 5-month low</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2009/05/22/markets/dollar/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2009/05/22/markets/dollar/index.htm</guid><description>The dollar fell to a five-month low against the euro Friday as inflationary fears heated up and the market continued to fret over a downgrade of the U.K.'s outlook.</description><pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2009 19:35:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Treasurys turn lower</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2009/05/22/markets/bondcenter/credit/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2009/05/22/markets/bondcenter/credit/index.htm</guid><description>Treasury prices fell Friday, extending sharp losses from the previous session and pushing longer-term yields to six-month highs, as investors fretted about pending debt sales next 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credit rating.</description><pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2009 21:47:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>UK pubs try to lick noise problem with lollipops</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/05/15/britain.lollipops.noise.bars/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/05/15/britain.lollipops.noise.bars/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Pubs and clubs in southwest England plan to hand out lollipops next week as a way to reduce noise when their customers head home, officials and pub owners said Friday.</description><pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2009 16:37:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>British man loses right to Hindu cremation</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/05/08/uk.funeral.pyres/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/05/08/uk.funeral.pyres/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>A Hindu man in Britain lost his court battle Friday for the legal right to be cremated in a traditional Hindu open-air funeral pyre.</description><pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2009 12:28:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Radio's Savage wants UK to remove name from banned list</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/05/07/us.savage.banned/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/05/07/us.savage.banned/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>American radio talk-show host Michael Savage said he wants an apology from Britain's home secretary and his name removed from a list of people banned from entering the United Kingdom.</description><pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2009 14:16:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>2 Americans banned from UK lash out at British Cabinet minister</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/05/06/uk.ban.list/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/05/06/uk.ban.list/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Two Americans banned from entering the United Kingdom because the government feels they have been "stirring up hatred" responded by slamming the country's home secretary, and one of them threatened to sue her.</description><pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2009 22:10:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>UK publishes list of 'least wanted' people</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/05/05/uk.ban.list/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/05/05/uk.ban.list/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>White supremacists, Islamic clerics, a controversial Kansas pastor and a U.S. talk show host are on a list of 22 people banned from Britain for "stirring up hatred," the British government said Tuesday.</description><pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2009 15:12:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Britain names first-ever female poet laureate</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/05/01/britain.poet.laureate/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/05/01/britain.poet.laureate/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Whoever she was, Carol Ann Duffy is now 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shareholders' meeting in an Edinburgh conference hall in early April. Beefy men in ill-fitting suits were brought in to handle security, metal detectors were set up at the entrance, and the board braced for a rough ride.</description><pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2009 15:12:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Brown: U.S., Britain to tackle world's problems</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/03/04/gordon.brown.congress/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/03/04/gordon.brown.congress/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, speaking Wednesday to a joint meeting of Congress, highlighted the many bonds between his country and the U.S. and offered a hopeful vision that the world's problems can be overcome.</description><pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2009 05:26:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Actress Joanna Lumley slams Gurkha conditions</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/04/24/gurkha.ruling/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/04/24/gurkha.ruling/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The British government announced Friday that more than 4,000 former Gurkha soldiers are entitled to settle in Britain, but Gurkha supporters quickly denounced the measure as meaningless.</description><pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2009 16:42:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Terror arrest Pakistanis to fight deportation</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/04/22/uk.terrorism.arrests/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/04/22/uk.terrorism.arrests/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The lawyer for three of the Pakistani men arrested in anti-terrorism raids in England this month said Wednesday that he will fight their deportation.</description><pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2009 02:52:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Nine of 11 England terror suspects released</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/04/21/uk.terrorism.arrests/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/04/21/uk.terrorism.arrests/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Nine of the 11 Pakistani nationals being held in an alleged terror plot in northern England were released Tuesday, according to police.</description><pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2009 21:58:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Pakistan offers to help screen U.K. visa applicants</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/04/10/uk.pakistan.arrests/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/04/10/uk.pakistan.arrests/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Britain should refer suspicious student visa applications to Pakistan as a way to help prevent terrorism, the country's high commissioner to Britain said Friday.</description><pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2009 13:46:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>UK police feared weekend terror attacks</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/04/09/uk.terror.arrests/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/04/09/uk.terror.arrests/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The chief constable for Britain's Greater Manchester Police indicated Thursday there would have been the potential for terrorist acts this weekend if police had not made a dozen arrests.</description><pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2009 16:45:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Source: 12 arrested in 'very serious' terror plot in UK</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/04/08/uk.terror.arrests/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/04/08/uk.terror.arrests/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>British police Wednesday arrested 12 people in a counterterrorism operation, and locations were being searched, authorities said.</description><pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2009 23:39:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>UK Hindu fights for funeral pyre 'dignity'</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/03/25/uk.funeral.pyres/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/03/25/uk.funeral.pyres/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>A devout Hindu said Wednesday he was confident that a British court will rule that laws preventing him from being cremated on an open-air funeral pyre in "a sacrament of fire" are a breach of his human rights.</description><pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2009 09:44:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>UK: Nuclear, chemical terror threat growing</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/03/24/britain.terrorism/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/03/24/britain.terrorism/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The threat from terrorists using chemical, biological and even nuclear weapons is growing, Britain said Tuesday, warning advances in technology will enable extremists to conduct more lethal attacks in the future.</description><pubDate>Tue, 24 Mar 2009 20:07:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Map offers hope in fight against malaria</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/03/24/malaria.map/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/03/24/malaria.map/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>A new map illustrating global malaria risk in unprecedented detail suggests that wiping out the disease in many parts of the world is possible.</description><pubDate>Tue, 24 Mar 2009 15:36:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>N. Ireland vigils protest paramilitary killings</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/03/11/northern.ireland.violence.vigils/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/03/11/northern.ireland.violence.vigils/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Thousands of people in Northern Ireland protested Wednesday against the killing of two soldiers and a policeman, reportedly by paramilitaries who want the province to leave the United Kingdom and become part of the Republic of Ireland.</description><pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2009 20:54:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>RBS posts Britain's biggest-ever loss</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2009/02/26/news/international/rbs/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2009/02/26/news/international/rbs/index.htm</guid><description>Part-nationalized British banking group RBS announced massive losses for 2008, totaling $34.6 billion Thursday. 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