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UK lords to rule on Saudi arms case

Britain's Serious Fraud Office can go to the highest court of appeal over a ruling that it acted unlawfully when it abandoned a corruption inquiry involving a lucrative arms deal with Saudi Arabia, a judge decided Thursday.

UK fraud agency fights court ruling on BAE probe

Britain's Serious Fraud Office said Tuesday that it plans to appeal a High Court ruling that the agency acted unlawfully when it ended a corruption inquiry into a lucrative arms deal between Saudi Arabia and BAE Systems PLC.

Ex-UK PM Thatcher leaves hospital

Former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher walked out of a London hospital Saturday morning where she spent the night after feeling "unwell" during a dinner at the House of Lords.

Woman wins right to sue 'lottery rapist'

Britain's highest court decided Wednesday that a rapist who won the lottery while in prison may be sued by his victim even though the statute of limitations ran out 20 years ago.

Unknowing twins marry each other

British twins who had been separated at birth learned they were related only after they had become husband and wife, a senior British lawmaker said. The marriage has been annulled.

Teddy row teacher leaves Sudan

A British teacher convicted of insulting religion in Sudan by allowing her students to name a teddy bear "Mohammed" has left Khartoum on a flight home, the British Foreign Office said Monday.

Sudan protesters: Execute teacher

Hundreds of angry protesters, some waving ceremonial swords from trucks equipped with loud speakers, gathered Friday outside the presidential palace to denounce a teacher whose class named a teddy bear "Mohammed" -- some calling for her execution.

UK lawmakers meet teddy bear teacher

Two British Muslim lawmakers are reported to have met a British teacher jailed in Sudan for allowing her students to name a teddy bear "Mohammed" and they said she was in good spirits.

CNNMoney: Conrad Black remains free on bail

A U.S. judge extended Conrad Black's $21 million bail Wednesday but maintained restrictions that confine the convicted former newspaper tycoon to an area around Chicago and his Florida estate while he awaits sentencing.

British lawmakers endorse electing House of Lords

The dukes, barons and other British noblemen who sit by birthright in the House of Lords may soon have to pack their powdered wigs and go, after an historic parliamentary vote Wednesday.

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