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Official: Situation on plane from Pakistan apparently not terror-related

LONDON (AP) — A British security official says today’s situation on board a commercial airliner from Pakistan to England doesn’t appear to be terror-related, although police are still investigating. The British military scrambled fighter jets […]

14 hours ago

Police and ambulance service at site of assault, Woolwich, southeast London, England. (AP Photo)

Britain braces for possible copycat attacks

LONDON (AP) — Britain is bracing for clashes with right-wing extremists and possible copycat terror attacks by Islamic extremists after the brutal slaying of a young soldier, whose grieving family spoke Friday of their loss. […]

15 hours ago

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UK arrests 2 men over incident with Pakistan plane

LONDON (AP) — Two men have been arrested on suspicion of endangerment of an aircraft after an incident on a plane flying from Pakistan to Britain, officials said, rattling the U.K. just days a British […]

17 hours ago

Police and ambulance service at site of assault, Woolwich, southeast London, England. (AP Photo)

UK official: London attack could be terror-related

LONDON (AP) — Two men attacked another man near a London military barracks Wednesday, in what British authorities were investigating as a possible terror act. One man is dead and two others were injured. While […]

2013/05/22

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Royal infant on the way, but housing unclear

LONDON (AP) — Is it a boy? A girl? Prince William and the former Kate Middleton aren’t telling, and palace officials are not revealing where the royal baby will spend its first few months, since […]

2013/05/14

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UK police to track dementia patients using GPS

LONDON (AP) — A British police force is hoping to save time and money by giving a few dementia patients GPS tracking devices, a move condemned by some campaigners as “barbaric.” Last week, Sussex police […]

2013/05/01

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UK: Guardian newspaper’s Twitter feeds hacked

LONDON (AP) — The Guardian newspaper said Monday that its Twitter accounts have been hacked, and it cited a claim of responsibility from the group calling itself the Syrian Electronic Army.

2013/04/29

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UK in dark mood as new recession may be confirmed

LONDON (AP) — Recession may just be a word. But in Britain it may become a dangerous habit. It’s possible that official figures on first quarter economic growth, to be released Thursday, could show the country is back in recession, and tension is building.

2013/04/24

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Hackers compromise AP Twitter account

LONDON (AP) — Hackers have compromised the main Twitter account of The Associated Press, sending out an erroneous tweet about an attack at the White House. The tweet, which said that there had been two […]

2013/04/23

Tsegaye Kebede of Ethiopia celebrates after winning the men's 2013 London marathon. (AP Photo)

Kebede wins London Marathon amid tight security

LONDON (AP) — They crossed the line in front of Buckingham Palace with black ribbons on their chests and the Boston Marathon victims on their minds. Six days after bombs exploded near the Boston finish […]

2013/04/21

Priscah Jeptoo of Kenya celebrates after winning the women's 2013 London marathon. (AP Photo)

Thousands run in NYC, elsewhere to support Boston

NEW YORK (AP) — Thousands of New Yorkers donned “I Run for Boston” bibs during a 4-mile run Sunday in Central Park, one of a number of races held around the world in support of […]

2013/04/21

Runners pass through the 25 mile point during the 2013 London marathon (AP Photo)

London race: Tributes to Boston, extra security

LONDON (AP) — A defiant, festive mood prevailed Sunday at the London Marathon despite concerns raised by the recent bombings at the Boston Marathon. On a glorious spring day in the British capital, thousands of […]

2013/04/21

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