AP - DEAL OR NO DEAL? Mining company Xstrata PLC confirmed that it is in merger TALKS with commodities trader Glencore International PLC. a deal that would create an industry behemoth with around $175 billion in revenue. Xstrata said Glencore proposed an all-share merger of equals. Glencore cautioned that there was no certainty of an offer being made.
2012-02-02 22:45
2012-02-02 22:45
2 German men plead guilty to terror charges in UK (AP)
AP - Two German men have pleaded guilty to terrorism charges in a London court.
2012-02-02 22:45
Prince William begins RAF stint in disputed Falklands (Reuters)
Reuters - Britain's Prince William has arrived in the Falkland Islands for a posting as a military search-and-rescue pilot, the defense ministry said, with tension resurging between London and Argentina over sovereignty of the British-ruled territory.
2012-02-02 22:45
UK's Clegg fears military conflict with Iran (AP)
AP - Britain's Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg said Thursday he has concerns there could be a military conflict with Iran over its disputed nuclear program.
2012-02-02 22:45
Precedent warning as Assange extradition case ends (Reuters)
Reuters - Britain's Supreme Court risks jeopardizing extraditions to many neighboring countries if it stops WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange being sent to Sweden for questioning over sex crimes, a lawyer for Swedish prosecutors argued Thursday.
2012-02-02 06:02
UK panel rejects BAA's Stansted appeal (AP)
AP - Airport operator BAA has lost its appeal against an order to sell Stansted airport, British competition authorities said Wednesday.
2012-02-02 06:02
UK Islamists admit London Stock Exchange bomb plot (Reuters)
Reuters - Four radical Islamists admitted in court Wednesday plotting to bomb the London Stock Exchange as part of a campaign of al Qaeda-inspired attacks across the British capital in the run-up to Christmas 2010.
2012-02-02 06:02
Prince Harry's duty: Beach volleyball in Rio (AP)
AP - Prince Harry will combine sports, military exercises and meetings with school children and locals on his first-ever trip as an official representative of Queen Elizabeth II, palace officials said Wednesday.
2012-02-02 06:02
Assange appeals to top UK court against extradition (Reuters)
Reuters - WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange appealed to Britain's Supreme Court Wednesday not to extradite him to Sweden over accusations of sex crimes, a transfer that could push his anti-secrecy website further toward oblivion.
2012-02-02 06:02
Summary Box: Ex-UK finance chief slams Goodwin row (AP)
AP - TARNISHED: The man who led the British government's bailout of Royal Bank of Scotland, former Treasury chief Alistair Darling, said Wednesday that the decision to strip the bank's former chief executive of his knighthood was distasteful.
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