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British PM rebuffs US, says no new inquiry on bomber

WASHINGTON (AP) — Drawn into an old disaster, British Prime Minister David Cameron said Tuesday he would not order a fresh investigation into why a convicted bomber was set free or whether BP had a role in it. President Barack Obama stood by his new peer but said that “all the facts” must come out.

July 20, 2010

2010 World Cup: Key moment for U.S. soccer

IRENE, South Africa (AP) — The bars are stocked across America, and the pubs are getting ready in England. A 70½-foot billboard of Clint Dempsey stands near Penn Station in Manhattan, and there’s even a large poster of Landon Donovan in a store along Piccadilly Circus. American soccer has never been more popular in the United States or its players more well-known across the world. And on Saturday comes the first competitive match between the U.S. and England since the great American upset at the 1950 World Cup. For one afternoon, millions will be watching from California to New York island. Like never before in the United States, this is the sport’s moment.

June 11, 2010

Volcanic ash to close London’s Heathrow airport

Europe’s busiest airport closed early Monday morning as a dense cloud of volcanic ash drifted across England from Iceland, aviation authorities said.

May 17, 2010

Chelsea wins Premier League

Chelsea regained the Premier League title from Manchester United with a 8-0 victory over Wigan on Sunday with Didier Drogba scoring three times.

May 10, 2010

Follow the Sun: Stonehenge, England

April 22, 2010

British spies getting older

When 007 hits 65, should he be deep-sixed? No, say British intelligence chiefs, who want their older officers to keep working, even if it means Her Majesty’s secret service has spies who hobble in from the cold.

By By David Stringer, The Associated Press , March 06, 2009

Snow hits London

February 03, 2009

Stonehenge was a place of healing

The first excavation of Stonehenge in more than 40 years has uncovered evidence that the stone circle drew ailing pilgrims from around Europe for what they believed to be its healing properties, archaeologists said Monday.

September 23, 2008

Britain is letting Sharia sneak in

Strange, the apparent lack of public alarm in Britain over an extensive new poll showing that significant minorities of Muslim students at some of Britain’s better colleges and universities embrace the most threatening aspects of Islam. These include the conviction that killing in the name of religion can be justified (32 percent), belief that men and women shouldn’t mix freely (40 percent), support for Sharia (Islamic law) in Britain (40 percent), and support for a global caliphate (33 percent) based in Sharia, among other repressive tenets.

By Diana West , August 06, 2008

Surrender

So this is how it ends: not with a bang, but a whimper. The most senior judge in England has declared that Islamic legal principles in Sharia law may be used within Muslim communities in Britain to settle marital arguments and regulate finance.

By Cal Thomas , July 11, 2008