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Britain's dead-heat election 'down to the wire' on polling day

Britons went to vote on Thursday in the tightest election for decades; one that could cause governme...

May 07, 2015 07:28 AM EDT

Parliament set to vote to ban branding on cigarette packs

Lawmakers in the lower house of parliament are expected to vote to ban branding on cigarette packs b...

Mar 11, 2015 09:57 AM EDT

Westerners join Iraqi Christian militia to fight Islamic State

Saint Michael, the archangel of battle, is tattooed across the back of a U.S. army veteran who recen...

Feb 16, 2015 01:43 AM EST

British police arrest man over Christmas Xbox, Playstation hacks

British police said on Friday they had arrested a man in northwest England following the 2014 cyber ...

Jan 18, 2015 06:51 AM EST

Pakistani teen, Indian activist win Nobel Peace Prize

Pakistani teenager Malala Yousafzai, who was shot in the head by the Taliban in 2012 for advocating ...

Oct 11, 2014 07:22 AM EDT

Fed-FX swaps with foreign central banks total $240 million in latest week

The Federal Reserve provided $240 million of liquidity to foreign central banks in the latest week v...

Oct 02, 2014 08:28 PM EDT

Britain says arrests nine in operation against Islamist terrorism

British police said on Thursday they had arrested nine men on suspected terrorism offences as part o...

Sep 25, 2014 05:45 AM EDT

UK's Cameron shifts tack on constitutional shake-up to mollify Scots

Scotland will get more autonomy with no "ifs or buts", Prime Minister David Cameron's office said on...

Sep 21, 2014 08:16 PM EDT

Europe changing shape whichever way Scotland goes

Whatever the outcome of this week's Scottish referendum on independence, the shape of Europe is chan...

Sep 14, 2014 06:38 AM EDT

In Scotland, everybody's talking about it

Calum Lykan and James Costorphine work across the street from each other on Edinburgh's cobble-stone...

Sep 12, 2014 09:15 AM EDT

British PM begs Scots: Don't rip apart our UK 'family of nations'

Prime Minister David Cameron begged Scots on Wednesday not to rip apart Britain's "family of nations...

Sep 10, 2014 06:01 AM EDT

UK scrambles to promise more powers if Scots reject independence

The British government is scrambling to respond to a lurch in the opinion polls toward a vote for Sc...

Sep 08, 2014 03:56 AM EDT

Supporters of Scottish independence take narrow poll lead for first time

Supporters of Scottish independence have taken their first opinion poll lead since the referendum ca...

Sep 06, 2014 10:13 PM EDT

Margaret Thatcher Dies: Former British Prime Minister Remembered as 'Great Champion of Freedom' (Video)

Former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher died "peacefully" at the age of 87 after suffering a...

Apr 08, 2013 11:38 AM EDT

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