LONDON (AFP) - England midfielder David Beckham has suffered from asthma since he was a boy, but it does not affect his performance, his agent was quoted as saying Tuesday. More »
TOKYO (AFP) - Japan's Hitachi is planning to build railway carriages in Britain in a multi-billion-dollar deal that would also create hundreds of new jobs, a company spokesman said on Tuesday. More »
LONDON (AFP) - Most of the public would support a tax on financial transactions if part of the money was directed to help those hit by the economic crisis here and abroad, a poll has shown. More »
LONDON (AFP) - The government will this week announce details of an inquiry into the alleged torture and murder of Iraqi detainees by British troops, a spokeswoman said on Tuesday. More »
TOKYO (AFP) - Japanese high-tech giant Hitachi Ltd. plans to build railway cars in Britain in a multi-billion-dollar deal that would also create hundreds of new jobs, a company spokesman said Tuesday. More »
LONDON (AFP) - Britain's defence minister will this week announce details of an inquiry into the alleged torture and murder of Iraqi detainees by British troops, a spokeswoman said Tuesday. More »
LONDON (AFP) - Residents in the flood-hit northwest began returning to their homes Monday but police warned it could take years to recover from the devastation left by the heaviest rainfall on record. More »
LONDON (AFP) - Police said Monday they have agreed a compensation deal with the family of an innocent Brazilian who was shot dead in London four years ago after being mistaken for a suicide bomber. More »
MANCHESTER (AFP) - A policeman was jailed for at least 18 years on Monday for the "brutal" murder of his fiancee, also a police officer, days before their wedding. More »
BELFAST (AFP) - Northern Ireland's leaders closed ranks Monday to denounce weekend attacks including a huge car bomb which only just failed to go off, in a new threat to the long-troubled province's fragile peace process. More »

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