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Beckham is 'long-term asthma sufferer'

AFP - 3 hours 1 min ago

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 »

Hitachi to build rail carriage plant in Britain
AFP - 5 hours 34 mins ago
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 »
Public backs 'Tobin' tax to help the poor: poll
AFP - 5 hours 52 mins ago
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 »
MoD to name judge for Iraq deaths probe
AFP - 6 hours 38 mins ago
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 »
Japan's Hitachi to build rail car plant in Britain
AFP - 7 hours 48 mins ago
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 »
Britain to announce details of Iraq deaths probe
AFP - 11 hours 57 mins ago
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 »
Residents return to survey cost of devastating floods
AFP - Yesterday, 09:25 pm
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 »
Police agree compensation for De Menezes shooting
AFP - Yesterday, 08:24 pm
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 »
Police officer jailed in Britain for fiancee killing
AFP - Yesterday, 07:30 pm
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 »
N.Ireland parties unite after huge car bomb planted
AFP - Yesterday, 06:39 pm
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 »