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Chambers eyes Berlin sprint double place

AFP - 54 mins ago

BIRMINGHAM, England (AFP) - Controversial British sprinter Dwain Chambers hopes to compete in the 100m and 200m at the world championships in Berlin in August. More »

Publishers deny tabloid celebrity phone-hacking claims
AFP - 56 mins ago
LONDON (AFP) - The publishers of Britain's biggest-selling newspapers insisted Friday that their journalists had not paid private detectives to hack into the mobile phones of thousands of celebrities. More »
First British swine flu death without other issues: official
AFP - 2 hours 1 min ago
LONDON (AFP) - A patient at a hospital in southeast England has become the first person in Britain without underlying health problems to die from swine flu, officials said Friday. More »
Brown warning on Afghanistan as British toll mounts
AFP - 2 hours 18 mins ago
LONDON (AFP) - Prime Minister Gordon Brown warned Friday of a "very hard summer" in Afghanistan after 10 British soldiers were killed there in as many days. More »
Goosen takes charge at Scottish Open
AFP - 3 hours 8 mins ago
LOCH LOMOND, United Kingdom (AFP) - Retief Goosen served notice that he remains a serious contender in the upper echelons of world golf with a stunning 63 to claim the halfway lead at the Scottish Open on Friday. More »
10 British soldiers killed in Afghanistan in as many days
AFP - 3 hours 42 mins ago
LONDON (AFP) - A British soldier was killed in an explosion in Afghanistan on Friday, taking Britain's death toll to 10 in as many days, the defence ministry said. More »
Bong! Big Ben clocks up 150th anniversary
AFP - 4 hours 15 mins ago
LONDON (AFP) - Big Ben celebrates the 150th anniversary of its first chiming on Saturday. More »
Brown warning on Afghanistan as toll rises
AFP - 6 hours 30 mins ago
LONDON (AFP) - Prime Minister Gordon Brown warned Friday that troops in Afghanistan faced a "very hard summer" after nine soldiers were killed in as many days. More »
Hamilton fastest in second German Grand Prix practice
AFP - 7 hours 21 mins ago
NURBURGRING, Germany (AFP) - Defending drivers world champion Lewis Hamilton clocked the fastest time in Friday afternoon's second free practice session ahead of Sunday's German Grand Prix. More »
'Very hard summer' for troops in Afghanistan
AFP - 8 hours 17 mins ago
L'AQUILA, Italy (AFP) - Troops battling a Taliban insurgency in Afghanistan faced a "very hard summer", Prime Minister Gordon Brown said on Friday after the death of nine soldiers in as many days. More »