Copyright © 2007 Yahoo! All rights reserved. http://uk.news.yahoo.com/afp-news-uk.html en-en Thu, 24 Jul 2008 11:45:00 +0000 5 http://uk.news.yahoo.com/afp-news-uk.html http://l.yimg.com/eur.yimg.com/i/uk/any/u/news.gif 30 140 http://uk.news.yahoo.com/afp/20080724/tuk-britain-internet-music-media-industr-a7ad41d.html /afp/20080724/r_t_afp_uk_britain/tuk-britain-internet-music-media-industr-a7ad41d_1 Thu, 24 Jul 2008 11:45:00 +0000 Britain's biggest Internet providers have signed an agreement with the country's recording industry to clamp down on illegal downloading, in a move announced by the government Thursday. AFP http://uk.news.yahoo.com/afp/20080724/tuk-auto-prix-mosley-britain-court-media-a7ad41d.html /afp/20080724/r_t_afp_uk_britain/tuk-auto-prix-mosley-britain-court-media-a7ad41d_5 Thu, 24 Jul 2008 10:39:00 +0000 World motorsport chief Max Mosley welcomed Thursday his victory in his legal action against a newspaper which alleged he took part in a Nazi-style orgy, saying it "nailed the Nazi lie." AFP http://uk.news.yahoo.com/afp/20080724/tuk-britain-piracy-a7ad41d.html /afp/20080724/r_t_afp_uk_britain/tuk-britain-piracy-a7ad41d_1 Thu, 24 Jul 2008 09:04:00 +0000 Britain's six biggest internet providers have backed a government plan to clamp down on rampant music and film piracy, it was reported Thursday . AFP http://uk.news.yahoo.com/afp/20080724/tuk-britain-australia-energy-gas-earning-a7ad41d.html /afp/20080724/r_t_afp_uk_britain/tuk-britain-australia-energy-gas-earning-a7ad41d_3 Thu, 24 Jul 2008 08:00:00 +0000 Oil and gas giant BG Group, hoping to get its hands on Australia's Origin Energy, said on Thursday that its net profit had soared 68 percent in the first-half as the price of crude rocketed. AFP http://uk.news.yahoo.com/afp/20080724/tuk-britain-engineering-aerospace-compan-a7ad41d.html /afp/20080724/r_t_afp_uk_britain/tuk-britain-engineering-aerospace-compan-a7ad41d_2 Thu, 24 Jul 2008 09:24:00 +0000 Rolls-Royce, the maker of plane engines, said on Thursday that first-half net profit fell 3.9 percent to 294 million pounds owing to a weak dollar and higher costs. AFP http://uk.news.yahoo.com/afp/20080723/tuk-britain-internet-law-literature-a7ad41d.html /afp/20080723/r_t_afp_uk_britain/tuk-britain-internet-law-literature-a7ad41d_1 Wed, 23 Jul 2008 20:33:00 +0000 A couple in Scotland said Wednesday they have lost their battle to use a website named after C.S. Lewis's fictional world of Narnia, which they had purchased to give as a gift to their son. AFP http://uk.news.yahoo.com/afp/20080723/tuk-britain-immigration-marriage-a7ad41d.html /afp/20080723/r_t_afp_uk_britain/tuk-britain-immigration-marriage-a7ad41d_1 Wed, 23 Jul 2008 17:09:00 +0000 Britain is to increase the age at which foreigners can apply for a marriage visa to crack down on forced marriages, the government said Wednesday. AFP http://uk.news.yahoo.com/afp/20080723/tuk-britain-telecom-mobile-company-struc-a7ad41d.html /afp/20080723/r_t_afp_uk_britain/tuk-britain-telecom-mobile-company-struc-a7ad41d_2 Wed, 23 Jul 2008 17:00:00 +0000 British mobile phone giant Vodafone said Wednesday it would repurchase shares worth 1.0 billion pounds (1.3 billion euros, 2.0 billion dollars) and stressed that it was undervalued. AFP http://uk.news.yahoo.com/afp/20080723/tuk-britain-safrica-diamond-mining-compa-a7ad41d.html /afp/20080723/r_t_afp_uk_britain/tuk-britain-safrica-diamond-mining-compa-a7ad41d_1 Wed, 23 Jul 2008 16:46:00 +0000 De Beers, the world's biggest diamond company, said Wednesday that first-half sales rose 10 percent to 3.74 billion dollars (2.37 billion euros) but warned of woes in the key US market. AFP http://uk.news.yahoo.com/afp/20080723/tuk-forex-britain-a7ad41d.html /afp/20080723/r_t_afp_uk_britain/tuk-forex-britain-a7ad41d_1 Wed, 23 Jul 2008 15:54:00 +0000 The pound was back near the $2 dollar mark after a hawkish set of minutes to the last rate-setting meeting at the Bank of England. AFP