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Defence Secretary Bob Ainsworth arrives for a Normandy Veterans service at Westminster Abbey in London October 25, 2009. REUTERS/Luke MacGregor

Government to set terms for inquiry into Iraq abuse claims 

Reuters - 31 mins ago

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain will on Wednesday announce the terms of an independent inquiry into claims British More »

  • Business Secretary Peter Mandelson attends a cabinet meeting in Nottingham, central England, November 20, 2009. REUTERS/Andrew Winning

    Mandelson says Europe car industry needs restructuring 

    Reuters - 23 mins ago

    LONDON (Reuters) - Tackling the problem of overcapacity is key to the long-term future success of the automobile industry in Britain and Europe, Business Secretary Peter Mandelson said on Tuesday. More »

  • Norway opens world's first osmotic power plant

    Reuters - 59 mins ago

    TOFTE, Norway (Reuters) - Norway opened on Tuesday the world's first osmotic power plant, which produces emissions-free electricity by mixing fresh water and sea water through a special membrane. More »

  • U.S. servicemen sit inside a C-17 Globemaster waiting to take off for Afghanistan at Manas Air Base near Kyrgyzstan's capital Bishkek, February 13, 2009. REUTERS/Shamil Zhumatov

    Obama says will announce Afghan plan soon 

    Reuters - 1 hour 13 mins ago

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said on Tuesday he will announce a new U.S. strategy for Afghanistan soon and that his intention will be to have a plan to "finish the job" there after eight years of war. More »

  • A detail of British artist John Collier's 1883 painting of Charles Darwin is displayed as part of an exhibition in Darwin's former home, Down House, in Kent, southern England February 12, 2009. REUTERS/Tal Cohen

    Darwin debate rages on 150 years after "Origin"

    Reuters - 4 hours 10 mins ago

    PARIS/LONDON (Reuters) - Even 150 years after it first appeared in print, Charles Darwin's "On The Origin of Species" still fuels clashes between scientists convinced of its truth and critics who reject its view of life without a creator. More »

  • Boy, 4, found stabbed to death in London flat

    Reuters - 4 hours 41 mins ago

    LONDON (Reuters) - Detectives are investigating how a four-year-old boy was stabbed to death at a flat in south London. More »

  • Conservatives tap global companies for green advice 

    Reuters - 4 hours 41 mins ago

    LONDON (Reuters) - The Conservatives said on Tuesday they will seek advice from some of the world's biggest companies on how to cut emissions from government departments by a tenth in a year if they win an election due by next June. More »

  • A forensic officer enters a house on Galsworthy Avenue in Manchester April 9, 2009. REUTERS/Darren Staples

    Police under fire over terrorism arrests 

    Reuters - 6 hours 13 mins ago

    LONDON (Reuters) - The government's terrorism watchdog has criticised police who arrested and then released without charge 12 men seized in April raids to foil a suspected al Qaeda plot. More »

  • Police investigators inspect the scene of a massacre on the outskirts of Ampatuan, Maguindanao in southern Philippines, November 24, 2009. REUTERS/Erik de Castro

    Philippines massacre toll reaches 46 

    Reuters - 8 hours 7 mins ago

    AMPATUAN, Philippines (Reuters) - The Philippines placed two southern provinces and a city under emergency rule on Tuesday after gunmen killed 46 people in a brutal election-related massacre that has shocked the country. More »

  • DNA in an undated image.

    Police arresting people "just for the DNA" 

    Reuters - 9 hours 10 mins ago

    LONDON (Reuters) - Britain has built the world's biggest DNA database without proper political debate and police routinely arrest people just to get their DNA profiles onto the system, the genetics watchdog said in a report on Tuesday. More »

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