Libya’s foreign minister defects, arrives in UK
Libya Foreign Minister Moussa Koussa, one of Muammar Gaddafi’s closest advisers, has defected and flown to Britain.
Assange says he is victim of smears
WikiLeaks’ founder Julian Assange has declared that he is the victim of a smear campaign after being freed on bail over rape allegations.
Assange walks free on bail in London
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, fighting extradition to Sweden over alleged sex crimes, walked free on bail from a British jail on Thursday.
WikiLeaks’ Assange expected to be freed on bail
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, fighting extradition to Sweden over alleged sex crimes, was expected to walk free on bail on Thursday.
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British parties too close to call in election week
Polls on Monday indicated Britain remained on course for a Parliament with no majority, raising the prospect of a minority or coalition government.
Volcanic ash grounds Europe flights for third day
Large parts of Europe enforced no-fly rulings for a third day on Saturday because of a huge ash cloud from an Icelandic volcano.
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Gadaffi ‘sorry’ for UK policewoman’s death
Libyan leader Moammar Gadaffi said ”we are sorry” for the 1984 killing of a British policewoman outside the Libyan embassy in London.
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Design chief warns of London ‘wasteland’ legacy
London’s Olympic Park could become a wasteland after the 2012 Games unless better legacy plans are put in place.
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Britons too busy to peel oranges
Britons are too busy to eat oranges in their lunch breaks nowadays and are opting instead for ”easy to peel” fruit like satsumas, according to a survey. For the third year in a row, orange consumption has fallen. It was down 2% at about 600-million compared with the previous year, market researchers TNS said.
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British police defuse bomb in London
British police defused a bomb in a parked car in London’s theatre district on Friday and launched a counter-terrorism investigation. Sky News quoted unidentified sources as saying the bomb was ”potentially massive”. The bomb was found hours after new Prime Minister Gordon Brown named his Cabinet.
