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Former Credit Suisse trader faces extradition to US

A former Credit Suisse trader accused of inflating subprime mortgage-related bond prices faces extradition to the United States after being arrested in Britain, police said on Thursday.
 

Scottish police charge ex-tabloid editor over perjury trial

Scottish police on Thursday charged the former editor of the News of the World Scotland newspaper over the perjury trial of former lawmaker Tommy Sheridan.
 

Cameron's former media chief in court over hacking

Andy Coulson, the former media chief of British Prime Minister David Cameron, appeared in court on Thursday charged with phone hacking while he was editor of Rupert Murdoch's News of the World tabloid.
 

Four charged with terrorism offences in Britain

British police on Thursday charged four people with terrorism offences following their arrest in operations carried out earlier this month.
 

British police charge suspected LulzSec hackers

British police on Tuesday charged two males on suspicion of hacking for online group LulzSec, hours after US authorities charged one of the men with involvement in a wave of high-profile cyberattacks.
 

Terry out of Swansea match

John Terry is to miss Chelsea's Premier League match away to Swansea on Tuesday -- less than a day before a court case begins into allegations he racially abused QPR defender Anton Ferdinand.
 

Student can be extradited to US over website

A British student who created a website allowing people to watch films and TV shows for free can be extradited to the the US to answer copyright infringement allegations, a court has ruled.
 

British student can be extradited to US over website

A British student who created a website allowing people to watch films and TV shows for free can be extradited to the the US to answer copyright infringement allegations, a court ruled Friday.
 

Student can be extradited to US over website

A British student who created a website allowing people to watch films and TV shows for free can be extradited to the the US to answer copyright infringement allegations, a court ruled Friday.
 

How the little guy will fix oil futures and profit from it

Bridging the gap between the speculators and the delivery market . Sometimes big things come from small meetings. As an example, consider one particularly contentious 1927 session at the Royal Institute of International Affairs that took place at Chatham House in the center of London's Westminster. It originated an idea now used worldwide - the famous Chatham House Rule. Under its most recent revision (2002), the Rule allows the participants of a meeting to use the information received there, but prohibits them from revealing the identity or affiliation of anyone else present. The Chatham Rule also governed the meetings I attended at Windsor Castle outside London from a recent Friday through to the early-morning hours of the following Monday. These meetings were the annual consultations of the Queen's Windsor Energy Group, which were meant to be private, high-level, discretionary advisories. This is one of the few "old boys" clubs left in the world where talk can translate directly int
 

4 UK lawmakers in court over expenses scandal

4 lawmakers plead innocent to dishonest accounting in the UK's expense claims scandal. Four legislators being prosecuted in a political scandal involving fraudulent expenses claims by hundreds of British lawmakers pleaded not guilty on Thursday.
 

Ex-UK spy accused of attempting to sell secrets

Former MI6 spy accused of trying to sell data exposing British spy agency's techniques. A former MI6 spy has been accused of stealing top-secret files on intelligence-gathering techniques and offering them to a foreign government for 2 million pounds ($2.9 million), a prosecutor said Wednesday.
 

Ex-Bosnian leader arrested at London airport

Former Bosnian leader Ejup Ganic arrested at London airport under extradition warrant. British police arrested a former senior Bosnian leader in London Monday on a Serbian warrant alleging he committed war crimes, to the outrage of Bosnian leaders who said the move undermined Bosnian sovereignty.
 

Cadbury shareholders approve Kraft deal

Cadbury shareholders vote to accept Kraft's $19.5B bid. Cadbury PLC shareholders have approved Kraft Foods Inc.'s roughly $19.5 billion offer to acquire the British candy maker ? the final step in creating the global food giant.
 

Queen leads Britain's ceremony for war dead

Britain honors war dead on Remembrance Sunday as Afghanistan death toll rises. Queen Elizabeth II led Britain's annual ceremony for the country's war dead Sunday, honoring them with a moment of silence as the military reported that more than 200 British soldiers have been killed in combat in Afghanistan.
 

Last letter of Mary Queen of Scots appears briefly

EDINBURGH (Reuters Life!) - At 2 a.m. on a frigid February morning in 1587, Mary Queen of Scots sat at her table and penned a last letter before her execution in the great hall of Fotheringhay Castle in the English midlands.
 

Fly-past to remind cricket of Lord's WWII role

In June, before their Ashes series victory, the England cricket team paid a two-day visit to Flanders Fields in Belgium, scene of World War One's most bloody battles.
 

Fly-past recalls Lord's WWII role

In June, before their Ashes series victory, the England cricket team paid a two-day visit to Flanders Fields in Belgium, scene of World War One's most bloody battles.
 

Fly-past recalls Lord's WWII role

In June, before their Ashes series victory, the England cricket team paid a two-day visit to Flanders Fields in Belgium, scene of World War One's most bloody battles.
 

Ancient Westminster Abbey may be crowned

LONDON (Reuters) - Almost every British and English monarch has been crowned there since 1066 and now, if architects have their way, London's Westminster Abbey could have a crowning glory all of its own.