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2009-01-07 01:08

Iceland's Kaupthing to sue UK over bank action (AP)

AP - Iceland's state-run Kaupthing bank will sue the British government for its decision to force the bank's British subsidiary into a form of bankruptcy, the Icelandic Prime Minister's office said Tuesday.

2009-01-07 01:08

Company seeks approval for nasal spray flu vaccine (AP)

AP - Drugmaker AstraZeneca submitted a new drug application with European Union authorities to market a nasal spray vaccine against the flu, the company said Tuesday.

2009-01-07 01:08

Alan Walters, economic aide to UK's Thatcher, dies (AP)

This is a Oct. 19, 1996 file photo of Professor Sir Alan Walters who has died at the age of 82.  Sir Alan Walters, a top economic adviser to former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, died on Saturday, Jan 3, 2009. his wife Margaret Patricia Walters said.   (AP Photo/Fiona Hanson/PA/file)AP - Sir Alan Walters, a top economic adviser to former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, has died at age 82.


2009-01-06 19:09

Woolworths to close last of its stores (AFP)

A Leytonstone branch of Woolworths in east London, 2008. Woolworths, a century-old retail institution buckling under the weight of the economic crisis, will close its remaining 200 stores for the final time at the end of trading.(AFP/File/Shaun Curry)AFP - Woolworths, a century-old retail institution buckling under the weight of the economic crisis, will close its remaining 200 stores for the final time at the end of trading on Tuesday.


2009-01-06 19:09

UK retailers Debenhams, Next report drop in sales (AP)

AP - British retailers Debenhams and Next saw sales drop over the Christmas season, but both companies said profits held up well as they had prepared for one of the toughest retail periods in a long time.

2009-01-06 19:09

Closing Gaza tunnels could bring quick ceasefire: Blair (AFP)

Middle East Quartet envoy Tony Blair, seen here in 2008, insisted that cutting off Gaza's supply tunnels from Egypt could bring about an immediate ceasefire -- otherwise Israel was in for a protracted campaign.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Chip Somodevilla)AFP - Cutting off Gaza's smuggling tunnels from Egypt could secure an immediate ceasefire, Middle East Quartet envoy Tony Blair said Tuesday, while warning that Israel was otherwise in for a protracted campaign.


2009-01-06 13:11

Suicides dropped 40 percent after 2005 attacks: study (AFP)

A bus passes Kings Cross station, where a bomb went off inside the station's tube network in 2005. The number of suicides in England and Wales fell by about 40 percent after the July 2005 bombings on London, scientists revealed Tuesday, echoing a trend also seen after the September 11 attacks.(AFP/File/Carl de Souza)AFP - The number of suicides in England and Wales fell by about 40 percent after the July 2005 bombings on London, scientists revealed Tuesday, echoing a trend also seen after the September 11 attacks.


2009-01-06 13:11

Baby P council boss appeals against dismissal (AFP)

A handout image obtained November 26 from ITV news shows a child identified only as Baby P. The ex-director of children's services at the council embroiled in the the Baby P scandal has appealed against her dismissal.(AFP/ITV News/File)AFP - The ex-director of children's services at the council embroiled in the the Baby P scandal has appealed against her dismissal.


2009-01-06 13:11

Bush to honour Blair with US Medal of Freedom (AFP)

US President George W. Bush and former Prime Minister Tony Blair shake hands following a joint press conference in Washington, DC, 2006. Bush is to award the highest US civilian order to Blair next week.(AFP/File/Mandel Ngan)AFP - Outgoing President George W. Bush is to award the highest US civilian order to former prime minister Tony Blair next week.


2009-01-06 07:13

Blast hits British Columbia natural gas facility (AP)

AP - An explosion at a natural gas facility in northeastern British Columbia forced the site to shut down,in what appeared to be the fourth attack in four months on one of Canada's largest energy companies.

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