UK hostage's remains identified in Lebanon

The remains of British hostage Alec Collett, who disappeared in 1985 during Lebanon's civil war while working for the United Nations, have been positively identified, the U.N. announced Monday.

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US, Britain test new ways to track combat troops

British military officials are testing new technologies that they say will make operations with the United States and other coalition partners more efficient and responsive to threats.

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P&G SEC filing confirms antitrust probes

Authorities in the United Kingdom are investigating potential antitrust violations involving an unnamed Procter & Gamble Co. subsidiary, the consumer products company said Thursday in a Securities and Exchange Commission filing.

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US nuclear weapons reportedly out of UK

The United States has withdrawn its nuclear weapons from Britain more than 50 years after it first deployed atomic bombs there, a watchdog group says.

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U.K. to Buy 140 Armored Vehicles

The British government plans to buy 140 armored vehicles from Force Protection Inc. for its soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan.

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Britain's Own "Big Brother" Eyed Orwell

George Orwell's left-wing views and bohemian clothes led British police to label him a communist — but the MI5 spy agency stepped in to correct that view, the writer's newly released security file reveals.

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British Court Denies Cancer Drug Plea

A court has rejected a British woman's plea for the country's health service to provide her with the breast cancer drug Herceptin.

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Blackburn Beats Manchester United 4-3

David Bentley scored three goals, helping Blackburn Rovers and American goalkeeper Brad Friedel defeat Manchester United 4-3 Wednesday in England's Premier League.

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Hundreds of thousands of people were wrongly diagnosed with swine flu after calling the Government's emergency helpline, it was revealed yesterday.

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WASHINGTON --- Senator Grassley has asked 33 medical groups for information about the financial backing they get from the pharmaceutical, medical device and insurance industries.

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There really is no room to swing a cat but this two-bedroom house just 66 inches wide is set to sell for more than half a million pounds.

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"Posted 12/03/2009] The FDA notified health care professionals and patients about the increased risk of neural tube defects and other major birth defects, such as craniofacial defects and cardiovascular malformations, in babies exposed to valproate sodium and related products (va …

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More than half of Britons being offered vaccination against pandemic H1N1 flu are turning it down because they fear side effects or think the virus is too mild to bother.

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John Wall and DeMarcus Cousins may become the University of Kentucky's first basketball players to turn pro after only one year at UK.

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A North Carolina fan, SB Nation's Andrew Sharp, writes about his experience watching Kentucky and North Carolina play basketball on Saturday, December 5, 2009.

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To the security services in Britain, it is not a question of "giving Pakistani youth a bad name" as Mr Gilani alleged, because the young men could equally be British, but Pakistan is not an area they can afford to ignore.

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Gordon Brown today criticised Pakistan's record on fighting terrorism and called on the country's political and military leaders to do more to find Osama Bin Laden and other al-Qaida leaders.

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The Scottish National Party is calling for an RAF airbase in Moray to become the UK's first commercial spaceport.

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The fight in a United Kingdom courtroom over secret documents related to the torture of former Guantanamo prisoner and rendition victim Binyam Mohamed has resulted in a striking new revelation, as reported by Mohamed's attorney Clive Stafford Smith and British journalist Andy Wor …

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3 psychiatric drugs prescribed him were all documented to cause suicide

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The Home Office has refused to release a confidential assessment of its anti-drugs strategy requested by Transform, a pressure group.

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The initiative, which would see coordinators based in every Jobcentre Plus district, follows a review on support for an estimated one million people out of work with mental health problems.

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Parents have been banned from setting foot in their children's classrooms without first having a Criminal Records Bureau check. Stern new signs at a college in Cambridge warn that mothers and fathers cannot enter the premises if they have not been fully vetted.

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Britain's Multicultural Disaster: The Moslems

April is the cruellest month and Mohammed is the commonest name, or soon will be in England.

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All this "reset button" diplomacy came amid Obama's apologies abroad for past American behavior. We've sent peace feelers out to former enemies like Venezuela's Hugo Chavez and the Castro brothers of Cuba.

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"Americans are at the head of the list of enemies and the British are the most awful of them," state television reported Khamenei as saying in an address to thousands of people to mark a major Shiite ceremony. "Americans, Zionists and other oppressive powers tried to isolate Ira …

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A Wiltshire town hitherto best known for its railway heritage, Honda motors and Billie Piper, has been chosen as a twin by the Disney organisation.Swindon beat 24 other UK towns competing for the unique honour.

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Beginning a four-part series of essays to mark 10 years since the dawn of the 21st century, Rupert Cornwell argues that America's response to 9/11 spelt doom for the world's only 'hyper-power'– and paved the way for a turbulent new era.

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LIBERTY!! Are we willing to follow our forefathers and pledge our fortunes and lives to preserve our liberty and freedom? Is Copenhagen the road that will lead to the United States ceasing to be a sovereign nation? Is the Copenhagen Treaty the predecessor to the Lisbon Treaty?  …

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Police have clashed with anti-Islamic protesters in the city of Nottingham in the UK.

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UK's Ministry of Defense closes down it's UFO investigation unit after five decades due to budget concerns...

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Prof. Anderson: "But I think it's extremely unlikely that we wouldn't have mass death at 4C. If you have got a population of nine billion by 2050 and you hit 4C, 5C or 6C, you might have half a billion people surviving."

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Violent clashes have erupted between police and members of the English Defence League during a city centre protest in Nottingham today.

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