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/ 21 February 2007
Prime Minister Tony Blair will on Wednesday announce a timetable for the withdrawal of British troops from Iraq just as thousands of additional United States troops are arriving there to try to restore order in Baghdad. Blair will make his announcement on the troop pull-out to Parliament in the afternoon, a government source said.
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/ 18 January 2007
Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty has said for the first time she is being racially abused in a British reality TV show, which has sparked protests in London and New Delhi and damaged Britain’s image of tolerance. Shetty and her fellow contestants on Celebrity Big Brother are oblivious to the international row that has erupted over her treatment.
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/ 17 January 2007
Police are investigating threats against Celebrity Big Brother housemates after an outburst of public concern over alleged racist bullying of Indian Bollywood siren Shilpa Shetty on the British show. Almost 10 000 viewers have complained about the treatment of Shetty (31) who has been called a ”dog” since the reality television series started barely two weeks ago.
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/ 22 December 2006
A man is due to appear in court on Friday charged with murdering five prostitutes in eastern England in less than two months, in a case that has gripped Britain. Steven Wright is accused of killing Gemma Adams, Tania Nicol, Anneli Alderton, Paula Clennell and Annette Nicholls, whose naked bodies were found dumped at rural locations round the town of Ipswich.
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/ 10 November 2006
Muslim extremists are plotting at least 30 major terrorist attacks in Britain and the threats may involve chemical and nuclear devices, according to the head of Britain’s domestic spy agency. Eliza Manningham-Buller, head of intelligence agency MI5, said young British Muslims are being groomed to become suicide bombers.
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/ 13 October 2006
Britain’s army chief said the presence of British troops in Iraq was exacerbating security problems on the ground and they should be withdrawn soon. In bluntly worked comments to the Daily Mail newspaper, Chief of the General Staff General Richard Dannatt criticised post-war planning for Iraq and said the presence hurt British security globally.
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/ 13 October 2006
Britain’s top army commander said British troops in Iraq should be withdrawn soon because their presence was exacerbating security problems in the country, according to a British newspaper. General Richard Dannatt also told the Daily Mail in an interview published on Friday that Britain’s Iraq venture was aggravating the security threat elsewhere in the world.
With a punnet of strawberries in one hand and a glass of Pimms in the other, tennis-mad tourists from as far away as Japan, China and even Australia are out in force at Wimbledon this week. The foreign supporters, who also include a strong United States contingent, cheer on their fellow countrymen and women, while soaking up the atmosphere.
A British lawmaker renowned for his firebrand rhetoric drew a storm of criticism on Friday by saying a suicide bomber would be ”morally justified” in killing Prime Minister Tony Blair over the Iraq war. George Galloway was asked in a magazine interview if he thought such an attack was justifiable provided there were no other casualties.
Britain’s Prince Charles may have a fight on his hands when the time comes to inherit the crown from his elderly mother, Queen Elizabeth II, if a growing band of republicans has its way. The movement wants to swap the monarchy for an elected head of state, effectively making Charles and the rest of the royal family redundant.