Brother of Glasgow car bomber deported to India
New Delhi - Indian doctor Sabeel Ahmed, brother of Kafeel Ahmed who died in a suicide car bomb attack on Glasgow airport, was deported to India and returned to his home in the southern city of Bangalore on Thursday. Twenty-six-year-old Sabeel pleaded...
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Iran condemns British court for removing group from terror list
Tehran - Iran Wednesday harshly condemned a British court's decision to remove the People's Mujahedin, widely known as MKO, from the terrorist list. The Appeal Court had earlier Wednesday ordered the British government to remove the MKO from the terr...
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British government loses legal battle to blacklist Iranian group
London - The British government Wednesday lost its final right to appeal against an order to remove a proscribed Iranian opposition grouping from a list of banned terrorist organizations. The Appeal Court rejected a legal bid by Home Secretary Jacqui...
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London's new Mayor bans alcohol on public transport
London - London's new Conservative mayor Boris Johnson Wednesday unveiled plans to ban the consumption of alcohol on the city's Underground (Tube) network and on buses from next month. The plan to stop people drinking on public transport is part of a...
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Majority of Labour voters believe Brown should go, poll says
London - A majority of Labour Party voters in Britain believes that the party would have a better chance of winning the next general election if Prime Minister Gordon Brown stood down, an opinion poll published in the Times newspaper said Wednesday. ...
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Further arrest in Tamil Tiger probe in Britain
London - British police have arrested a 51-year-old man on suspicion of supporting terrorism overseas in an investigation linked to activities of the Sri Lankan-based Tamil Tigers separatist group, Scotland Yard said Tuesday. A spokesman said the a...
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Britain pledges 5 million pounds for cyclone victims
London - The British government Tuesday pledged 5 million pounds (10 million dollars) in aid for victims of the cyclone that has struck Myanmar, the International Development Department said. International Development Secretary Douglas Alexander said...
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Death toll in Myanmar 'staggering,' aid organizations say
London - International aid organizations working in Myanmar Tuesday compared the scale of the cyclone to the suffering caused by the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami. Hundreds of thousands of people had been left without shelter or clean drinking water, cha...
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Madeleine anniversary marked by candles and prayers - Summary
London - Prayers were said and candles lit Saturday to mark the first anniversary of the disappearance of Madeleine McCann in what her parents said was the last chance to gain new information on her fate. Kate and Gerry McCann attended a private ch...
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Madeleine anniversary marked by church services and prayers
London - The parents of Madeleine McCann attended a private church service in their home town in Britain Saturday to mark the first anniversary of her disappearance in Portugal. At the multi-faith service in the Anglican church in Rothley, in the cou...
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