Remember Me: UK Film Premiere - Inside Arrivals

2010-03-17T13:34:19Z

LONDON, ENGLAND - MARCH 17: (UK TABLOID NEWSPAPERS OUT) Robert Pattinson attends the UK premiere of Remember Me held at The Odeon Leicester Square on March 17, 2010 in London, England. (Photo ...

Remember Me: UK Film Premiere Outside Arrivals

2010-03-17T13:34:08Z

LONDON, ENGLAND - MARCH 17: Actors Emilie de Ravin and Robert Pattinson attend the 'Remember Me' UK film premiere held at the Odeon Leicester Square on March 17, 2010 in London, England...

US clinic sparks debate with UK human egg raffle

2010-03-17T10:15:18Z

<div id="subtitle">American clinic sparks debate with raffle of human eggs for infertile winner in Britain</div><div><p>An American infertility clinic seeking business in Britain has prompted fierce criticism by offering free eggs from a U.S. woman to one participant in a promotional seminar Wednesday evening in London.</p><p>The event has spar...

BRITAIN ART PICASSO

2010-03-17T08:17:09Z

Members of the media surround a 1903 Pablo Picasso painting entitled 'Portrait of Angel Fernandez de Soto' (The Absinthe Drinker), during a press view at Christies's auction house in London, Wednesday March 17, 2010. According to the auction house, the masterpiece from the artist's celebrated Blue P...

APTOPIX BRITAIN ART PICASSO

2010-03-17T08:17:04Z

Giovanna Bertazzoni, right, Christie's auction house head of Impressionist and Modern Art department, poses for the photographers in front of a 1903 Pablo Picasso painting entitled 'Portrait of Angel Fernandez ...

Biritsh Airways Braced For Union Strike Action

2010-03-17T07:32:15Z

LONDON, ENGLAND - MARCH 17: A British Airways Plane takes off from London City Airport on March 17, 2010 in London, England. Unite Union leaders are due to talk with with their American counterparts later as the threat of cabin crew st...

A Rare 20th Century Masterpiece Is Unveiled At Christie's

2010-03-17T07:31:46Z

LONDON, ENGLAND - MARCH 17: Giovanna Bertazzoni, the Head of Impressionist and Modern Art Department for Christie's, admires a 1903 painting by

Beckhams 'leave Finland for London'

2010-03-17T07:17:35Z

<div><p>David and Victoria Beckham left Finland for London in a private plane following the former England captain's Achilles tendon surgery, Finnish media reported on Wednesday.</p><p>The couple left a private clinic in the southwestern Finn...

Staffer suspected of poisoning soup at UK school

2010-03-17T06:15:30Z

<div id="subtitle">Staffer suspected of trying to poison soup served at upscale British school; no one hurt</div><div><p>A kitchen worker at an exclusive English boarding school has been arrested for trying to poison a batch of soup being prepared for students, administrators said Wednesday.</p><p>The director of the Stowe School in Buckingham 75 miles (120 kilometers) northwest of Asia, as investors welcomed the US Federal Reserve's upbeat economic outlook, analysts said.</p><p>In late morning European trade, London's benchmark FTSE 100 index gained 0...

UK unemployment edges down in January quarter

2010-03-17T05:00:54Z

<div id="subtitle">UK unemployment rate dips to 7.8 percent in 3 months to January</div><div><p>Unemployment in Britain dropped to 7.8 percent in the three months through January from the previous quarter's 7.9 percent, the first such decline since May 2008 as the economy emerged from recession, official statistics showed Wednesday.</p><p>The number of unemployed fell by 33,000 during the quarter to 2...

London Jewish Museum reopens after major facelift

2010-03-16T10:16:28Z

<div id="subtitle">London's Jewish Museum reopens after major facelift, telling story of pride and prejudice</div><div><p>They are icons of Britain: a Victorian-era statesman, a World War I soldier-poet, fish and chips.</p><p>They're also Jewish — evidence of the 1,000-year history of Jews in Britain, whose story is told in a museum reopening this week after a 10 million pound ($15 million) expansion....

Auctioneer plans $15 million emerging nations sale

2010-03-16T10:00:29Z

<div><p>LONDON (Reuters Life!) - Around 450 works of art from emerging powers Brazil, Russia, India and China will be offered for sale in London next month and auctioneer BANGALORE (Reuters) - Phillips-Van Heusen <PVH.N>, owner of the Calvin Klein label, agreed to buy fashion brand Reuters) - Dan Black is keeping his fingers crossed. The British born but Paris-based musician has been touring North America all winter and from the response, it looks like this could finally be his big break.</p><p>Originally...

Diageo spent $570,000 lobbying gov't in 4Q

2010-03-15T06:15:14Z

<div id="subtitle">Diageo spent $570,000 in fourth quarter lobbying government on taxes, labeling issues</div><div><p>A unit of London-based spirits company Diageo PLC, which makes Johnnie Walker whisky, Smirnoff vod...

London's Carnaby St marks 50 years since Swinging 60s

2010-03-15T05:15:48Z

<div><p>London's Carnaby Street, a potent symbol of the Swinging Sixties where the Beatles, the Rolling Stones and Jimi Hendrix hung out, is marking 50 years as a style icon -- and looking to the future.</p><p>Musicians, models and hipsters clad in flares and psychedelic colours made the street, a...

Dan Black looks for U.S. breakthrough

2010-03-15T05:15:09Z

<div><p>PARIS (Reuters Life!) - Dan Black is keeping his fingers crossed. The British born but Paris-based musician has been touring North America all winter and from the response, it looks like this could finally be his big break.</p><p>Orig...

London stocks open on stable note

2010-03-15T02:15:33Z

<div><p>Shares in London were flat at the start of trade on Monday as investors remained cautious about the state of the global economy.</p><p>The benchmark FTSE 100 index of top shares broadly unchanged at 5,625.19 points.</p><img src="http://admatch-syndication.mochila.com/images/ad.gif?aid=71777386&bid=informcom" /></div><...

Man wanted by Spain for 'terror offences' arrested in London

2010-03-14T09:15:53Z

<div><p>Police said Sunday they arrested a man wanted on a Spanish extradition warrant for alleged terror offences.</p><p>Garikoitz Ibarlucea Murua, 29, was arrested in the Soho district of central London, the city's Metropolitan Police said.</p><p>He was detained by Extradition Unit officers "on behalf of the Spanish authorities under a European arrest warrant alleging 'terrorist offences'," they...

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