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  • 29/05/2012 | Argentina

    'Our differences are with the British government, not its people,' CFK

    While celebrating the awarding of 250,000 start-up microcredits at the Government House, President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner praised the appointment of British citizen Guy Rider as the head of the International Labour Organization.

  • 02/08/2012 | Argentina

    BA province law bans docking of ships flying British flag

    The Buenos Aires Province Senate passed a law today that prohibits the docking, supplying of or logistical operations of ships, petrol tankers that fly the British flag, in province area.

  • 02/11/2012 | Argentina

    British tourist allegedly raped in Tilcara

    A 25-year-old British tourist told police she was sexually abused while taking part in a tour in the area of Tilcara, in Jujuy province.

  • 28/02/2012 | Argentina

    Gov't urges local CEOs not to buy supplies from UK

    According to sources who spoke to the ámbito.com site, at least twenty CEOs from national and international corporations were contacted by the Industry Ministry, who tried to discourage them from buying British supplies.

  • 02/04/2012 | Argentina

    Police, Quebracho members clash outside British embassy

    Members of the extreme left-wing organization Quebracho clashed with police officials on Monday afternoon during a protest in front of the British embassy, in the City neighbourhood of Recoleta.

  • 04/04/2012 | Argentina

    CFK repudiates attacks to British embassy in Buenos Aires

    In a rally set in the City of Bariloche, Río Negro province, President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner repudiated the attacks of extreme left-wing organization Quebracho to the British embassy in Buenos Aires occurred last Monday, date of the 30th anniversary of the Malvinas War.

  • 27/06/2011 | Argentina

    Gov't strongly condemns British Foreign Minister's remarks on Malvinas

    Escalation between the Argentine and British governments in the Malvinas Islands sovereignty issue continues as the Foreign Ministry issued a statement condemning British Defence Minister Liam Fox’s earlier remarks, in which he threatened to make use of military power in order to make sure that the islands “are kept free.”

  • 27/10/2011 | Argentina

    Gov't repudiates presence of British ship in the Southern Atlantic

    The government repudiated the presence of a British frigate at the Southern Atlantic after the United Kingdom reported that the HMS Montrose was going to be in the area for six months in order to provide a “presence in the region” and protect “the British interests.”

  • 15/02/2012 | Argentina

    Transportation workers ratify boycott against British vessels

    The Argentine Confederation of Transportation Workers (CATT) ratified on Wednesday that it would randomly block British ships from docking on Argentine ports, in response to the UK’s refusal to negotiate the Malvinas Islands’ sovereignty.

  • 16/01/2013 | World

    Britain's Cameron under new pressure to dilute EU ties

    British Prime Minister David Cameron came under renewed pressure to loosen his country's ties with the European Union today, two days ahead of a major speech in which he will spell out plans to renegotiate Britain's membership of the EU.

  • 23/01/2013 | World

    Cameron promises Britons straight choice on EU exit

    Prime Minister David Cameron promised today to give Britons a straight referendum choice on whether to stay in the European Union or leave, provided he wins an election in 2015.

  • 08/09/2012 | World

    Police start searching house of Britons shot dead in French Alps

    French and British police began searching the house today of a British man shot dead in the French Alps with his wife and another woman and a state prosecutor said the man's brother would be officially questioned as part of the investigations.

  • 08/10/2012 | World

    UK government to slash welfare after next election

    Britain's Conservative-led government will trim an extra 10 billion pounds (US$16 billion) a year from its welfare budget and make cuts across the board in the next phase of austerity if re-elected, its finance minister today.

  • 11/01/2013 | World

    Prolific sex abuser Savile 'groomed a nation'

    The late British TV presenter Jimmy Savile, honoured by both the queen and the pope, sexually assaulted hundreds of people, mainly children, at BBC premises and hospitals over six decades of unparalleled abuse, a police-led report said today.

  • 18/07/2012 | World

    Odyssey Marine recovers tons of silver from sunken WW2 ship

    Odyssey Marine Exploration Inc, a salvage specialist famous for finding the $500 million Black Swan shipwreck off Portugal in 2007, said it had recovered 48 tons of silver from a British merchant ship that was torpedoed off the coast of Ireland 70 years ago.

  • 06/09/2012 | World

    Girl found alive under corpses of slain family in France

    A four-year-old was found alive after spending hours tucked between the bullet-riddled corpses of her mother and grandmother on the backseat of the car, as her family, including her father and other sister, was shot dead near a famed tourist site in the French Alps.

  • 08/09/2012 | World

    Murray beats Berdych to reach final

    Britain's Andy Murray produced a masterful performance in atrocious conditions to beat Czech Tomas Berdych in the semi-finals of the US Open today and edge closer to his first grand slam title.

  • 11/05/2012 | World

    Two Britons detained for alleged bomb treat in Spain

    The Spanish Civil Guard detained today two British citizens for an alleged bomb threat at a flight from Manchester to Tenerife today.

  • 14/05/2012 | World

    Holocaust novel wins British foreign fiction prize

    The tale of an 11-year-old boy hidden from the Nazis by a prostitute has won a fiction prize which celebrates writing translated into English.

  • 06/06/2012 | World

    Health of UK's Prince Philip 'improved considerably'

    The condition of British Queen Elizabeth's 90-year-old husband Philip has "improved considerably" after spending two days in hospital recovering from a bladder infection, a Buckingham Palace spokesman said.

  • 07/02/2012 | World

    Global media echoes of CFK’s announcement over Malvinas

    Press from all over the world echoed President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner’s announcement over the Malvinas Islands, focusing on the complaint that Argentina will file before the UN due to the alleged “militarisation” of the area.

  • 22/02/2012 | World

    Wife of UK's Blair sues over phone hacking

    The wife of former British prime minister Tony Blair has begun legal action over the alleged interception of her private phone messages, her lawyer said, making her the latest public figure to be drawn into a hacking scandal that has shaken the country's media.

  • 01/04/2012 | World

    The sovereignty dispute from a British point of view

    By Sir Lawrence Freedman.- The dispute between the United Kingdom and Argentina over the islands the former knows as the Falklands and the latter as the Malvinas has never been argued out before judges. If it was the judges would be faced with arguments drawing on distinctive views of international law, interspersed with claims about the meaning of geography, and of events, not always well recorded, of the eighteenth and nineteenth century.

  • 16/09/2011 | World

    UK police want paper to reveal phone-hacking sources

    British police are seeking an "unprecedented" court order to force the newspaper that led the coverage of a phone-hacking scandal engulfing Rupert Murdoch's News Corp empire to reveal its sources, the paper said.

  • 21/11/2011 | World

    British company to set new drilling platform in Malvinas Islands

    British company Falkland Oil and Gas (FOGL) unveiled it has kept dialogue with potential partner to look for oil and gas at the Malvinas Islands and announced the arrival of another drilling platform to the area by the end of January 2012.

  • 02/01/2012 | World

    Hackers target emails of UK's Gordon Brown

    British police have found evidence that private investigators working for newspapers hacked into the email account of former Prime Minister Gordon Brown while he was finance minister, The Independent newspaper reported.

  • 11/01/2011 | World

    UK confirms Brazil refused to let British vessel dock in Rio

    The British government confirmed that Brazil refused to let the HMS Clyde, which was on its way to the Malvinas Islands, dock in a port in Rio de Janeiro, in a clear move by newly appointed president Dilma Rousseff to show her support for the Argentine cause.

  • 11/06/2011 | World

    Colin Firth receives honour from Queen Elizabeth

    "King's Speech" actor Colin Firth was awarded an honour by Britain's Queen Elizabeth today, joining more than 900 people from all walks of British life in the twice-yearly list.

  • 25/08/2011 | World

    Supermarket launches virtual store on Seoul subway

    Convenience shopping reached heights today, or lows as Tesco, the world's No.3 retailer, launched a virtual store on the subway in Seoul, South Korea, allowing time-pressed commuters to shop on the go using their smartphones.

  • 19/03/2012 | Latin America

    After diplomatic stir, Peru voids permit allowing British frigate to dock in its port

    In a display of “Latin American support for Argentina’s legitimate rights,” the Peruvian government has announced its decision to disallow the protocol visit of a British frigate scheduled to dock in a Peruvian port this week.

  • 19/09/2012 | Latin America

    Top Colombian drug lord captured in Venezuela

    One of Colombia's most wanted drug traffickers was captured in neighbouring Venezuela with the help of Caracas as well as British and US intelligence agencies, Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos said.

  • 17/03/2012 | Sports

    Bolton's Muamba collapses on pitch, FA Cup tie abandoned

    Bolton Wanderers midfielder Fabrice Muamba collapsed on the pitch during the FA Cup quarter-final against Tottenham Hotspur today and the match was abandoned minutes later.

  • 17/07/2012 | Sports

    Fourth Open win could put Woods back on top of the world

    Tiger Woods is not surprised he can return to the top of the world rankings by winning the British Open and is not feeling impatient because he has not lifted a major for four years, the American said.

  • 22/07/2012 | Sports

    Scott stays in charge as Woods slumps

    Adam Scott maintained his four-stroke lead early in the British Open final round despite making a shaky start while Tiger Woods's hopes seemed to be over after an extraordinary triple bogey.

  • 06/01/2013 | Entertainment

    Calvin Harris returns to top of British album chart

    Scottish producer and singer Calvin Harris returned to the top of the British album charts with "18 Months" in the first week of 2013, the Official Charts Company.

  • 21/01/2013 | Entertainment

    Rolling Stones nominated for four NME music awards

    Veteran British rockers The Rolling Stones, who celebrated their 50th anniversary last year, were nominated for four NME music awards today.

  • 13/10/2012 | Entertainment

    James Bond soars in early "Skyfall" reviews

    James Bond is back and better than ever, according to early reviews yesterday, as the latest movie featuring Britain's smooth-talking, martini-drinking super-spy soared with critics and audiences after an advance screening in London.

  • 22/10/2012 | Entertainment

    Singer Adele has baby boy: British media

    British singer Adele has given birth to a baby boy, British media reported today. There was no statement on her official website and her spokesman said "no comment" on Monday in reply to a request for confirmation.

  • 15/12/2012 | Entertainment

    Adele's '21' is top-selling US iTunes album of 2012

    British singer Adele notched another accolade as iTunes announced that her Grammy-winning album "21" was the top-selling record of 2012 in its US store, extending the disc's successful run almost two years after it was released.

  • 01/02/2012 | Entertainment

    Amy Winehouse coroner wasn't qualified

    The family of late soul singer Amy Winehouse said it was "taking advice" after learning that the coroner at the inquest into her death had resigned because she was not qualified to practise in Britain.

  • 01/10/2012 | Entertainment

    Adele lends sultry voice to Bond theme for 'Skyfall'

    Grammy-winning British singer Adele is adding Bond girl to her superstar resume by signing on to write and sing the theme of the latest James Bond film "Skyfall" - her first song to be released since her best-selling heartbreak album "21" - Columbia Records said in a statement.

  • 01/10/2012 | Entertainment

    Korean singer Psy tops UK charts with Internet hit

    South Korean singer Psy jumped to the top of the British pop charts on Sunday with the quirky dance track "Gangnam Style," an Internet phenomenon that has clocked up more than 300 million views on YouTube.

  • 05/08/2011 | Entertainment

    'Mr Bean' injured in a car accident

    British actor Rowan Atkinson, known for his role as “Mr Bean,” was rushed into hospital in England today after being injured in a car accident, British media reported.

  • 06/08/2011 | Entertainment

    Rowan Atkinson released from hospital after crash

    "Mr. Bean" star Rowan Atkinson left a UK hospital on Friday after a spectacular crash in his McLaren F1 supercar, according to media reports.

  • 26/10/2011 | Entertainment

    Winehouse had high alcohol levels in blood

    British singer Amy Winehouse had more than five times the legal driving limit of alcohol in her blood when she died on July 23 aged 27, British media reported.

  • 15/07/2011 | Entertainment

    Two appear in court over alleged Joss Stone plot

    Two men appeared in court in connection with an alleged plot targeting British soul singer Joss Stone.

  • 21/07/2011 | Entertainment

    British painter Lucian Freud dies aged 88

    British figurative painter Lucian Freud, whose uncompromising portraits made him one of the world's most revered and coveted artists, has died aged 88.

  • 25/07/2011 | Entertainment

    Winehouse: singer’s autopsy fails to determine cause of death

    A post mortem examination on British singer Amy Winehouse, who died at the weekend, failed to determine how she died and more toxicology tests are being carried out, with the results expected in two to four weeks, police said today.


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