Poll boost for beleaguered Brown (AFP)
Shots fired at N.Ireland police: report (AFP)
Rain-lashed Britain braces for fresh deluges (AFP)
Tories say would pull troops out of Germany (AFP)
Afghan government would fall if NATO withdraws: UK minister (Reuters)
Floods devastate UK Lake District, much of Ireland (AP)
Kidnapped Britons say Somali pirates may kill them (AP)
Britons warn Somali captors 'losing patience' (AFP)
Briton to induce epileptic seizure as performance (Reuters) Reuters - An epilepsy sufferer has courted controversy in Britain by creating a public performance in which she will attempt to bring on a seizure and allow the audience to film it on their mobile phones. You can save this news page by submitting it to your favorite sites:
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AFP - Business leaders gather here on Monday for an annual conference expected to focus on how companies can recover from the country's longest recession on record.
AFP - Prime Minister Gordon Brown's ruling Labour party is closing the gap with the main opposition Conservatives ahead of a general election due by June, a new poll showed Sunday.
AFP - Police in Northern Ireland came under attack Saturday in a small village near the border with Ireland, the BBC reported, in an incident that will spark concerns of renewed violence in the province.
AFP - The flood-hit northwest braced Saturday for more devastation after river levels rose again and forecasters warned of more rain following unprecedented torrential deluges.
AFP - The Conservatives, tipped to win power in an election next year, said on Saturday they would pull the country's 25,000 troops out of Germany as part of a reorganisation of NATO forces.
Reuters - The Afghan government would quickly be overthrown if NATO troops pulled out of the country now, British Foreign Secretary David Miliband said Friday.
AP - Raging floods engulfed northern England's picturesque Lake District on Friday following the heaviest rainfall ever recorded in Britain, killing a police officer and trapping dozens in their swamped homes.
AP - A retired British couple snatched from their yacht by Somali pirates said in an interview broadcast Friday they fear they could be killed within a week or handed to a terrorist group if a ransom demand is not paid.
AFP - A British couple held hostage by Somali pirates said in a video telecast Friday that their captors are "losing patience" and could kill them "within a week" if no ransom is paid.
