Eurotunnel Ekes Out Profit for 2009 Despite Disasters The New York Times | PARIS — Eurotunnel Group said Tuesday that it managed to make a profit in 2009, despite lingering repercussions from a 2008 fire and the disastrous breakdown of Eurostar trains at the height of the year-end travel season. | Net profit fell 96 percent from a year earlier to €1.4 million,...
Britain Could Force Owners to Microchip Their Dogs The New York Times | Filed at 9:50 a.m. ET | LONDON (AP) -- British dog owners may be forced to microchip their pets and take out insurance, part of a proposed crackdown on the country's dangerous canines. | Postmen are delighted, but civil libertarians grumble that Britain's sprawling surveillance state now wants to ...
MP writes to police over Stafford Hospital BBC News | Police have been asked to investigate whether a damning report into a hospital trust could be a base for a criminal prosecution. | Last year, it was revealed there were more than 400 deaths than would be expected at Stafford Hospital between 2005 t...
Britain: Former Top Spy Accuses U.S. The New York Times | United States intelligence agencies misled allies, including Britain, about its mistreatment of suspected terrorists, Eliza Manningham-Buller, the former head of the country’s domestic spy agency, MI5, said Tuesday. Ms. Manningham-Buller, who...
Eurotunnel Ekes Out Profit for 2009 Despite Disasters The New York Times | PARIS — Eurotunnel Group said Tuesday that it managed to make a profit in 2009, despite lingering repercussions from a 2008 fire and the disastrous breakdown of Eurostar trains at the height of the year-end travel season. | Net profit fell 96...
Chevron seeks UK refinery sale, to cut 2,000 jobs The Guardian * Chevron to cut 2,000 downstream jobs in 2010 * To seek bids for UK refinery, other downstream ops * Targeting 1 pct oil/gas production growth through 2014 * Shares fall 0.5 pct (Adds context for CEO quote, closing share price) By Braden Reddall NEW...
Sir Michael Lyons: BBC Trust is a 'strength not a weakness' The Guardian | Chairman of the corporation's governance body insists it is capable of reining in the BBC's expansionist tendencies. | Sir Michael Lyons, chairman of the BBC Trust, hits back at critics. Photograph: David Levene | has hit back against calls for the...
Ex-Bosnian Vice President Remains in UK Custody The New York Times | Filed at 11:29 a.m. ET | LONDON (AP) -- Former Bosnian Vice President Ejup Ganic must remain in a British prison for at least two more days following his arrest on Serbian war crimes charges, a judge said Tuesday. | The 64-year-old academic was arr...
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HSBC CEO to Give Bonus to Charity: Reports ABC News February 28, 2010 | LONDON (Reuters) - Michael Geoghegan, the chief executive of Europe's biggest bank HSBC Holdings , is set to give his bonus to charity, newspapers have reported...
Britain Begins Inquiry Into Iraq Abuse Claims The New York Times | Filed at 6:32 a.m. ET | LONDON (AP) -- Britain is opening an inquiry into claims that its soldiers murdered and abused civilians in southern Iraq in 2004. | Several Iraqis claim they were abused at a base called Camp Abu Naji in Maysan province aft...
MPs condemn Venables media coverage The Independent | MPs from all parties yesterday condemned media speculation over the reasons that Jon Venables has been returned to prison. | The Justice Secretary Jack Straw warned that any proposed prosecution of James Bulger's killer could be jeopardised by the ...
Why Tony Blair could donate his £5m windfall to Help For Heroes The Daily Mail | Windfall: Tony Blair earned a £5m advance for his memoir The Journey | The £5million advanced to Tony Blair for his memoir, The Journey, is the same amount raised by the Help For Heroes charity to provide vital facilities for maimed servicemen at H...
UK's Brown paves way for election with budget date Philadelphia Daily News | JANE WARDELL and DAVID STRINGER | The Associated Press | LONDON - Britain's economic recovery remains fragile, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown warned Wednesday, as he paved the way for a national election by announcing the government's budget would be published in two weeks. | In a pre-election swipe at the main opposition Conservative Party,...
Eurotunnel Ekes Out Profit for 2009 Despite Disasters The New York Times | PARIS — Eurotunnel Group said Tuesday that it managed to make a profit in 2009, despite lingering repercussions from a 2008 fire and the disastrous breakdown of Eurostar trains at the height of the year-end travel season. | Net profit fell 96 percent from a year earlier to €1.4 million, or $1.9 million, the company said. Revenue fell 1...
