• Cameron, France's Hollande clash on Tobin tax May 18, 2012
  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Prime Minister David Cameron and new French President Francois Hollande clashed on Friday over the need for a financial transactions tax to fund growth but played down other differences over how to respond to the euro zone debt crisis. Both leaders said after a first 35-minute meeting at the British ambassador's residence in Washington that they backed measures to cut deficits and spur growth in Europe, glossing over differences between Hollande's pro-growth stance and Cameron's emphasis on reducing debt. ...
• N.Irish police charge five dissidents with 'terror' offences May 18, 2012
  Northern Irish police charged five dissident republicans with "terror" offences on Friday.
• APNewsbreak: 5 Irish dissidents charged May 18, 2012
  Five dissidents were arrested and charged with a range of serious and rarely invoked terror offenses, Northern Irish police said Friday.
• King of Bahrain attends British queen's jubilee lunch May 18, 2012
  The king of Bahrain, whose regime has been accused of rights abuses, was among nearly 50 foreign royals at a lunch on Friday to mark the diamond jubilee of Britain's Queen Elizabeth II.
• UK surveillance program could expose private lives May 18, 2012
  British officials have given their word: "We won't read your emails."
• Beckham confirms Olympics dream May 18, 2012
  David Beckham said Friday that he wants to continue playing for at least another two years and that he is keen to be included in this summer's Great Britain Olympic squad.
• Flame arrives in Britain for 2012 torch relay May 18, 2012
  The Olympic flame arrived in Britain from Greece on Friday to start a 70-day relay which will culminate in the opening ceremony of the London Games.
• Briton wins battle to head European development bank May 18, 2012
  The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development on Friday selected British top civil servant Suma Chakrabarti as its president to 2016, replacing German incumbent Thomas Mirow after a shock vote.
• Northern Irish police charge three men over militant attacks May 18, 2012
  BELFAST (Reuters) - Three Irish nationalists were charged in Northern Ireland on Friday for involvement in "terrorist acts" including conspiracy to murder and cause explosions, police said following a high-profile investigation. The men were arrested in security operations in the town of Lurgan near Belfast on Monday and according to security sources are suspected of being "high-profile" members of dissident group the Real IRA. The group is one of several opposed to a 1998 peace deal that have waged a campaign of bombings and shootings in recent years aimed mainly at security forces. ...
• Ton-up Strauss gives England edge over Windies May 18, 2012
  England captain Andrew Strauss ended his 18-month wait for a Test century as he led his side into a first innings lead on the second day against the West Indies at Lord's on Friday.
• Bayern boss wary of 'outstanding actor' Drogba May 18, 2012
  Bayern Munich coach Jupp Heynckes has branded Chelsea striker Didier Drogba an "outstanding actor" to up the ante ahead of Saturday's Champions League showdown.
• Cavendish sprints to third Giro stage win May 18, 2012
  Britain's world champion Mark Cavendish sprinted to victory in the 13th stage of the Giro d'Italia on Friday, as Spain's Katusha rider Joaquim Rodriguez maintained the overall lead.
• Diplomats: Nuclear agency chief to visit Tehran May 18, 2012
  The U.N. nuclear agency chief will fly to Tehran over the weekend to sign a deal meant to allow his organization to resume a long- stalled search for evidence that Iran worked on developing nuclear arms, the agency and diplomats said Friday.
• London stocks slip despite Facebook fervour May 18, 2012
  London stocks again ended lower on Friday after nervous trade, despite the fervour surrounding Facebook's stock flotation in New York as concerns over the eurozone prevailed.
• Leinster's O'Driscoll fit for European Cup final May 18, 2012
  Brian O'Driscoll handed Leinster a major boost after declaring himself fit for the all-Irish European Cup final against Ulster at Twickenham on Saturday.
• Rodgers snubs Liverpool approach May 18, 2012
  Liverpool's search for a new manager suffered a setback on Friday when Swansea City coach Brendan Rodgers rejected the chance to talk to the Anfield club.
• BoE's Posen to quit to head U.S. think tank May 18, 2012
  LONDON/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Bank of England policymaker Adam Posen will not seek a second term at the central bank and instead plans to step down in August to head a leading U.S. economic think tank, the Bank said on Friday. Posen has been the most outwardly dovish member of the Bank's rate-setting Monetary Policy Committee for most of his time at the central bank, and a leading advocate of its programme of quantitative easing asset purchases. ...
• Diplomats: Nuclear agency chief may visit Tehran May 18, 2012
  Diplomats tell The Associated Press that the head of the U.N. nuclear agency may fly to Tehran next week to seal an agreement that would allow his organization to resume a probe of suspicions that Iran may have worked on developing nuclear weapons.
• Poll suggests public unease over police privatisation May 18, 2012
  The controversy over a proposed £1.5 billion police privatisation scheme was upped on Friday after a survey showed that the public would be less likely to report a crime if a private company were in charge of their personal data.
• Putin gives top job to tank factory worker May 18, 2012
  President Vladimir Putin on Friday gave a senior government post to a tank factory worker who had offered to come to Moscow with fellow laborers to disperse opposition protests.
• Bristol Airport under pressure to refinance debt May 18, 2012
  LONDON (Reuters) - The owners of Bristol Airport may have to stump up some cash to help with the refinancing of 515 million pounds ($814 million) of debt which falls due next year, banking sources said on Friday. The western England airport, owned 50 percent by Macquarie's European Infrastructure Fund 1 and 49 percent by the Ontario Teachers Pension Plan (OTPP), with Sydney Airport holding the remaining 1 percent, has started talks with lenders but the level of debt relative to earnings makes it too risky for banks to agree a straightforward loan extension or refinancing, the sources said. ...
• UK surveillance could yield window into lives May 18, 2012
  British officials have given their word: "We won't read your emails."
• Greek party most extreme of Europe's far right May 18, 2012
• Partridge is back as Coogan makes leap from BBC to Sky May 18, 2012
  Socially-inept DJ Alan Partridge is to make a television comeback after comic Steve Coogan signed a new deal with Sky Atlantic to resurrect the popular character.
• Broad completes Lord's Test double May 18, 2012
  Stuart Broad became only the seventh player in history to have taken five or more wickets in a Test innings at Lord's and scored a Test century there after completing bowling figures of seven for 72 against the West Indies on Friday.

• French president sticks to Afghan pullout plan May 19, 2012
  New French President Francois Hollande told President Barack Obama on Friday that he will stick by his pledge to withdraw France's troops from Afghanistan at year's end.
• 400 anti-capitalist protesters arrested in Frankfurt May 18, 2012
  Police in Frankfurt, Germany, arrested about 400 "Blockupy" protesters Friday for defying a ban on anti-austerity demonstrations.
• A random act of kindness lifts spirits in London May 18, 2012
  An apparently homeless man looks through a trashcan for food. Many people in big cities like London would simply walk on by. But not Lewis Dediara.
• European leaders add to rising fears of breakup May 17, 2012
  European officials are playing a dangerous game of chicken with Greece.
• British queen's lunch guests spark controversy May 18, 2012
  A lunch of monarchs, hosted by Britain's Queen Elizabeth II on Friday as part of her Diamond Jubilee celebrations, has attracted protests from campaigners angry at the attendance of the king of Bahrain and the king of Swaziland.
• Library opened by Mark Twain falls victim to cuts May 18, 2012
  A British library opened more than a century ago by one of America’s greatest writers is being closed because of austerity budget cuts.
• Bulgarians set world record for massed bagpipes May 17, 2012
  With the support of an Indian spiritual leader, Bulgarian musicians put their Scottish counterparts to shame with a world record for the largest bagpipe ensemble.
• Horrors of Srebrenica massacre set out at Mladic trial May 17, 2012
  Prosecutors in the trial of Ratko Mladic have described five days in the Bosnian enclave of Srebrenica in 1995 when his troops massacred 7,000 unarmed Muslim boys and men.
• Ahmadinejad: UK doesn't want me at Olympics May 17, 2012
  Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says he wants to attend the 2012 Summer Olympics in London but that the U.K. has a problem with him.
• World Bank on Greece: Spain, Italy could be next May 17, 2012
  Spain and Italy will be the next victims of the European financial crisis if Greece crashes out of the euro currency zone, the head of the World Bank has warned.
• Will $95-million cable car be ready for Olympics? May 17, 2012
  The world's most expensive cable car is undergoing tests in London – but authorities admit the project, which links two Olympic venues, may not open in time for this summer's Games.
• Paris 'Crazy Horse' exotic dancers strike over wages May 17, 2012
  Topless dancers at the renowned Crazy Horse night club in Paris have gone on strike, saying they are not being paid enough to take the shirts off their backs.
• Queen Sofia snubs Queen Elizabeth over Gibraltar May 17, 2012
  Queen Sofia of Spain has reportedly decided not to attend a lunch celebrating Britain's Queen Elizabeth II's Diamond Jubilee on Friday because of a diplomatic spat over Gibraltar.
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• Court rules Costa Concordia captain unfit to run ship May 16, 2012
  Italy's top appeals court ruled on Wednesday that Francesco Schettino, the captain of the Costa Concordia, was unfit to command the cruise liner which ran aground and capsized off the Tuscan island of Giglio in January, causing at least 30 deaths.
• German launches lawsuit over alleged CIA rendition May 16, 2012
  A German man who claims he was beaten and held in a secret prison in Afghanistan by the CIA has begun a lawsuit in Europe.

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