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Malala 'up and walking', says her father

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Pakistan's teenage rights activist Malala Yousufzai, shot in the head by the Taliban, is 'up and
walking', her father said on Friday after visiting her for the first time at a specialised UK hospital,

Pair arrested in London terror swoop

British police on Wednesday said they had arrested two people at London's Heathrow Airport on suspicion of the commission, preparation or instigation of acts of terrorism.

A man and a woman, both age

Marxist historian Eric Hobsbawm dies aged 95

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Eric Hobsbawm, the eminent British historian who chronicled the extremes of the 19th and 20th centuries from a Marxist perspective, died on Monday at the age of 95, his daughter said.

Hobsbawm was a

Kidnapped British, Aussie tourists rescued in Ecuador

Ecuadoran authorities said on Saturday they had rescued two women tourists, one from Britain and another from Australia, who were kidnapped a day earlier near the Colombian border.

Police and armed f

Ecuador, Britain fail to reach deal on Assange

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Britain and Ecuador failed to reach agreement on the fate of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange on Thursday at a meeting of their foreign ministers here, officials said.

"We see no immediate solution,

Britain, France, Germany call for new Iran sanctions

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Britain, France and Germany have officially called for new European Union sanctions against Iran over its nuclear program, diplomats said Sunday.

The foreign ministers of the three countries wrote to

British skinny dippers fail to outstrip world record

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Hundreds of naked British swimmers plunged into the cold North Sea on Saturday but failed to set a world record for the biggest ever skinny dip, organisers said.

Around 200 people ran into the sea at

Prince Harry in Afghanistan for second tour of duty

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Britain's Prince Harry is back in Afghanistan to serve as a military helicopter pilot four years after his previous deployment there had to be cut short, the Ministry of Defence said on Friday.

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Assange supporters target British government websites

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The Anonymous cyber-hacking group claimed responsibility on Tuesday for a series of attempted attacks on British government websites, in support of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange.

Anonymous said on

Ecuador slams 'vulgar' British threats to seize Assange

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Ecuadoran President Rafael Correa on Saturday slammed what he called Britain's 'vulgar threats' to remove WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange from the London embassy where he has been granted asylum.

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