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Woman burned as Britain gets in petrol panic

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A British minister said the government's handling of a threatened fuel strike had gone 'reasonably well', despite a national panic over supplies that ended with a woman suffering petrol burns.

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Need to make visa process easier for students: British envoy

Underlining the need for ‘easier’ visa process for students, British Deputy High Commissioner for Western India, Peter Beckingham, has said that Indian students are safe in his country.

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Britain braced for more austerity in budget

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Britain unveils an annual budget on Wednesday that is likely to build on the coalition government's deficit-slashing austerity strategy, while also seeking to grow a recession-threatened economy.

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'Gay marriage law may affect British royal family'

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If gay marriage is allowed by law in Britain, the royal family in future may even have a lesbian consort for the queen or a gay male spouse for the king, an MP has warned.

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Gay laws: Britain may remove husband, wife terms

If Britain's plan to legalise gay marriages takes shape, offices across the country will have to remove terms like ‘husband’ and ‘wife’ from forms and use more neutral terms like ‘spouse’ and ‘partner

First Sun on Sunday to be printed next weekend: Murdoch's News International

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The Sunday version of Rupert Murdoch's top-selling British tabloid ‘The Sun’ will hit the shelves for the first time on February 26, News International announced on Sunday.

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Britain nurses wounds after snubs by India

British Prime Minister David Cameron is facing growing calls to cut huge aid handouts to India after a series of perceived snubs from the former jewel in the crown of London's colonial empire.

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Britain: contested Falklands will be 'robustly' defended

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Britain warned Argentina on Friday that it would 'robustly' defend the Falklands if there was a new clash over the sovereignty of the South Atlantic islands.

The warning came after Argentina's foreig

Deaf Pakistani girl raped and forced to work for 10 years in Brit home

A deaf, Pakistani girl was trafficked to the UK and kept as a virtual slave in a cellar for almost 10 years by an elderly couple, a court was told.

Locked in a cellar each night, the ten-year-old was

Argentina to complain to UN over Falklands

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Argentina's President Cristina Kirchner on Tuesday slammed Britain for its 'militarization' of their conflict over the Falklands, saying she would lodge a formal complaint with the United Nations.

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