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• Katy Perry to host MTV Europe Music Awards
The “I Kissed A Girl” singer, whose song raged on both the U.S. and U.K. charts this past summer, was announced as the host of the show earlier today. The event will take place in Liverpool, which was named “Capital of Culture” for 2008 ...
• U.K. House of Lords rejects detention plan
LONDON - Britain's House of Lords rejected a controversial plan to extend the amount of time police can hold terror suspects without charge from 28 to 42 days and the government said it would abandon the proposal. The 309-118 vote came after an ...
• U.K. bails out three major banks
LONDON - The British government said Monday it would provide up to $63 billion to boost the balance sheets of three of Britain’s largest banks but demanded in return the departure of some of the country’s top bankers. “The action we are taking ...
• U.K. government to partially nationalize banks
LONDON - The British government said Wednesday it would partly nationalize major banks, with taxpayers taking a share stake in a bid to shore up a financial sector that many investors feared could not survive the global turmoil without government ...
• U.K. threatens to sue Iceland to protect savers
REYKJAVIK, Iceland - Britain added to the financial chaos engulfing Iceland by declaring Wednesday it planned to sue over lost deposits held by thousands of Britons with Icelandic bank accounts. The news from London even overshadowed an emergency ...