British Embassy staff to be tried, Iranian cleric says Posted: 5 months ago by Bingo
A powerful cleric said Friday that Iran will put British Embassy staffers on trial for fomenting post-election turmoil, a step that would likely increase Iran's isolation and alienate Western nations that have been trying to keep options open with Tehran despite its crackdown on protesters. Update to 2many's post
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Iran arrests British embassy staff Posted: 5 months ago by 2manyusernames
Eight British embassy employees in Tehran have been arrested in a sharp escalation of the diplomatic row between Iran and the UK.
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British man on trial for 'killing and EATING his girlfriend' Posted: 2 years ago by AutumnLotus
A British killer who claimed to have chopped up and eaten his girlfriend is facing 12 years in prison after pleading guilty to her manslaughter. Paul Durant, 47, told a Spanish court he battered mother-of-two Karen Durrell, 41, to death with a mallet at her home on the Costa Blanca.
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British Airways asks staff to work for free Posted: 6 months ago by 2manyusernames
British Airways has asked its 40,000 staff to work without pay for up to a month as the ailing airline seeks to cut costs. They lost £401 million in 2008 due in part to higher fuel costs, fewer high-dollar paying passengers and labor cost far above their competitors.
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Mr. Rude is French and Flatulent for British TV Posted: 2 years ago by AutumnLotus
Zut alors! The popular British cartoon and television series "Mr. Men" has come up with a malodorous Mr. Rude who speaks with a bad French accent. "Pardon me," says Mr. Rude in comedy Franglais as he breaks wind when his finger is pulled on a game played on the television show's website www.mrmen.com.
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Serial Killers freed by Iranian court on the grounds that victim's activities were "un-Islamic" Posted: 3 years ago by BrownTrout
The Iranian Supreme Court has vacated the murder convictions of a group of serial killers because their victims were engaging in un-Islamic activities. The victims all died gruesome deaths that were "sanctioned" by a local cleric.
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Iran was a democracy till Britain and the US over threw the goverment Posted: 10 months ago by 2manyusernames
In 1951 Dr. Mohammed Mossadegh was elected prime minister of Iran. He became enormously popular in Iran after he nationalized Iran's oil reserves. Unfortunately thi$ up$et Britain who got Ei$enhower to work with them to pull off a coup. History can teach us. Are we ready and willing to learn?
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British Manners Proved Fatal on Titanic Posted: 10 months ago by stinkobinko
British Passengers on the Titanic were much more likely to die than Americans who seem to have been happier to push their way to safety.
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Busty British tourist barred from casino because of her 'offensive' breasts Posted: 2 years ago by AutumnLotus
A British tourist has been barred from a casino in New Zealand for upsetting fellow punters with her 'offensive' breasts. Thirty-three year old Helen Simpson from Nottingham, was wearing a low-cut black evening dress when a woman staff member at the Christchurch Casino told her to cover up or leave.
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Islamic cleric Abu Hamza says Australians are boozers hooked on gambling and prostitution Posted: 10 months ago by AutumnLotus
Outspoken Islamic cleric Abu Hamza has branded Australians as boozers who are hooked on gambling and prostitution.
In another sermon broadcast over the internet, the Melbourne cleric urged followers to spread the word of Islam to save Australians.
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British scientists on course to become the first to produce synthetic human blood Posted: 8 months ago by AutumnLotus
British scientists are on course to become the first to create synthetic human blood from embryonic stem cells, it emerged today.
The ground-breaking project could provide an unlimited supply of blood for emergency transfusions free of the risk of infection.
Because stem cells multiply indefinitely, it would be possible to make enormous quantities, researchers said.
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British planners feared tea shortage after nuclear attack Posted: 2 years ago by AutumnLotus
Never mind the radiation: British contingency planners are worried there would be a dramatic shortage of tea in the aftermath of a nuclear attack, recently declassified documents showed.
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Iran to release British sailors Posted: 3 years ago by maxriter
The 15 British sailors and marines detained in Iran for nearly a fortnight have been formally pardoned and will be released immediately, Iran's president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said today.
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Iran: Captured UK soldier calls for troops out of Iraq Posted: 3 years ago by Wags273
TEHRAN, Iran (CNN) -- Iran released Thursday what it says is a second letter from captured British sailor Faye Turney in which she criticizes British policy in Iraq.
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Housework 'makes British men more attractive' Posted: 4 months ago by AutumnLotus
British men make some of the best husbands in the world because they are more willing to do housework, new research suggests.
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Mung bean mystery stumps British military Posted: 5 months ago by kakana
The British military is mystified after what was first announced as a major haul of opium poppy seeds amounted to nothing more than a hill of beans.
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Four million British identities are up for sale on the internet Posted: 4 months ago by Bornbad
British fraud cop quits job, buys huge database of stolen identities, charges fees to people who want to know if their details are in the database.
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Britain owes world £31 trillion Posted: 3 years ago by TheStep
According to the International Coalition for British Reparations, Britain owes the world £31 trillion! If you think they're right, sign the petition.
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According to new poll, the British are map illiterate. Posted: 2 years ago by muppet
As many as 11 million British motorists are unable to read a basic road map, according to a survey released Monday.
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Scary British public information films from the 1970s Posted: 1 year ago by Bornbad
The hooded, death-dealing "spirit of dark and lonely water" who stars in the first video on this medley of British safety PSA's is plenty creepy.
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Coat hanger amnesty declared by British store Posted: 2 years ago by AutumnLotus
Amnesties are normally reserved for weapons or criminals but a British store has found a new offender to pardon -- the coat hanger.
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