<rss version="0.91"><channel><title>British Embassy staff to be tried, Iranian cleric says : RSS 0.91</title><link>http://www.plime.com/</link><description></description><language>en-us</language><item><title>British Embassy staff to be tried, Iranian cleric says : RSS 0.91</title><link>http://www.plime.com/</link><description></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[British Embassy staff to be tried, Iranian cleric says]]></title><link>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/126642/1/</link><description><![CDATA[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. <a class="plime" href="/redir.p?http://www.plime.com/l/126052/1/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Update to 2many's post</a>]]></description></item><hr size='1' class='line' noshade/><div style='padding-top:20px;height:300px;margin-right:10px;float:left;'><script type="text/javascript"><!--
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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.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[British Airways asks staff to work for free]]></title><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/123322/1/</link><description><![CDATA[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 &#163;401 million in 2008 due in part to higher fuel costs, fewer high-dollar paying passengers and labor cost far above their competitors.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mr. Rude is French and Flatulent for British TV]]></title><link>http://www.plime.com/entertainment/l/50825/1/</link><description><![CDATA[Zut alors! The popular British cartoon and television series &quot;Mr. Men&quot; has come up with a malodorous Mr. Rude who speaks with a bad French accent. &quot;Pardon me,&quot; 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 <a class="plime" href="/redir.p?http://www.mrmen.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">www.mrmen.com</a>.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Iran was a democracy till Britain and the US over threw the goverment]]></title><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/92131/1/</link><description><![CDATA[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 <a class="plime" href="/redir.p?http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Ajax" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">coup</a>. History can teach us. Are we ready and willing to learn?]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Serial Killers freed by Iranian court on the grounds that victim's activities were &quot;un-Islamic&quot;]]></title><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/16510/1/</link><description><![CDATA[The Iranian Supreme Court has vacated the murder convictions of a group of serial killers because their victims were engaging in un-Islamic activities. 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Deerstalker hats, girls in bloomers - the golden age of the British beach holiday]]></title><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/130102/1/</link><description><![CDATA[Donkey rides along the shore. Jam sandwiches gritty with sand. Now, that's a truly Great British Summer.<br/><br/>These postcard-perfect photographs, captured by pioneering photography firm Francis Frith between 1890 and 1924, show how our great-grandparents made the most of their time in the sun.]]></description></item></channel></rss>