<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?><xml><meta><title>plime.com : plime.com : Search Results : britain : XML WIDGET</title><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/</link><description>You can use this XML spec to create a desktop widget or other application (i.e. Flash visualization). 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A photographic record of the country in 1900, from Clacton Pier to Dumfries, the delicate colours bring the scenes to life in what was then a revolutionary photographic technique invented by the Swiss printer Orell Fussli.]]></description><comments>3</comments><score>335</score><crdate>10/23/2007 11:04:49 AM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2007-10-23T11:04:49+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>18119</id><url>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/18119/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Britain's slave history going online]]></title><description><![CDATA[Britain's slave trading past is getting a human face as an ancestry-tracing website starts putting the personal histories of the victims online for the first time.]]></description><comments>0</comments><score>41</score><crdate>4/27/2007 9:22:42 AM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2007-04-27T09:22:42+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>17908</id><url>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/17908/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Female millionaires on the rise in Britain]]></title><description><![CDATA[Wealth used to be a man's world, but the gap between the sexes when it comes to money is narrowing rapidly in Britain.]]></description><comments>0</comments><score>38</score><crdate>4/25/2007 10:58:58 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2007-04-25T22:58:58+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>11936</id><url>http://www.plime.com/world/l/11936/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Britain for Americans]]></title><description><![CDATA[This is a guide  to Britain written for Americans who may be planning a visit here. Use this guide to help you become familar with the many complex, sometimes strange customs of the British People.]]></description><comments>4</comments><score>88</score><crdate>3/1/2007 9:21:07 AM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2007-03-01T09:21:07+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>19315</id><url>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/19315/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Weekend of silliness celebrated in Britain]]></title><description><![CDATA[The summer season has begun in Britain, celebrated during the weekend with eccentric rituals aimed at being silly for the sake of national identity.]]></description><comments>0</comments><score>20</score><crdate>5/7/2007 1:33:59 AM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2007-05-07T01:33:59+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>21180</id><url>http://www.plime.com/world/l/21180/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Britain owes world &#163;31 trillion]]></title><description><![CDATA[According to the International Coalition for British Reparations, Britain owes the world &#163;31 trillion! If you think they're right, sign the petition.]]></description><comments>2</comments><score>54</score><crdate>5/23/2007 3:40:18 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2007-05-23T15:40:18+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>11184</id><url>http://www.plime.com/world/l/11184/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Modern Slavery in Britain: In Photographs]]></title><description><![CDATA[As Britain prepares to commemorate 200 years since the abolition of the slave trade, a new photographic exhibition focuses on human trafficking in the UK today.]]></description><comments>0</comments><score>34</score><crdate>2/20/2007 1:13:04 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2007-02-20T13:13:04+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>42361</id><url>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/42361/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Dumb and dumber: Muggers pose for CCTV camera after train attack on teen]]></title><description><![CDATA[Are there the most stupid muggers in Britain? Minutes after attacking a teenager on a commuter train, these young lads shamelessly posed for CCTV footage. Then, astonishingly, they tried to cover up their faces with their scarves and jumpers once they realised what they'd done.]]></description><comments>3</comments><score>291</score><crdate>11/23/2007 6:14:43 AM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2007-11-23T06:14:43+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>25897</id><url>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/25897/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Four million security cameras: How many does a nation need?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Britain has more surveillance cameras than any other Western democracy. Here's a debate on the pros and cons.]]></description><comments>9</comments><score>44</score><crdate>7/2/2007 9:09:10 AM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2007-07-02T09:09:10+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>67583</id><url>http://www.plime.com/world/l/67583/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Doubt over date for Brit invasion]]></title><description><![CDATA[Julius Caesar's invasion of Britain in 55BC could not have occurred on the dates stated in most history books, a team of astronomers has claimed. The traditional view is that Caesar landed in Britain on 26-27 August, but researchers say that the English Channel was flowing the wrong way on these dates.]]></description><comments>0</comments><score>360</score><crdate>7/3/2008 2:31:26 AM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-07-03T02:31:26+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>1170</id><url>http://www.plime.com/science/l/1170/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Britain changed from mainland to island in 24 hours]]></title><description><![CDATA[Imagine surfing that wave in!]]></description><comments>2</comments><score>10</score><crdate>9/26/2006 1:48:03 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2006-09-26T13:48:03+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>55424</id><url>http://www.plime.com/entertainment/l/55424/1/</url><title><![CDATA[ Cassetteboy vs. David Attenborough (Probably NSFW)]]></title><description><![CDATA[Cassetteboy chops up sound clips of TV shows etc, to make them say crude, and often hilarious things. This is David Attenborough talking about Binge Booze Britain. (His other ones are definitely NSFW.. See Harry Potter 1 &amp; 2 for example :p)]]></description><comments>1</comments><score>59</score><crdate>3/24/2008 7:46:58 AM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-03-24T07:46:58+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>50069</id><url>http://www.plime.com/world/l/50069/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Britain kow tows to China as athletes are forced to sign no criticism contracts]]></title><description><![CDATA[British Olympic chiefs are to force athletes to sign a contract promising not to speak out about China's appalling human rights record &#8211; or face being banned from travelling to Beijing.]]></description><comments>2</comments><score>117</score><crdate>2/10/2008 7:22:51 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-02-10T19:22:51+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>27935</id><url>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/27935/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Why the rift between Britain and France?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Who knows why the two countries hate each other, but the geological rift can not be explained by 2 massive floods.]]></description><comments>0</comments><score>37</score><crdate>7/19/2007 12:02:20 AM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2007-07-19T00:02:20+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>53648</id><url>http://www.plime.com/science/l/53648/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Viene una tormenta]]></title><description><![CDATA[He said there's a storm coming in.<br/><br/>Storm winds of up to 80mph are due to hit Britain tonight in what is predicted to be the worst storm of the winter.]]></description><comments>6</comments><score>213</score><crdate>3/9/2008 9:05:30 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-03-09T21:05:30+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>64904</id><url>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/64904/1/</url><title><![CDATA[British Shin Kicking Championship 2008]]></title><description><![CDATA[Rules, as they are, according to the Shin Kicking Association of Britain (motto &#8220;If it ain&#8217;t broke, yer not kickin&#8217; hard enough!&#8221;) can be found here.<br/><br/>In certain ways, it seems more civilised than rugby.]]></description><comments>1</comments><score>71</score><crdate>6/10/2008 4:00:05 AM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-06-10T04:00:05+01:00</atomdate></link></items></xml>