Britain

The e-mails behind a terror plot The e-mails behind a terror plot

Messages from men linked with al-Qaida in Pakistan who schemed to blow up planes with liquid explosives
  • Is it "irresponsible" to have more than two children?

    Yes, says an advisor to the British government on environmental policy.
  • And the sluttiest Western nation is ...

    Yeah, of course we're going to make you click.
  • "Honeypots" need not apply

    British spy agency is on the hunt for female, minority applicants.
  • Dancing with the New Tsars

    With their tricked-out yachts, trained servants and diamond-frosted toys, newly rich Russians have invaded London -- and thrown Britain's elite into a royal tizzy.
  • The sad case of the wiggly chapati

    Will a change in U.K. immigration laws doom the most savory relic of the British Empire?
  • Time off to care for kids? Hope you don't need your pension

    The British government reneged on an amendment that would have allowed mothers to make up for pension contributions they missed while caring for their children.
  • Where the girls aren't

    One man's quest to woo women back to rural British villages.
  • How Bush is trying to save face in Iraq

    The president is now taking credit for turning Sunni tribes against al-Qaida in Iraq. But two years ago he rejected a Sunni offer to negotiate an end to the violence.
  • Female genital mutilation a growing problem in Britain

    London police launch campaign to stamp it out.
  • Summer reading, summer eating

    Elizabeth David's classic "Summer Cooking" is as fresh and enchanting today as it was 50 years ago, when seasonal food was still a subversive idea.
  • Inside the minds of killer doctors

    Some of the accused behind the recent terror plots in Britain were professional healers. What on earth prompts someone to snap from caregiver to killer?
  • Bomb plot tests British again

    New Prime Minister Gordon Brown edges away from Tony Blair and the Iraq war as the U.K. braces against the rising terror threat.
  • Tony Blair's toodle-oo

    If the British people really do want less spin and more substance from their prime minister, then Gordon Brown could be the man to deliver it.
  • Tony Blair becomes Margaret Thatcher

    Thanks to George W. Bush, the man who was supposed to reinvent the Labor Party leaves office with more friends in America than in the U.K.
  • The impertinent prince

    Bush plays naughty boy to the queen at his not-so-royal state dinner. But all those white ties couldn't hide his low poll numbers.
  • Attack of the female millionaires

    New research shows that inheritance, divorce and entrepreneurship are catapulting more British women into the seven figures.
  • A neocon primer: Regime change in 18th-century India

    Does this sound familiar? A Western-hatched plot to oust a Muslim dictator on bogus charges...
  • How Iran played the hostage "crisis"

    The captured British sailors ate decent meals and were set free in business suits -- as Tehran used them to score political points on the Arab street.
  • Iran's new hostage crisis

    By seizing 15 British sailors, the embattled Iranians aim to rally anti-Western sentiment and force the Brits from Iraq.
  • Friendly fire incident

    Footage from a mistaken U.S. attack on British convoy
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