UK’s former Prime Minister Tony Blair will give all the proceeds of his forthcoming autobiography to a charity that helps war veterans, his office announced on Monday.The book, which is entitled "A Journey", will be published on September 1. It will be Blair’s first personal account of...
The United Kingdom, most notably Britain, adheres to a constitutional monarchy. This means that the reigning queen or king acts as a state representative. However, in the past, the king or queen held greater power as a statesman and legislator. This is the case for most countries or jurisdictions...
Prudential P.L.C. of Britain will buy American Internation Group's life insurance business in Asia. The agreement will cost Prudential $35.5 billion dollars. It will be the biggest repayment of the $!80 billion dollars the United States government used to bail out the failing A.I.G. The Federal...
On Saturday, Susan Boyle lost “Britain’s Got Talent”. On Sunday she was admitted into the Priory clinic suffering from exhaustion. All of the attention finally proved to be too much for the 48-year-old, who was new to celebrity. She rose to fame only seven weeks ago when her first audition for...
This is a very old dog breed believed to have been in existence as far back as 3000 BC. The English Mastiff is a large breed that originated in Britain. There are several theories about where the name came from – some claim that it was from the Anglo-saxon word “masty” which means powerful; the...
Britain is testing the use of satellites to track speeding motorists. The technology, called "SpeedSpike", measures a car's speed over a fixed distance and can read a license plate in any weather condition, at any time of day. The system is marketed as being a cost-effective alternative to building...
The Orential Yeti was trapped by hunters in the Sichuan Province in China. Scientists are baffled by this unidentified breed of animal. Hunter Lu Chin, who found the hairless creature in a remote section of central China, described the beast to Britain's Times as "a bit like a bear but it doesn't...
Saint Patrick's Day is in full swing on Wednesday. Supporters of the long standing St. Patty's tradition are looking forward to participating in various world wide festivals, attending parades, displaying their green, dining on corned beef and cabbage, finding shamrocks, chasing leprechauns and...
The Lancet,"is a well respected medical journal from Britain that publishes many scientific and medical breakthroughs, including the 1998 study that linked modern vaccinations against measles, mumps, and rubella, to autism. Dr. Andrew Wakefield studied and reported 12 children with chronic intestinal...
Claimed as one of the oldest terrier breeds in Great Britain, the Border Terrier originated from the Cheviot Hills near the border of Scotland and Great Britain. It is related to the Dandie Dinmont Terrier and the Bedlington Terrier by ancestry. It is a rather small dog, standing between 11 to 16...
