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Paralyzed British men fight right-to-die case in court
By Estelle Shirbon LONDON (Reuters) - Two Paralyzed British men who want to die but cannot kill themselves went to court on Monday seeking protection from prosecution for those who...

Paralyzed British men fight right-to-die case in court
By Estelle Shirbon LONDON (Reuters) - Two Paralyzed British men who want to die but cannot kill themselves went to court on Monday seeking protection from prosecution for those who...

UK taxman faces court challenge over Goldman ‘sweetheart deal’
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's tax authority faces a court challenge on Thursday over a deal with Goldman Sachs worth an estimated 10 million pounds ($15.5 million) to the U.S. bank,...

Mother forced daughter, 14, into sperm insemination: UK court
LONDON (Reuters) - A mother who persuaded her adopted teenage daughter to become pregnant by artificial insemination because she wanted a baby for herself has been jailed for five years...

Big crowds, black ribbons for Boston at London Marathon
LONDON (Reuters) - Undaunted by the Boston Marathon bombings, big crowds lined the route of London's mass road race on Sunday to cheer on around 36,000 runners, many of whom...

Tight security, black ribbons for Boston at London Marathon
LONDON (Reuters) - Runners at the London Marathon on Sunday will wear black ribbons and observe a 30-second silence to honour the victims of the Boston Marathon bombings, under the...

Iranian bank challenges sanctions in Britain’s Supreme Court
LONDON (Reuters) - An Iranian bank appealed to Britain's Supreme Court on Tuesday against sanctions imposed on it by the British government in 2009 over alleged links to Iran's nuclear...

Elderly Iraqi tells British inquiry son was tortured
LONDON (Reuters) - An elderly Iraqi father described seeing signs of torture on his son's body as he testified on Monday at a London public inquiry into allegations of atrocities...

British minister floats quitting European rights convention
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain should consider leaving the European Convention on Human Rights because it interferes with the government's ability to fight crime and control immigration, Home Secretary (interior minister)...

Wife ruined British minister’s career over affair, court hears
(Advisory: Note strong language in paragraph 20) LONDON (Reuters) - The wife of a British cabinet minister plotted with newspapers to wreck his career because she wanted revenge after he...
